LOS ANGELES TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Scratches (out) 5 Serving perfectly 10 Bargain bin caveat

14 Really stands out 18 Amethyst hue 20 Really sore 21 Org. for women drivers 22 Sunscreen additive

23 Problem for an aspiring thespian 25 Bird clumsy on land

26 Brightly colored 27 Handspeak.com subj. 28 Acknowledge silently

29 “The Mask of Zorro” scene 31 Bothered a lot 32 “New Rules” author Bill

34 Paper mate? 35 “My bad”

39 Like in many ways, with “to” 43 Survey choice 44 Barilla alternative

45 Story-telling dance 46 Panamanian pronoun 47 Superclean, as surgical tools 50 Help explain, with “on” 54 Energizer specification

55 Prestige 57 Resistance units 58 Hirsch of “Into the Wild”

59 “Tik Tok” singer 60 Art class adhesive

61 Did a farrier’s work

62 Prado display 65 Real predicament

70 Cameo stone 71 Athlete’s road to recovery

73 Country bordering Vietnam 74 Leavening agent 76 Mother of Eric and Donald Jr. 77 “Ghostbusters” (2016) director Paul 78 Instagram logo image

80 Meat in a typical Denver omelet 83 NBC debut of 1975

86 Reveal

88 “Spare me the deets” 89 Nordstrom rival 90 Aparicio of Cooperstown

92 It may be negotiable

93 4 or 5 is a good one for a coll. hopeful

95 Discovery voyage

99 First animal in the Chinese zodiac 100 Sharp

101 Parisian gal pals 102 Tucking-in wish

106 One in a Sun Salutation sequence 107 Lady in a flock 110 “Sup”

111 Isaac’s eldest

112 Visible ... or, literally, where most inner letters of this puzzle’s eight other longest Across answers are situated 115 Part of a list

116 Sources of quick cash

117 Agent’s collection

118 Noses out

119 Suffix denoting quality

120 “The Simpsons” watering hole 121 Winter Palace rulers

122 Japanese video game giant

DOWN

1 Queen of Arendelle

2 Handy collections 3 Mideast airline 4 Give a little 5 Another name for a car’s spoiler 6 Beastie

7 “Othello” flagbearer

8 Ultimate degree 9 Figure out

10 Not even close 11 Animal trail 12 Composer Stravinsky 13 Construction site convenience 14 Sorrento sandwiches

15 Designer Cassini 16 Bear who loves “hunny”

17 Text status 19 Face-off spot 24 Those opposed 29 “Zip it!”

30 Sow and cow 31 State as fact 32 Could possibly 33 Shivering fit 35 He hit 60+ homers three times without leading the league 36 Sundance’s sweetie

37 Bird hunted by gauchos

38 Level, in Liverpool

39 Totals 40 Multitude 41 Large furniture chain

42 For adults only 45 Family workout place

48 Glaswegian girl 49 Amazon smart speaker brand 51 One in a tiny house

52 Feng __: decorating philosophy 53 “Crack a window, will ya?” 56 Road hogs 59 Reeves of “John Wick”

60 Lost driver’s aid, briefly

62 __ Nashville: country record label

63 Overhaul

64 To wit

66 Drops in a forecast

67 Hindu mystic 68 Lab order? 69 Fictional Georgia spread

72 Coast in a tub? 75 “Ask nicely” 77 Fraudulent 78 Water slide 79 Bickering 80 Nixon’s last chief of staff

81 Part of a foot 82 Bump into 84 Group in a pub competition 85 Excess

87 Ritual for some eight-day-olds 91 “Friday the 13th” horror genre 94 Trounces 95 Downhill ski run 96 Castaway’s shelter

97 Buildups for many returning vacationers 98 Resident on the Gulf of Bothnia

100 Athlete’s best effort

102 Place for a pad 103 Lo-cal

104 Spider’s eight, usually

105 What “:” can mean

106 “That’s the” shorthand

107 Toaster Swirlz brand

108 Question of time

109 Amazon Handmade rival

112 Quick quality 113 Seat winners

114 Points to, maybe