L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD PUzzLE

ACROSS

1 Soccer great Mia

5 Practical jokers

9 Ankle-related

15 Kindergarten

recitation

19 McFlurry cookie

20 Inside scoop

21 “The Heart of the

Matter” novelist

22 “Sounds like a __!”

23 Hitching post?

26 Pennant __

27 Vision correction

tools

28 __ Grande

29 Like rainforests

31 Revolutionary

Guevara

32 Social group

33 Fair trade?

38 “Pipe down!”

40 Tiny parasites

42 Erin of “Happy

Days”

43 Wax-wrapped

cheese

44 Try to win over

45 Freud’s “The __ and

the Id”

46 Shoulder muscles,

briefly

48 Two-syllable foot

51 Cry to a cap’n

53 Not much at all

57 Snooped (around)

59 Hankook product

60 Cold calling?

64 Some Himalayan

residents 66 Beam

67 Far from port

68 Pigeon coop

69 Inexact fig.

70 Inside job?

75 World Series mo.

77 Genesis locale

78 Hardships

79 Agcy. with a taxing

job

80 Peanut butter Girl

Scout cookies

82 Power station?

88 Notable times

89 Cuban singer Cruz

91 Any second now

92 Exude, as charm

93 Actress Ward

94 __-turvy

96 “60 Minutes”

network

99 Ornate flower pot

100Lava __

103 Agree to join

105 Casual conversation

106 Purr former

107 Instrumental role?

111 Maui’s scenic __

Highway

113 WC

114 “Falling Skies” actor

Wyle

115 “Life Is Good”

rapper

116 Poet Gorman who read at President Biden’s inauguration

119 Give off

121 Scoring position?

126 Lhasa __ 127 Many a profile

picture

128 Mystery novelist

Paretsky

129 One of the Three

Bears

130 “Those people?”

131 Dangerous African

fly

132 Cash drawer slot

133 “Sounds good to

me!”

DOWN

1 Laugh really hard

2 Field of expertise

3 Inst. that features

clinical rotations

4 Prototype

5 Hits the jackpot

6 “Life of Pi” director

Lee

7 Fighter pilot’s

sensation

8 “Lost in Translation”

director Coppola

9 __ Fridays

10 Continuing storyline

11 Big name in outdoor

gear

12 Putty, caulk, etc.

13 Invalidate

14 Doesn’t bother

15 Bank loan abbr.

16 Extortionist

17 Secret stash

18 Scornful look

24 “Go, me!”

25 79-Across document

30 Possessed 34 Agreement from a

silent partner?

35 “Lost in Yonkers”

Tony winner Worth

36 Bravery

37 Yogurt-based condiment served with hot curry dishes

38 Exchange

39 Hostess cream-filled

cake

41 Sweet-talk

47 Spanish title

49 3D diagnostic tools,

briefly

50 Second to none

52 Story

54 Singer featured on

Flo Rida’s “Low”

55 Additionally

56 Action figure?

58 Hold up

61 Evaluated

62 Ophthalmologist,

informally

63 Diameter halves

65 __ dish

68 Pink cocktail,

familiarly

70 “They’re not saying anything worth listening to”

71 Start anew

72 Majestic trees

73 Geppetto’s goldfish

74 __ buco

75 “To a ... “poems

76 Apple discard

81 Sci-fi writer Asimov 82 Longstocking of kidlit

83 Worshipper of Jah

84 Inseam unit

85 Froot Loops mascot

86 Political

commentator Klein

87 Tenant’s expense

90 Contract ambiguity that may be exploited

95 Half a cosmic whole

97 Commonwealth off

Florida

98 Notary public’s

device

101 Fellows

102 “Survivor” host

Jeff

104 “I Put a Spell on

You” singer Simone

105 Diagnostic tool,

briefly

107 Sole mate?

108 Vim and vigor

109 Shipping weight

deductions

110 Final word

112 Two-time Australian

Open winner Osaka

117 __-glace: rich sauce

118 Isles off the Irish

coast

120 Hall of Fame pitcher

Seaver

122 Toward the rudder

123 Prefix with content

and belief

124 Miniature

125 Smelter’s input