L.A. Times Crossword
“FOLLOWING PROTOCOL” BY JORDAN HILDEBRANDT
ACROSS
1 Totally wiped 5 College Board
exam for jrs. 9 Fondant colorer 12 Dream big 18 Roman
aqueduct section 19 Active volcano
on Sicily 20 Timely benefit 21 Bedouin, e.g. 22 HTTP 504: Knight fails to return to castle before portcullis closes for curfew 25 Soft cotton fabric 26 Literary
comparisons 27 Organs that
affect balance 28 Boutonniere
counterpart 29 Bed cover 30 “Turn up the
heat!”
31 Fade, say 33 Triangles on a map, typically: Abbr.
34 Flower in some O’Keeffe paintings 35 HTTP 403: Knight not approved to embark on second search for the Holy Grail 40 Snap veggies 41 Sign into law 42 Push notifications 43 DOJ staffers 45 Ryan of “Star
Trek: Picard” 46 Puglia lang. 49 HTTP 419: Knight’s squire’s apprenticeship no longer in force
53 Gets fit 57 Routine material 58 Store securely 59 Blues label based in Memphis
60 Icy layer 61 “Pressure”
singer Lennox 62 Tennis unit 65 Some fossils 67 Citi player 69 16th POTUS 70 Baby carrier 72 Spindly 74 Villain’s
hideaway 76 “The Sparks Brothers” director Wright 78 Commuters’
region
HTTP 500: Knight fails to tip waitstaff at banquet
Meh
Lump of soil Finnish tech giant Lowered a lot, as prices
90 New cadet 92 Rowdy crowds 96 HTTP 405: Knight illegally aims for opponent’s head during joust
100 French friend 101 Fairy tale meanie 102 White peg in
Battleship
103 Car port?
104 Waterfall on a doughnut production line 105 Fuel mining site 107 Angry speech 109 Toyota sedan 112 Suggest
113 Medieval protocol for knights, or an alternate title for this puzzle?
80 83 84 86 87
1/7/24 116 Rise
117 “Sadly ... ”
118 Spark interest? 119 For a __
pittance
120 Hi-fi system
121 Civil rights
initialism
122 Brouhahas
123 115-Down votes
DOWN
1 Sack
2 Error remnant 3 Probiotic yogurt
brand
4 Rap anthem by Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five 5 Ring out
6 Warm compress
target, maybe 7 Termite eaters 8 Mai __: cocktail 9 “Monsters, Inc.”
factory product 10 “Pinkie
promise?” 11 Isengard
attacker 12 Weapons expert 13 Sweet and __ 14 Make the grade 15 “Better get a
move on!” 16 Royal tenures 17 “Ready Player One” author Cline
20 Santa costume
need
23 Sharp quality 24 Warrant 28 Attention 29 Swing dance
move
30 “The Graham Norton Show” airer
32 Recruit
35 Big bash 36 Agate kin 37 Speaks with a
sore throat 38 “No good __ goes unpunished” 39 Swab for
27-Across 44 Model/activist
Holliday
45 Like tiaras 47 Parmesan
substitute
48 __ support 49 Like a sponge 50 With hands on
hips
51 Teensy
52 Fishy topping 54 Goofy sort 55 Splitting tool 56 Coeval 57 Spielberg shark
thriller
59 Sister on
“Succession” 63 Flow partner 64 You, in Montréal 66 Drivewaypatching gunk 68 Actress Hatcher 71 Place for a pickme-up? 73 Cheesy layered
snack
75 Keep up on the
issues?
77 One prone to histrionics, informally 79 Hershey
caramel candy 80 Faygo or Fanta 81 Get-up on Sunday morning?
82 __ out a living 85 “Time to blow this popsicle stand”
88 Come clean
about
89 Sulky mood 90 Ninth planet,
until 2006 91 Fishy topping 93 Ill-fated “Grey’s Anatomy” resident George 94 Nutty
95 Match at the
poker table 96 Coffee-andchocolate concoctions 97 Narcissist 98 Hypnotic state 99 Areas of
expertise
104 Sen.’s domain 106 Greenhouse unit 108 Genesis figure 109 Included in an
email thread
110 “How terrible!” 111 Divests (of)
113 Uber or Lyft
alternative
114 Tampa’s st.
115 Affirmative