LOS ANGELES TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Get gray, say

8 Iraq port city 13 Knighted English composer

18 Bust of Pope Paul V sculptor 19 Language family including Finnish and Hungarian

20 “I Hope You Dance” singer Womack

21 *Marvel hero with a red-whiteand-blue costume 23 *Soviet newspaper

24 Like a racehorse’s hooves 25 Apple pie order 26 Last-second online auction bids 27 OXO tool 29 Comet, to some 30 Summer hrs. along the Mississippi 32 Humdingers 34 *Hunk

36 *Take only the best

38 Android alternative

39 Halloween decoration

40 “Family Guy” kid with a footballshaped head

41 __ Beta Kappa 42 Diva’s numbers 44 Base-level rideshare option

46 Host before Carson 49 *Instrument played with mallets 53 *Citrus used to flavor tea

57 Cattle catchers 58 Cantina fare 59 ’60s-’70s epithet based on a 21stcentury Emmywinning drama 60 Appliance found in Provence? 61 Survivalist Stroud

62 Okra or orca unit 63 “Dracula” author Stoker 64 Phisher’s crime 68 Throat problems 70 Grand Canyon sights 71 *Turkey’s area 72 *Symbol of worthlessness 74 Cravings 75 Slightly lit 76 Kindle technology 77 Back on a ship 80 Gem weight units 82 Water source 83 Little terror 86 *Camper’s knot 89 *Ridiculous, as an excuse 93 Worked on a Royal 94 Fragrant neckwear 95 Giants manager Kapler 96 Cruel boss 97 SoFi Stadium team 99 Family planning topic, familiarly 102 Big apes 103 *“Walk This Way” rap trio 104 *Oscar-winning role for Judi Dench 107 Made a case 108 Seventh of eight 109 Part of town to avoid 110 They may be skinny 111 Finish by 112 Rock’s Lynyrd __

DOWN

1 Ottawa-based media org. 2 Take on, as tenants 3 Mythological lyrist 4 Boundless 5 Jeweled headgear 6 Oxford, to Oxonians 7 Fruta en una colada 8 City in NW Germany 9 “Breaking Bad” actor __ Paul 10 Arrived headfirst, perhaps 11 General Mills cereal 12 Landmark health legislation, briefly 13 À la King? 14 Jump to one’s feet 15 Talked back to 16 List-shortening words 17 Transfer __ 19 Fish sauce taste 20 Health care provider: Abbr. 22 Floating above, say 26 Like Waldo’s shirt, in kids’ books 27 Inflation meas. 28 Russian cabbage? 31 MTN __ 33 Mountain footwear, maybe 35 Pass out 36 __-Alt-Del 37 Heat up again? 40 Matches, as a bet 42 Stage backdrop 43 Gives a thumbsup 44 Raised 45 Leaning 47 Spend time in a cellar, perhaps 48 Returned, as a football kick 49 Cultivated 50 Houston Texans coach Smith 51 “Carmen,” e.g. 52 Henri’s “Hi” 53 Symbol of authority 54 Pfizer rival 55 More than just talk 56 Language of southern India 59 Temperamental 62 (The) big leagues 65 Bank charge 66 French alternative 67 Has at 68 Dandy fellows 69 Move surreptitiously 70 Bengals, on scoreboards 72 Accompanying 73 Bite like a puppy 75 Tight-lipped 77 Do something 78 Bit of fishing tackle 79 Santa Monica Mountains’ __ Canyon 81 U.S. __ 1, East Coast hwy. 82 Immune system component 83 Picturesque language 84 English church honorific 85 Furry friend 87 WWI battle city 88 One of a quartet of ’50s singing siblings 89 Domed top for a threaded fastener 90 Relatives of Tonys 91 Polite two-word English term of address 92 Oranjestad native 95 Actress Davis 98 Fast-food NYSE ticker symbol 100 Beer foam 101 Mad __: word game 103 Rule that Gandhi opposed 104 “¿__ pasa?” 105 __ Starkey, longtime drummer for The Who 106 Once possessed