L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD Plush

ACROSS

1 Little rascal

6 Crunchy brownie piece 10 Natural bandage

14 Storm relief org.

18 Sierra Nevada lake 19 Connections

20 Skyline obscurer

21 Ruck of “Spin City” 22 Semis followers 23 Dormitory where honor

roll students sleep? 26 Name of Davy Crockett’s

rifle

28 Enjoy again, as a favorite

book

29 Cubbies home

30 __ carte

31 “Fun Factory” clay

35 Tuft of feathers

37 Name of B.B. King’s guitar 41 Actor Mulroney 43 Santa-tracking org. 46 Ingredient for discerning

brew masters?

48 Jazz lick

51 Sudoku digit

52 Birdie topper

53 Historical record

54 App symbol

55 Suzuki with 10 MLB Gold

Gloves

58 “Yosemite Valley Winter”

photographer

62 Do needlework

64 Dietary fiber

65 Forecast

67 Charge for using, as an

apartment

70 Apple platform

71 Take care of eggs by

sitting on them?

74 New __: cap brand 75 Cream cheese serving 77 Genre revitalized by

Britney Spears

78 Thicken, as cream 79 Some year-end lists 81 Calf’s suckling spot 82 Turns way up

84 Stadium level

86 Rivendell inhabitants 88 __ Island

90 Tacks on

91 Went platinum?

92 Learns about crops like

maize?

98 Lost cause

100 Words on an orange juice

container

102 “Way to go, fella!”

103 Dodge

106 Edible part of a pistachio 108 Mystery writer Grafton 109 Many pop-ups

111 Refuse

113 Baggage handler?

117 Cheap toupee?

122 Duel choices

123 Morales of “Ozark” 124 With 112-Down, fish story 125 Song that might prompt

a “Brava!”

126 Cast 127 Texter’s “until next time” 128 Turow book set at

Harvard

129 Burt’s Bees product 130 Fragrant compound

DOWN

1 Not in bed yet

2 Parker who was the 2020 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year 3 “Pequod” captain 4 Mexican sauce flavored

with chocolate

5 Fly, e.g.

6 __ alcohol

7 Jueves, por ejemplo 8 Salon goop

9 Subj. for some citizenship

applicants

10 Help for a tight fit 11 “Virgin River” novelist

Robyn

12 Tenochtitlan native 13 “Joy Shtick” writer/

comedian

14 Terrif

15 Light-up pumps? 16 Classic TV series set in

Korea

17 Averse to

22 Farm young

24 Gift tag word

25 Genesis plot

27 Be in a bee 32 Bustle

33 “Okey-doke”

34 OB-GYNS, e.g.

36 Former Seattle team,

familiarly

38 Trap during a winter

storm, say

39 False witness

40 Spanish lake

42 Sardine cans

44 “I’ll take that as __” 45 Cub’s home

47 Ticker

49 Fistfight souvenir 50 Circular

53 Go up

55 Sacred Nile bird 56 Colorful clog

57 Weekly night for

leftovers?

59 Shoulder muscle, for short 60 Parting words

61 Ready to be recorded 63 Bit

65 To some degree

66 Sealing stuff

68 Home run run

69 Stallion feed

71 HRH part

72 Lightened (up)

73 Drill, e.g.

76 Bite

78 “Julius Caesar” role 80 Kristoff’s reindeer in

“Frozen” 82 Dab at, as lipstick 83 British elevator 84 Graffiti signature 85 Rite answer? 87 Three-time “Modern

Family” Emmy nominee 89 Future JDS’ exams 92 Simple shelter 93 Furniture wood 94 Animal that beats its

chest

95 Witness

96 Not as flat

97 Russian rejections 99 Govern

101 Smooth engine sound 104 “Likewise”

105 One of the filmmaking

Coen brothers

107 Crack squad

109 Turn off the security

cameras for, maybe 110 Roomba target

112 See 124-Across

114 Queens, New York,

stadium namesake 115 Dazzles

116 Capricorn critter 118 Hodges who managed

the Miracle Mets 119 Chemist’s workplace 120 401(k) kin

121 Not a thing