Los Angeles Times

Herd Mentality

Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

- By John-Clark Levin

ACROSS 1 Small Mercedes sedan 7 Golf match equalizer 15 Less risky 20 Lightheart­ed 21 Cheerio relative 22 Yearn for 23 Ants in the British colonies? Drove at Indy 25 Tentative agreement 26 Baton Rouge-toJackson 27 dir. "Great" Russian czar 28 Sun Devils' sch. 29 Updike's "Rabbit 30 Redux," e.g.: Abbr. Tennis immortal 31 Dull opening? 33 Gp. with a three-finger 34 salute Listing 35 Fish attending Mass? 37 Baroque painter Guido 41 Elvis sings it in "Blue 42 Hawaii" Sarcastic "So sad" 44 Lions marching event? 45 Cataract surgery 47 replacemen­t Green-lights 48 Edmond —: the Count 50 of Monte Cristo Large body of eau 51 Fiscal execs 52 Pope's jurisdicti­on 54 Reason for a star 57 Juno, to Socrates 61 Punk subgenre 62 Whales' sorely lacking 63 veggie supply?

Goof 67 Pringles 68 alternativ­e Nestlé candy with a 70 white covering "Shoulda listened to 71 me!" Cool, in '90s slang 73 LAPD unit? 74 Madame's Spanish 75 counterpar­t Pale — 77 Dilute 78 Wolves from Lower 80 Manhattan? Things to avoid 85 Rangers' domains 87 Wild plum 88 Bats living in an old 89 Chrysler? Whoopi's role in "The 92 Color Purple" VCR button 93 Degree in math 94 Tinged 95 Texter's qualifier 96 NBC show since 1975 98 Gives the slip 99 Be on duty at, as a 101 battle station Aids in DNA 102 sequencing research Fathered 105 Crows sailing from 106 Ethiopia to Egypt? Orson Scott Card 110 protagonis­t — Wiggin Documented 111 Swimwear fabric 112 Short 113 Closed ecosystems 114 Net worth component 115

DOWN 1 "black-ish" airer 2 Symbol of monastic life 3 Alfredo —, "Ratatouill­e" character named for a pasta Alaskan island 4 invaded by Japan in WWII Least likely to mingle 5 Connotatio­n 6 Brinker on skates 7 Start to correct? 8 Gun lobby org. 9 — Taco 10 Scott classic 11 "Race Matters" author 12 West Lyon lover's word 13 Ask invasively 14 Certain owl's howl 15 "How now? —?": 16 Hamlet News source for 17 millions "Be it — humble ... ": 18 song lyric Phone button 19

Law firm abbr. 24 Baja bar tender? 28 — The Magazine 29 Just barely 31 Oxford, but not 32 Cambridge Mousetrap brand 33 1970s Plumber 36 Exercise target 37 Shouts of discovery 38 Madrid-based 39 airline Moonshine 40 Reuters apps 42 alternativ­e Tardy with 43 Down —: Maine 46 nickname Writer Uris 47 "My bad" 49 ER scans 51 "Love Song" 53 singer Bareilles Beatles album 54 with a bang

The Wizard of Oz's 55 hometown Rewards for regulars 56 Lukas of "Witness" 57 Debatable "gift" 58 Small piano 59 General — 60 Refinement 64 Aspiring MBA's major 65 Fishing boat 66 Boiling sign 69 What a subscripti­on 72 renewal prevents WWII weapon 75 Crafts website 76 Hypes 78 Frozen planet 79 in "The Empire Strikes Back" Tree trunk 80 J.Lo's fiancé 81 Pumpkin pie 82 seasoning Vending machine 83 feature

Underwater 84 projection Not even moist 86 Based 87 Car radio button 89 Adam of Maroon 5 90 Mexican horseman 91 Rising stars 92 QB's pass to 96 a CB, say L.A. Philharmon­ic 97 Conductor Emeritus Tick-ing bomb? 100 City bond, briefly 101 "An Inconvenie­nt 102 Sequel: Truth to Power" author Results 103 Spanish cordial 104 Rabble 106 "The Name of the 107 Rose" author —-com 108 Presumed UFO 109 crew

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