L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD PUzzLE

ACROSS

1 Dry-eyes solution

7 Up to the task

11 Brain wave

15 Guerrero greeting

19 TV spots

20 Ukrainian, e.g.

21 __ Rangoon: seafoodfilled appetizer

22 Taxing load

23 Straying

24 Sleeveless top,

briefly

25 Angry goose noise

26 __ performance

27 *Contact the Better Business Bureau, say

30 Boyfriends

31 Too cute

32 Tater bite

33 Sausage ingredient

34 Staff at sea

35 In medias __

36 *“We’re glad you

joined the team!”

41 Prefer

45 Subarctic forest

47 “The Celts” singer

from Ireland

48 __-dye

49 *Summer treat

52 Ornamental molding

54 Painter Magritte

55 Actor Estrada

56 Plane tracker

59 During

60 Spanish state

62 Krill consumers

64 Fateful signs 65 *Request at some

stage shows

70 “Washington

Journal” channel

73 Remote button with

“+” and “-”

74 Work clumsily

(through)

78 Baseball family name

79 Attach, as a button

80 Subway price

83 Subway line

84 Bureaucratic holdup

86 *Some home entertainment systems

90 NYE month

91 “In so __ words”

93 “Not exactly”

94 Weigh in

95 *Indoor roller coaster at Disney Parks

99 Upcycling initials

101 Phoenix NBA team

102 First-time Fortnite

player, e.g.

103 Confession

confession

104 Pancake shape

108 “¿Cómo está __?”

110 Small film role, and a feature of the answer to each starred clue?

114 Zoomed

115 Ceremonial Maori

dance

116 ESPNU topic

117 Business-speak

118 Earthy hue 119 Zealous

120 Diamond

authorities

121 From time

immemorial

122 Hoarse tone

123 Clothing lines

124 Clothing line

125 Unmissable tourist

experience, say

DOWN

1 Dinkel wheat

2 Shape on some road

signs

3 “Your Silence Will Not Protect You” poet/activist Audre

4 Visual

5 __ of the above

6 Gosford Park, e.g.

7 Broad tie

8 Sound of a prank

cigar

9 Genie’s confines

10 Scheme cooked up

by a film villain

11 Suzuki who racked up an MLB record 262 hits in a single season

12 Wonderland

message

13 Down __: Maine

nickname

14 Situp muscles

15 “Counting on it!”

16 “Wait your turn”

17 Party named for taro

leaves 18 Invites (out)

28 Share top billing

29 Rep. from the

Bronx

30 Crown-wearing

literary elephant

34 City boss

35 2022 film with the Oscar-winning song “Naatu Naatu”

36 Trimmable candle

part

37 Psyche element

38 Box up

39 Toxin found in

castor beans

40 Accomplishments

41 Campsite warmer

42 Air Force heroes

43 Dryer outlet

44 Undersea explorer

46 “__ glad to see you!”

50 Workers’ rights org.

51 Dry-__ board

53 Casually mention a

famous friend, say

57 Zugspitze, e.g.

58 “Traffic” actor

Benicio __ Toro

61 Actor Cheadle

62 Twisted dry

63 Cordon bleu meat

64 Stillwater sch.

66 Eczema treatment

brand

67 Do a yard chore

68 Chess rating system

69 “I can relate!”

70 Requests

identification 71 Shut-eye

72 The “Only Murders in the Building” protagonists, e.g.

75 Surrealist painter with a book about his mustache

76 Property claim

77 “Above all __ ... ”

79 Sends email destined

for the trash

80 Bracken, for one

81 Play part or play a

part

82 Tour technician

85 Adjust, as a law

87 “On top of that ... ”

88 “Little ol’ me?”

89 __ sauce

92 South Korean figure skater who won a gold medal at the Vancouver Olympics

96 Ready to play

97 Peripatetic folks

98 __ the line

100Really stuck

103 Twitch

104 Has the nerve

105 Metal bar

106 Tell off

107 Martial art with

bamboo swords

108 Apple consumer?

109 Pet re-homing org.

110 Spelunking site

111 Tiptop

112 “__ Loves Mambo”

113 Prego competitor

115 “Yeah, I bet!”