Los Angeles Times

Hanging Around in the Dark

- By Ed Sessa Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

ACROSS

1 Disguised, for short 6 "I see" 10 Pipe material 13 Ham's response 18 Terrible turnout 19 Spice holders 21 Yoko from Tokyo 22 Often harmful bacteria 23 Auto suspension component Dresses down 24 Type of air passage 26 Like "Et tu, Brute?" 27 Close 29 NYC dance company 31 Garden plot 32 Explorer Ponce — 33 Demagogue, e.g. 35 Liquid measures 36 Eponymous electrical 38 units Tease 39 Decisive parts of some 40 NFL games Floor in la maison 41 Color named for a 42 flower Louts 43 Space fillers? 45 Track official 47 — nerve 50 Some audio books 54 Korean imports 57 "Baseball is — percent 58 mental. The other half is physical": Yogi Berra Caribbean destinatio­n 59 Lascivious look 60 '40s Giant manager 62 — Sketch 63 "Mercury" coins 64 Where Tibet is 65 U.S. global monitor 66 Fried rice veggie 67 Hunk's pride 68 Young —: political 71 reformer Turtle of comics and 72 film Mouthy munchkins 74 The Rams of the 76 Atlantic 10 Conf. Author Wiesel 77 Gather bit by bit 78 Lacrosse position 79 Half-moon tide 80 Skin coloring, briefly? 82 Raw fish dish 83 Capricious­ly, with "on" 84 Aphrodite's love 85 One way to sit 87 Clothing store section 89 Poitier title role 91 Shapiro of NPR 95 Consumed 98 "Oh gee" 99 Big name in gaming 101 Strauss waltz subject 102 Portraitis­t Charles and 104 his artist sons Mars or Venus 105 Residentia­l ending 106 Title awarded only 107 once to a New Englander (Connecticu­t, 1933) Last check, maybe 109 "Wicked Game" singer 112 Chris Shoulder neighbor 113 Knighted composer 115 Hint of color 116 DDE's VP 117 122-Across user 118 Vibrant 119 Scornful look 120 Distress letters 121 Lock fixers 122 Alice's workplace 123

DOWN

1 Like architectu­ral drawings *Lots opposite 2 Big name in civil rights 3 Burden 4 *Be blessed by Lady 5 Luck Like the flight of a 6 boomerang "Very funny" 7 Muckrakers' subjects 8 Thumbs-ups 9 "All that is or ever was 10 or ever will be": Sagan Result of a leadoff 11 single Order 12 *Traveled to Europe, 13 say Former TWA owner 14 Get fewer votes than 15 Red choice 16 Edmonton skaters 17 Rock formations that 20 often meet in dark places, as illustrate­d here TV classic "— Three 25 Lives" Court matter 28 Little pigs, e.g. 30 Hurler's stat 34 Future tweeter 37 *Annual postseason 38 game played in Arizona 2016 FedExCup winner 39 McIlroy Trials for aspiring 42 D.A.'s *Go all in 43 Lemon-lime drink 44 "The Da Vinci Code" 46 priory To be safe 48 "Doesn't do much for 49 me" Chaotic situation 51 Spanish airline 52 Vampire's daybed 53 Alarm sounds 54 Arnaz-Ball 55 collaborat­ion Fishing nets 56 Sherpa, usually 58 Indian dignitarie­s 61 Former Uh-Oh! 69 cookies, now called Golden Sigourney's "Gorillas 70 in the Mist" role *"Sweet Love" R&B 73 singer Stadium cheer 75 Strong wind 79 *Middle Eastern staple 81 Marketing of pieces? 85 Title in a Poitier title 86 Tabloid twosome 88 Spleen 90 Earn 92 Hangout for 93 the Dark Knight, and for creatures in the answers to starred clues More diaphanous 94 Comes clean about 95 Fruit in a Poitier 96 title Half-baked 97 Condescend­s 99 Per person 100 Charlemagn­e's 101 domain: Abbr. Grammar subject 103 First-class 104 Places to raise 105 dough Does as humans do? 108 Carbon compound 110 "— want for 111 Christmas ... "Fall behind 114

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