L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD PUzzLE

ACROSS 1 “God bless us, __ one!”

6 Cola choice

11 __ pudding:

Christmas treat

15 Org. with Falcons

and Ravens

18 Stimulates, as

curiosity

20 Mr. T’s outfit

21 Syllables from Santa

22 ISP pioneer

23 Snow-covered home in many Hallmark Christmas greetings?

25 Soon, long ago

26 Overly

27 Most wee

28 Task of untangling last year’s outdoor Christmas decorations?

30 “Sounder” Best Actress Oscar nominee Cicely

31 Cap brims

34 Dog-__

35 Ryder Cup org.

37 Loudness measure

40 Chef ’s workload

41 Rude way to describe shopping mall Santas?

47 Completely updated

48 “Well, shoot”

49 Air France hub

50 Wok, for one

53 Coffee cup

insulators 55 TV series based on a

Coen brothers film

57 Noted second-place

finisher

58 Dodger great Reese

61 Slender stemware

62 Went up a size

63 “Waterloo” quartet

66 Like a decorated Christmas tree, usually?

69 Word with wind and

Wing

70 Armoire part

71 Oscar winner Hunt

72 Build up

74 Go up against

75 Parlor piece

76 Shows age, as

newspaper

80 Yoga roll

81 Make a bundle?

82 Meyers of late-night

TV

86 British fish dish

87 Like the contents of a gift-wrapped pet carrier, hopefully?

91 With good judgment

94 Perfect example

95 Game console letters

96 Perfect

97 Tell

99 Puts at ease

103 Career preparing gifts for those on Santa’s “naughty” list?

105 Proclaim loudly

108 Actress Basinger 109 “Start talking”

110 Portraying Comet’s sleigh-pulling partner in the Christmas pageant?

114 College domain

115 Jump

116 Dispatch

117 Wonderland host who says, “It’s always tea-time”

118 Tres menos uno

119 “NASCAR on NBC”

analyst Earnhardt Jr.

120 Figures (out)

121 Flowering shrub, in

gardener slang

DOWN

1 NT book before Philippians

2 Baroque stringed

instrument

3 Evenhanded

4 Out of practice

5 Throws away

quickly, in slang

6 Busy orgs. during

campaigns

7 Coup d’__

8 According to

9 Despondent

10 Online chats, briefly

11 “Exile in Guyville”

singer Liz

12 Yearns (for)

13 “I don’t like the

sound of that”

14 __ Jack cheese

15 Essence 16 Header’s opposite

17 London insurance

giant

19 Flight school hurdle

24 Italian fashion house known for leather goods

28 Hang around lazily

29 Some parents

31 “La Dolce __”

32 “Yeah, right”

33 Min. fraction

35 Free TV spots

36 Noisy shorebird

38 Wrap up

39 Mercury or Saturn

40 Norwegian capital

42 Words in a cocktail

recipe

43 Nice dream?

44 Geeky type

45 __ valve: heart part

46 Pressing need

50 Cut (down)

51 War god

52 Small amphibian

54 African language

55 Ala. neighbor

56 Luminous glow

57 “The Time Machine”

author

59 Telepathic girl in

“Stranger Things”

60 Jazz great Fitzgerald

61 Marshy area

63 “House of Gucci”

actor Driver

64 “The Book of __ Fett”

65 Boxing match

67 Actor Kingsley 68 “The Whole Woman” writer Germaine

73 Peter Fonda title

role

75 Crockett of folklore

77 Confides in

78 Sangria ingredient

79 Gels

81 Wallet

82 Tizzy

83 Kin of -kin

84 Howe’er

85 Garment border

87 “Dreamgirls”

actress Sharon

88 Fix, as a horse

89 Brewery letters

90 Praline nut

91 Musical set in Oz

92 Eager reply to “Who

wants dessert?”

93 Irish poet Heaney

97 Fit for a queen

98 Skip the formalities,

in a way

100Cry of frustration

101 Aptly named

Renault

102 Impudence

104 Superstore with wordless assembly instructions

105 Information unit

106 Baloney

107 Seven up, e.g.

110 Letters from school

111 Asian language

112 Egyptian viper

113 Like some humor