L.A. Times Crossword
“GETTING IN THE WAY” BY JULIAN KWAN
ACROSS
1 Aural danger for
Odysseus
6 Snit
10 Slow Churned
ice cream brand 14 High-and-mighty 18 Edge or Firefox
alternative 19 Camembert kin 20 Penn State’s
Nittany __ 22 Fabled secondplace finisher 23 Ode to a muchloved Galaxy? 26 Actress
Kurylenko 27 Slush Puppie
maker 28 Camera type,
for short 29 Bygone news
source 31 Pessimist’s word 33 Political cartoonist Thomas
36 Had tea, to a Brit 38 “Cat __ your
tongue?”
39 Solo homer
result
40 Magical
ottoman? 47 Unsure sounds 48 Restrain, as one’s enthusiasm 49 Poetic
preposition 50 Experienced
veteran 51 Traditional fare of Japanese New Year 53 Rockefeller Center’s “American Progress” muralist 55 Breeze (by) 57 Division symbols 58 Constantly thinking about escaping? 62 HIIT unit
63 “The Idol” star
Lily-Rose 64 Scrooge outburst 65 Word after door
or lock 66 Computer
clickers 67 Treasure __ 69 Give guidance 71 Slanted
73 Co. founders,
often
74 Level in a
loyalty program 77 Easter preceder? 78 Upper arm
muscles, briefly 79 Football stat 80 Intention of one
without morals? 86 “The Cloister and the Hearth” author 88 Learned 89 Handle with __ 90 “Ciao!” 91 Avenue next to
Reading Railroad 93 __ date
95 Tennis great with a namesake stadium
97 Kid’s cry 98 Must-haves for
a fashion doll? 101 Raiding org.
102 Screening org. 103 Equals
104 Robe securer 105 Unit of speed that’s approximately 1.15 mph
106 Latte server
111 Gingerbread __ 113 Thought
115 One side of a
sports bet
116 Converse with one more party guest?
4/21/24 122 Rose bowl?
123 SEC athlete in
orange and blue 124 Garish
125 How to play without knowing the score?
126 “Above all __ ... ” 127 Uses a
touchscreen
128 Squeezed (by) 129 Barracks VIP
DOWN
1 “Mamma Mia!” duet for Pierce Brosnan and Meryl Streep 2 Stock market
debut letters 3 Talk about the
good old days 4 Assemble, as a
Lego tower 5 Necklace clasp
spot
6 “The Last of Us”
network 7 Catering
dispenser 8 Cinco de Mayo
celebration 9 Chop down 10 State animal of
Utah
11 Tried a nutrition
program 12 Spinning toy on
a string 13 Frosty’s makeup 14 Slow-cooked
beef piece 15 Bamako’s
country
16 Push (to) 17 Climber’s
backpack filler 21 Apollo or Ra 24 Temporary
tattoo medium 25 Raging 30 Second wedding anniversary material 31 Cookie leftover 32 Loathe
34 Seeks attention,
maybe
35 Linen closet item 37 Straight to the
point
40 Urban transport
options
41 “Could be better” 42 Inflict (upon) 43 Skateboard stunt 44 Chef Lagasse 45 Highlight, as text 46 Absolute rubbish 52 Underworld king 54 Julia of “Leave the World Behind” 56 Mesopotamian
civilization
59 Go for
60 Stand out 61 Moving image? 66 Baryshnikov
nickname 67 Latin for “the
rest”
68 Balloon filler 70 Push and pull,
in physics
72 Mr. and Mrs. 73 Ingredient in some vegan brownies 75 Hawkeye 76 Novelist Zola 78 Ph.D.
requirement 80 Fitness
instructor Austin 81 Jon of “Napoleon Dynamite” 82 Persona non __ 83 Head of
servers? 84 “Crackerjack!” 85 Obtain illegally 87 Ideal way to
graduate 92 Asian snack steeped in spices
94 “I’m here to
help” 96 Pronoun duo 99 Sonic waiter 100 Could be better 105 Tanzania
neighbor
106 Sheltered inlet 107 Shape of a
powerful office 108 Admit, with “up” 109 Full house, in
poker slang
110 Flour for some
flatbread
112 Toll unit
114 “That one’s
mine!”
117 Triage ctrs.
118 Québec street 119 Contribute (to) 120 Streaming
annoyance
121 Before, once