L.A. CROSSWORD Moving In

1 Performs an operation, in

a way

5 “One Kiss” singer __ Lipa 8 Southwestern building block 13 Buzzing cloud

18 Sans-__: font style 20 Liberty Mutual’s industry:

Abbr.

21 Toyota’s luxury division 22 Common newspaper name 23 Saudi neighbor

24 Task for the caregivers of a

Trojan War hero?

27 __ optics

28 Tolkien saga, briefly 29 Forbes rival

30 Vitamin C source 31 Chicago business district 34 Bootleg booze

36 Method of preserving

souvenir tops?

42 March on Washington fig. 43 Split __ soup

46 Most candid

47 Iris covering

49 Bring in

50 Lead

51 Activity in a Toronto pastry

shop?

55 Ethiopian capital

58 Aliens, for short

59 Certain lamp resident 60 “Breathe Me” singer 61 Fuel-efficient bikes 63 Bertie played by Hugh

Laurie

65 Tall tales about one’s

climbing experience? 69 Many an episode of “This

Is Us,” e.g.

73 Kir __: French cocktail 74 Naughty

77 To no __: in vain 78 Tallahassee sch.

81 “Some Like It Hot” co-star 84 Greeting that may come

with barks and licks? 88 Dry Italian wine

89 __ Major

90 “Let’s go, amigos!” 91 Concession speech

deliverer

93 School org.

94 __ drop

95 Rodent who’s really angry

he missed the migration? 99 Rizzo of “Midnight

Cowboy”

101 Horn of Africa nation 102 Tubman of Judy Blume’s

“Fudge” series

105 SUV stat

108 Taylor Swift’s “Look

What You __ Me Do” 109 Genius Bar tablets

114 Good-natured fun leading

up to an election?

117 Gymnast Comaneci 118 On, as an alarm

119 Garlicky mayonnaise 120 “Da 5 Bloods” director

Spike

121 Serengeti grazer 122 John Irving’s “A Prayer

for Owen __”

123 Painter Picasso 124 AARP folks

125 Hook’s sidekick

DOWN

1 Starting from

2 __-glace: rich sauce

3 Dull

4 Trigonometry function 5 Cockney, e.g.

6 7UP nickname, with “the” 7 Kutcher of “Jobs”

8 Tide alternative

9 Sub station?

10 Team members 11 Anheuser-__

12 Abbr. on some

cornerstones 13 Christmas Eve visitor,

familiarly

14 Shoe measurement 15 Boy in “The Kite Runner” 16 Eye care brand

17 Inbox fillers: Abbr. 19 Some evergreens 25 Pressing need?

26 Big name in water

purification

32 Growth chart nos. 33 Printing measure 35 Portent

36 Wardrobe item on HBO’S

“Rome”

37 Taters

38 Klum of “Making the Cut” 39 Setting of the 2022 film

“RRR”

40 Lymph __

41 Fortitude

43 Smock stain

44 Bert’s BFF

45 Tick off

48 “Illmatic” rapper

49 Just scrapes (by) 51 Crunch’s rank

52 Disable the security system

for, say

53 Zilch

54 Eagerly expectant 56 “Famous” cookie-maker 57 Ring match

62 Polite address

63 Artful

64 Two Grants

65 Ten-time NBA All-star

Anthony, to fans

66 “Me? Never!”

67 Fourvière locale

68 Yin counterpart 69 Escorted to the penthouse,

say

70 For all to see

71 Light wood

72 Pay stub abbr. 74 Witch craft?

75 Arcade pioneer

76 Lounge piece

78 Subject line abbr.

79 Old car from Sweden 80 Fruit that’s not so cute 82 Ship sunk in Havana

Harbor in 1898

83 Hong Kong’s Hang __

Index

85 Tiki bar drink

86 RSVP cards, often

87 Sees

91 Asserts without proof 92 Plumeria garland 94 Illness

96 “Lara Croft: __ Raider” 97 Inbox fillers

98 Original “SNL” cast

member Gilda

99 Turn red, say

100 __ vincit amor

102 Car warranty call, usually 103 Fabled loser

104 Watson of “Little

Women”

106 “No __”: “Piece of cake” 107 Fish organ

110 BFFS

111 Singer Lambert

112 Have a meal

113 “Soldier of Love” singer 115 Space

116 “About Me” info