L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ANSWERS TO ALL PUZZLES ARE ON PAGE 26 AND 31

ACROSS

1 Wild hog

5 Latish lunch hr.

10 Place for “me time”

13 Inflame with love

19 Atlanta Hawks arena until 1997 Cause of in-flight turbulence

“__ Bovary” Show about monks who form a rock group?

Show about Alfred E. Neuman and company? Start Comedian Mandel Consecrate Charming person? “Who here hath __ these two days buried”: “romeo and Juliet” “Queer Eye” grooming expert Jonathan van __ Show about some St. Louis sluggers and their fixerupper? “Fiddlesticks!” Lhasa __

Tea party attendee Highway scofflaw Old dietary std. Physicist Nikola Delta deposit Show about a mom-and-pop neckwear business? 22 23 26 27 28 29 34 41 43 44 45 48 51 53 55

Sign up Ceremonial pile Clog front Letters of urgency Gal

NBA Commissioner Silver

Muted colors Show about mug shot photography? Fitness coach City near Tahoe Foil kin

Cal’s twin, in a Steinbeck novel Ortiz of “Ugly Betty” Storage tower Pats gently Show about a village and its mountain lion problem? Actress Merrill Old-school Hooting bird Tiny garden planting

98 Attic pests

100 Exploit

101 Uneven do

102 Show about a red sock, a blue sock, and the love they found in the dryer? One-word warning Black shade Loses enthusiasm “Ooh! There!” Zenith’s opposite Go off-script Show about a school pep squad? 57 59 61 62 63 65

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DOWN

1 Former wrestling star __ Brazil Muscat’s sultanate Writers Patchett and Brashares Goes it alone Dolt

Tip for a writer Make a typo, say HMO alternative May honoree Distort, as data Danger Utterly lost Name that means “God is with us” Flatbread served with tandoori chicken

Bells and whistles First lady after Bess Signs

Uses for a fee Guitar Hero combinations Native Nebraskan 2 3

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Show about Quaker Oats, Mikey, and the partnership that changed cereal forever? Sniggler’s trap Network announcement Facility Declines

Yang counterpart Give some space Deliver by parachute 30 31

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Baton

Heads of cabbage, for short? Celestial event Come from behind The Shins’ genre Not fancy Double-click, say Cold War letters Beach bottle letters Attempt Wonderland cake message

Punk offshoot Ascended Passed out

Nile vipers

__ wrench Sports page news Name on four British art galleries Use a surgical beam

Idyllic spots Battlefield board game

Elude

Copied Makeup mishap Shape hidden in the FedEx logo Fauvist painter Dufy Key holder Southern inflection November meteor shower

__ Tuesday Silent assent Spanish citrus fruit Discombobulated Fitbit unit 87 89 90 91

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Asian lake memorialized by UNESCO Pledge drive freeb volcanic debris Is affected by volleyball court divider Electrically flexibl Economy Earth-friendly pre Brews Continental trave pass Snowman in “Frozen” Chops up “Straight Outta Compton” actor __ Jackson Jr. Bruins legend Cam On edge “Chicago Hope” Emmy winner Wrinkle remover Faculty head Perjurer

“In that case ... ” [The light’s green Cedar rapids college

Blast letters Bro or sis Tribute in verse