L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD PuzzlE
ACROSS 1 Beauty pageant accessories 7 Won’t take no for an answer 13 Information unit 20 Grammar class subject 21 More malicious 22 Not done externally 23 *Part of a Quaker recipe batch 25 Shock 26 Thurman of film 27 New Mexico county or its seat 28 Alicia’s son in “The Good Wife” 30 Golf tournament kickoff 31 Schroeder’s most prized possession 34 Vatican City statue 36 Character on a staff 37 *It attracts koalas 40 Corvallis sch. 43 First-stringers 46 Each 47 Ristorante desserts 49 One not honoring an oath 50 Hideaway 53 Data measure 54 Big Ten athlete since 2014, briefly 55 Slugger Mel 56 *Beverage made from sun-withered leaves 60 Absorption process 62 Buzz and trim 64 Assessment 65 2015 Verizon acquisition 66 With 48-Down, Martha Kent portrayer on “Smallville” 67 Divine rings 68 Sole food 72 “Today” rival, initially 73 Bk. before Daniel 74 “Don’t worry” 75 Many a text writer 79 *Cyclades setting 81 Roadside sign 82 Été month 83 Outdo 85 Check numbers 86 Songwriter Bacharach 87 South Carolina athlete 89 Start of a solution 92 Get ready for work 93 Wagering letters 94 *Financial oversight group 99 Sequence of 106Across 101 English city that’s home to Kirkgate Market 102 Diamond gem 106 99-Across things 108 Monthly pmt. 109 “Un-shareable since 1972” breakfast food 110 “Norma __” 111 Dover diapers 113 Answers to starred clues, as hinted by this puzzle’s title? 118 Buds in a circle 119 Slide by 120 Adorned 121 The least bit 122 Circular currents 123 Underground maze
DOWN 1 One getting ahead? 2 Texas mission 3 Skewered Thai dish 4 Run smoothly 5 Language suffix 6 Washington airport 7 “It’s all good, dude” 8 Revivalists 9 __ Tomé 10 Fluid applied through a nib 11 Stop running, as an engine 12 Rewards for tricks 13 Seek sneakily, with “for” 14 Tiny crawler 15 Rosary relative 16 Yankee manager after Showalter 17 *Too much to handle 18 Land in un lago 19 Regard 24 Lang on “Smallville” 29 Slyly spiteful 32 Apple cousin 33 End of chem class? 34 “Moonlight Sonata” directive 35 “How was __ know?” 36 Demeter’s Roman counterpart 38 Tale 39 Prefix with tiller 41 Acronymic Apple assistant 42 Gp. putting letters in boxes 43 Maui ciao 44 Business bigwig 45 *Forced to apologize 48 See 66-Across 50 Boor 51 Old, in Oberhausen 52 Cyclades island 53 Bights, e.g. 56 In base eight 57 Cruller coating 58 Comm. with STOP signs 59 Call to mind 61 Mediterranean island country 63 95-Down convenience 67 What culinary alarms measure 68 Ending for song or slug 69 “Right you are” 70 Old Russian monarchs 71 Betting aids: Abbr. 74 Genetics lab subject 75 Palm starch 76 Dredge, as with flour 77 Partner of up 78 In, on a stamp 80 Inspector Dalgliesh in P.D. James novels 84 Ability 86 Poker Flat chronicler Harte 88 City NNW of Naples 89 Freezing 90 Pentagon org. 91 Ambulance initials 92 Agnus __ 95 Den fixture 96 Hearths 97 Frat party garment 98 Flip-flops 100 Louvre Pyramid architect 103 Vestige 104 Like one who can’t wait 105 Wetland stalks 106 What FAQs offer 107 Mountain lake 108 She, in Salerno 109 In addition 112 Mount Washington summer hrs. 114 Tidy sum 115 Prefix with dermis 116 Univ. senior’s exam 117 Motor City org.