L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD PUZZLE

“You Oughta Be in Pictures” by Matt Skoczen

ACROSS

1 Impedes 8 Trendy 15 Break the law, in a way 20 Like some reasoning 21 In vino __ 22 Threshold 23 Heroic medal whose recipient didn’t feel worthy of it? 26 Distinguishing quality 27 “Mangia!” 28 Heavy weight 29 Cognac bottle letters 30 Divided into groups for auction 32 Argue 34 Rampant 36 “And Winter Came...” album maker 37 Formal acknowledgment of the end of the calla season? 46 Game with marriage and kids 48 Count in music 49 River rat 50 Warnings for Rio sailors? 56 Hurdles for future attys. 57 Justice Dept. arm 58 Wonder Woman portrayer Carter 59 __ historique: opera genre 61 USN officers 62 Jackie’s predecessor 64 Bay, say 68 Role for Ingrid 70 Throat-clearing sound 71 Not a colorful restaurant list? 75 Stat for getting people home 79 Like D’s, gradewise 81 __ buddy 82 Body __ 83 Shade of blue 86 Capital overlooking the Pacific 88 Breeze (through) 91 Garden tool 92 Save likemad 94 Midnight distress call? 100 Many a ski house 102 Tasteless 103 Weary 104 Clever maneuver by a grade school class? 108 Cat in a casa 112 About, legally 113 South end? 114 Pitcher known as “Tom Terrific” 116 Doesn’t seed, perhaps 119 1998 Masters champion 124 NRC forerunner 126 One of the Allmans 127 Classy vehicle for actor Elliott? 131 Cravat cousin 132 Not on any side 133 Folksy TV attorney 134 Benefits 135 Where some ticket selling is done 136 Ancient ascetics

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1 Jar 2 Either “You’ve GotMail” coscreenwriter 3 Accord 4 Carrier that merged with Meridiana in 2013 5 Itinerary component 6 Rap Dr. 7 Team 8 Online self-image 9 Conducted 10 Vessel for Jason 11 Countenance 12 Native Nebraskan 13 Foolish 14 Usher 15 “Law & Order: __” 16 Deliberately misconstrues 17 Big times 18 “WARMING! Keep within reach of children” brand 19 __ South 24 Cabo’s peninsula 25 Cause of kitchen tears 31 77-year-old duck 33 Friday player 35 Groundbreaking discoveries? 38 Fronded plant 39 Major conflict 40 That, in Taxco 41 Tina’s “30 Rock” role 42 First name in exploring 43 Kazakhstan river 44 Diamond tool 45 Get wise with 47 Vacation site 50 OleMiss rival 51 Where I-15 and I-80 intersect 52 “For the life __ ...” 53 Asgard head 54 Premier League soccer team, briefly 55 Nonclerical 60 Sort 63 Devil 65 Lending inst. 66 Bowie’s “Berlin Trilogy” collaborator 67 “Very funny” TV station 69 Slot machine’s one 71 Word spoken in mock indignation 72 Funny Bombeck 73 Places 74 Main Theban deity 76 Island band The __ Men 77 Composer Stravinsky 78 Go for 80 “Grumpy” film title characters 82 Old Roman road 83 Often-seen abbr. in English drama

84 Ex-UN chief Annan 85 Tale 87 Film dog 89 Alaskan site of the only WWII battle on U.S. soil 90 Sends, in a way 93 Minnesota-based hotel chain 95 Laughing sound 96 Birth mo. for some Scorpios 97 Island strings 98 Actress Daly 99 President with an airport named for him 101 Flynn of film 105 Sign of spring 106 Rocking place 107 A hundred bucks 109 Toyota model 110 Bridge holding 111 Hoover rivals 115 Fixes a column, say 116 Try 117 Very 118 Like San Francisco’s Coit Tower 120 Paradise 121 South-of-theborder water 122 Univ. military program 123 Ghostly glow 125 Occurred 128 5-min. NHL periods 129 Fall behind 130 “Law & Order” figs.