Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS

1 Soccer great Mia

5 Practical jokers

9 Ankle-related

15 Kindergarten recitation

19 McFlurry cookie

20 Inside scoop

21 “The Heart of the Matter” novelist

22 “Sounds like a __!”

23 Hitching post?

26 Pennant __

27 Vision correction tools

28 __ Grande

29 Like rainforests

31 Revolutionary Guevara

32 Social group

33 Fair trade?

38 “Pipe down!”

40 Tiny parasites

42 Erin of “Happy Days”

43 Wax-wrapped cheese

44 Try to win over

45 Freud’s “The __ and the Id”

46 Shoulder muscles, briefly

48 Two-syllable foot

51 Cry to a cap’n

53 Not much at all

57 Snooped (around)

59 Hankook product

60 Cold calling?

64 Some Himalayan residents

66 Beam

67 Far from port

68 Pigeon coop

69 Inexact fig.

70 Inside job?

75 World Series mo.

77 Genesis locale

78 Hardships

79 Agcy. with a taxing job

80 Peanut butter Girl Scout cookies

82 Power station?

88 Notable times

89 Cuban singer Cruz

91 Any second now

92 Exude, as charm

93 Actress Ward

94 __-turvy

96 “60 Minutes” network

99 Ornate flower pot

100 Lava __

103 Agree to join

105 Casual conversation

106 Purr former

107 Instrumental role?

111 Maui’s scenic __ Highway

113 WC

114 “Falling Skies” actor Wyle

115 “Life Is Good” rapper

116 Poet Gorman who read at President Biden’s inauguration

119 Give off

121 Scoring position?

126 Lhasa __

127 Many a profile picture

128 Mystery novelist Paretsky

129 One of the Three Bears

130 “Those people?”

131 Dangerous African fly

132 Cash drawer slot

133 “Sounds good to me!”

DOWN

1 Laugh really hard

2 Field of expertise

3 Inst. that features clinical rotations

4 Prototype

5 Hits the jackpot

6 “Life of Pi” director Lee

7 Fighter pilot’s sensation

8 “Lost in Translation” director Coppola

9 __ Fridays

10 Continuing storyline

11 Big name in outdoor gear

12 Putty, caulk, etc.

13 Invalidate

14 Doesn’t bother

15 Bank loan abbr.

16 Extortionist

17 Secret stash

18 Scornful look

24 “Go, me!”

25 79-Across document

30 Possessed

34 Agreement from a silent partner?

35 “Lost in Yonkers” Tony winner Worth

36 Bravery

37 Yogurt-based condiment served with hot curry dishes

38 Exchange

39 Hostess creamfilled cake

41 Sweet-talk

47 Spanish title

49 3D diagnostic tools, briefly

50 Second to none

52 Story

54 Singer featured on Flo Rida’s “Low”

55 Additionally

56 Action figure?

58 Hold up

61 Evaluated

62 Ophthalmologist, informally

63 Diameter halves

65 __ dish

68 Pink cocktail, familiarly

70 “They’re not saying anything worth listening to”

71 Start anew

72 Majestic trees

73 Geppetto’s goldfish

74 __ buco

75 “To a ... ” poems

76 Apple discard

81 Sci-fi writer Asimov

82 Longstocking of kid-lit

83 Worshipper of Jah

84 Inseam unit

85 Froot Loops mascot

86 Political commentator Klein

87 Tenant’s expense

90 Contract ambiguity that may be exploited

95 Half a cosmic whole

97 Commonwealth off Florida

98 Notary public’s device

101 Fellows

102 “Survivor” host Jeff

104 “I Put a Spell on You” singer Simone

105 Diagnostic tool, briefly

107 Sole mate?

108 Vim and vigor

109 Shipping weight deductions

110 Final word

112 Two-time Australian Open winner Osaka

117 __-glace: rich sauce

118 Isles off the Irish coast

120 Hall of Fame pitcher Seaver

122 Toward the rudder

123 Prefix with content and belief

124 Miniature

125 Smelter’s input