L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD Sportscast

ACROSS

1 Apollo’s home 7 Cartesian concept 11 Edwards, in Calif. 14 Spitting sound

18 Early ball game score 19 His given name was spelled with horseshoes in the show’s intro 20 Former French coin 21 Ride, but not in a nice way

22 The troublesome soccer player __ 25 Fragrant root used in perfumes

26 Actor Morales 27 Covent Garden architect Jones

28 Sprightly

29 Chop finely

30 “Sure”

31 Biol. and chem. 32 Genetic “messenger” initials

33 Many a Degas

34 The bombastic archer __ 39 The Destroyer, in Hinduism 42 Appearance

43 2020, por ejemplo 44 The frugal lacrosse goalie __

50 Printer function 54 Mideast gulf port 55 Unassuming

56 Dash lengths

57 Point a finger at 58 “Downton Abbey” title 59 Open, as a bottle 62 Fisherman with pots 63 The daredevil baseball pitcher __

70 Beat, e.g.

71 Scolds, with “out” 72 Live wire’s opposite 73 First name in mystery 74 Pro

75 Vintner’s prefix 76 European auto

80 Back talk

81 The politically ambitious sprinter __ 86 Nintendo debut of 2006

88 “Dies __”: hymn 89 Power source

90 The lucky football receiver __

99 Masterful

100 Feverish, maybe

101 Judge

102 Marienbad, for one 105 Sting

106 Single chip, perhaps 107 In pieces

109 Big name in cosmetics 110 Pig out

111 The foolhardy hockey

player __

114 Astrological ram

115 Part of HMS

116 Coatrack parts

117 Kvetch 118 Principal, for one 119 Magazine VIPs 120 “Dilbert” intern 121 Scornful smiles

DOWN

1 Contrived 2 Biscotti flavoring 3 Go back over 4 Mythical trickster 5 Biloxi-to-Mobile dir. 6 Sawbones 7 Mischievous

8 Slow party, say 9 MIT Chapel designer Saarinen

10 Dean’s email address ending

11 For the __

12 Early hr.

13 On a tight schedule 14 Louisiana’s county counterpart 15 Request help from 16 Halloween charity 17 What history repeats? 21 Whopper topper 23 Condo, e.g. 24 Ship’s-keel constellation 31 Herring prized for its roe 33 “Piano is not my forte,” e.g.

34 Reindeer in “Frozen” 35 “Don’t worry about me” 36 Polite address

37 __ canto 38 Dinghy drivers

39 Org. funded by FICA 40 “If I __ to do it again ... “41 “__ seen worse”

45 Apple variety

46 Prefix with byte 47 Mediterranean sailing

vessel

48 Milk source

49 Authorize

50 Passel

51 City WSW of Bogotá 52 “Absolutely!”

53 Unhip type

57 Honk

58 The America’s Cup trophy, e.g.

59 One-eighty

60 With “and” and 67-Down, occasionally

61 Brain and spinal cord: Abbr.

63 “__ bien!”

64 “Today” co-host Kotb 65 Floor coverings

66 LAX listings

67 See 60-Down

68 One of three seen in Wood’s “American Gothic” 69 Managed care gps. 74 “Tosca” tune

75 Make the first bid 76 Aroma

77 One often talked down to?

78 Brian of ambient music

79 Env. contents 82 Salmon serving

83 Fla. NBA team 84 Italy’s equivalent of the BBC

85 Muslim leader 86 Omelet ingredients for some diets

87 “The Addams Family” cousin

90 Algerian quarter 91 Look up to 92 Astronomy Muse 93 Consumed greedily 94 Squealed

95 Sites for vows 96 Birthplace of Solidarity 97 Muralist José María __ 98 Moon of Saturn 102 Gunk

103 Reggie Miller, for his entire NBA career 104 Australia’s __ Rock 106 “Hard Road to Glory”

author

107 Cool drinks

108 “We have met the enemy

and he is us” toon 109 “My treat”

112 Antipollution org.

113 “At Seventeen” singer

Janis __