L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Unwelcome omens

9 Sussed (out)

14 WWII sea threat

19 Pollution legislation

goal

20 NutraSweet

developer

21 Bankrolls

22 One who’s a really big fan of promos and trailers?

24 Store employee

25 Walk heavily

26 Untruth

27 “Your guide to a

better future” site

29 Best of the best,

initially

30 Balance sheet abbr.

32 Styling aid

34 Weighs on

36 Main squeeze

39 Go along with harsh criticism of an ancient Athenian?

43 Like granita and

42-Down

44 Plum kin

45 Completely

overhauled

46 Annual stint at a Buckingham Palace timeshare?

51 Attributed

56 Leaf under a petal

57 Fat used in baking

58 Lyft alternative

59 Lyft offer 60 Apple device that might have a Smart Cover

62 Mauna __

63 Minecraft resources

65 Sea eagles

66 Story about a Disney girl who climbs Mount Everest?

72 Brazos River city

73 Fellows

74 Trail mix morsel

75 Harbor, perhaps

76 Hardly __: rarely

77 Lily of France

garment

78 Periods often named

for leaders

80 Seal sounds

83 “1984” superstate

86 Expensive block for a woodworking apprentice?

89 Gershwin classic

91 “Sunday Night Baseball” analyst, familiarly

92 Oscar winner

Mahershala

93 Poultry dish served in a Punjabi restaurant?

100Study

101 State of rest

102 Didn’t work out

103 “Not buying it”

106 Aloha Tower island

107 Dog who visits Oz

110 NFL scores

111 Springs 115 Embellish

117 Shop selling gold earrings and bandanas?

122 Mozart’s “Così fan

__”

123 Buck horn

124 Words said with an

eyeroll

125 Informal “What if ...

“

126 Surgical beam

127 Jazz headliners?

DOWN

1 Confidentially

informs

2 Often

3 Trial version

4 Hagar of Van Halen

5 Bumbling

6 Needlefish

7 Actor Cage,

informally

8 __ Lanka

9 Take down

10 Lock insert

11 Pave the way for

12 Panache

13 Feint on the ice

14 Mixed martial arts

org.

15 Tabbouleh wheat

16 Low tie

17 Cost for an online

pop-up, e.g.

18 “Shame on you!” 20 Goo made at home with glue, food coloring, and saline solution

23 Lotion additive

28 Scottish feudal lord

31 “The Voice” host

Carson

32 Green shampoo

33 Nerdy sort

35 Like much brandy

36 Routine parts

37 Tylenol target

38 See-through devices?

40 Smallest state in

India

41 Security checkpoint

request

42 Granita kin

44 Pool-heating option

47 Bond that promotes

easy communication

48 Polish Solidarity

hero Lech

49 Mythical

matchmaker

50 Lou Grant player

52 “To reiterate ... “

53 Goodyear surface

54 Novelist O’Brien

55 Workstation

58 Claritin rival

61 Archaeological site

64 __ cha beef: stir-fry

dish

66 Oh-so-precious

67 “__ Nagila”

68 Africa’s __ Desert: eastern region of the Sahara 69 2021 title role for

Peter Dinklage

70 Vibe

71 Died down

79 Unflappable

81 Leaves in

smoothies

82 Hide

84 Makes a request

85 Like dessert wines

86 Fur-protesting gp.

87 Irritate

88 Sportscaster Linda

90 Sincere attempts

93 Dalmatians, e.g.

94 Be in charge of

95 Old Apple app for

pics

96 Woos

97 Player who doesn’t mind making bloopers?

98 Church leader

99 Brief meeting?

104 Singers below

mezzo-sopranos

105 “Money __”: Spanish

TV drama

108 Fall birthstone

109 Fey of “Mean

Girls”

112 Bluish hue

113 Copy cats?

114 Spots

116 Once named

118 Blonde __

119 Recycling __

120 Govt. fiscal

monitor

121 Mex. neighbor