L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Bugs

7 Flat-topped hills

12 Faux wood in a fireplace 18 Pass by

19 Harding biopic 21 Chihuahua coin

22 Place for a rock

24 1984 Jeff Bridges film that begins with a UFO crash

25 Shorthand system

26 Just

27 Place for a roll 29 Geometry calculation 31 U.S. intel org. 33 “Trainwreck” director Judd 34 Place for a rock

39 Carbon compound 40 Short evening wear? 43 Driver’s assignment: Abbr. 44 Microsoft Office default

typeface until 2007 45 Ore-ida side, familiarly 47 Tech company with an

exclamation point 49 Envelope abbr.

51 Burden

52 Take a break

55 Hulu alternative

56 Left high and dry

58 Place for a roll

61 __ as punch

62 Bring home

64 Shopping cart count 65 Choice words?

66 Fit together, as some dolls 69 Brobdingnagian 71 Barbecue fuel

73 Kung __ chicken

76 Booze

78 Bit attachment

80 Dave Barry genre

84 Place for a rock

87 Natural ability

90 Mammal with more gray

matter than a human 91 Caesar __

92 Nabe in lower Manhattan 93 Miami Heat coach

Spoelstra

94 Buy time

96 Australia’s national

gemstone

98 In the midst of

100 Pub pintful

101 Orecchiette shape 102 Asgard god

105 Place for a roll

108 Actress Jennifer in

Capital One commercials 110 Letters after nus

111 “Othello” villain

112 Place for a Rock

116 Matching

118 Put in more chips, say 122 Stretch with no

landmarks

123 Place for a roll

126 Firsthand accounts 127 Fast and furious

128 Sharp kitchen tool

129 Tons

130 Knobs on a pipe organ 131 Respected ones

DOWN

1 Loch in hoax photos

2 Tons

3 Strong wind

4 Word with column or cord 5 Oregon’s oldest city

6 Cha, chai, or matcha

7 Bog down

8 2021 Marvel movie directed

by Chloé Zhao

9 Most tender

10 “32 Flavors” singer

Difranco

11 Bring into alignment 12 Arrives at

13 Chess legend Karpov 14 Milkshake insert

15 Meat common in Greek

cuisine

16 Shape of sesame seeds 17 No longer there

20 Indian city with a

mausoleum

21 House channel

23 “Just think … “

28 Hairy Halloween costume 30 Disgraced energy company 32 Make a scene?

34 Swimmer’s woe

35 __ Pradesh: Indian state 36 Fashionably dated

37 “All in the Family” spinoff 38 Short trips

40 Part of a magazine spread 41 Class clown

42 Some whiskey drinks 46 Largest island in French

Polynesia

48 Wall flowers, perhaps 50 Wall or flower 53 Architect’s detail, briefly 54 Muppet who rarely says

“I”

57 Port city south of Kyiv 58 __ Lankan rupee

59 Take heat from? 60 Japan’s largest beermaker 63 Factor in sibling rivalry,

often

67 Costco rival, familiarly 68 Bulky brass instrument 70 Bridal bio word 72 Instrument for a

troubadour 73 Counterpart of poetry 74 Place for a stent

75 Prized statuette 77 Sanders, for one

79 “No Logo” author Klein 81 Big picture?

82 Black swan of ballet 83 Type in again

85 Rogue computer of sci-fi 86 Small amount 88 Hypocritical sorts 89 Polynesian kingdom with

more than 170 islands 92 Tortilla chip topper 95 Adds, as paper to a copier 97 Fish in some omelets 99 Series of bad takes 103 Appliances with drums 104 Ancient Cuzco dwellers 106 Not tricked by

107 Gave for a short time 108 Italian city known for

salami

109 Oldest of the Pointer

Sisters

112 Lombardy lake

113 Cartel founded in

Baghdad

114 Widely shared post 115 Sweeties

117 Karaoke gear

119 Castaway’s home

120 One who’s forwardlooking

121 Makes a misstep

124 Interest rate fig.

125 Safety gear for ER

workers