Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS

1 Totally wiped

5 College Board exam for jrs.

9 Fondant colorer

12 Dream big

18 Roman aqueduct section

19 Active volcano on Sicily

20 Timely benefit

21 Bedouin, e.g.

22 HTTP 504: Knight fails to return to castle before portcullis closes for curfew

25 Soft cotton fabric 26 Literary comparisons 27 Organs that affect balance 28 Boutonniere counterpart

29 Bed cover

30 “Turn up the heat!”

31 Fade, say

33 Triangles on a map, typically: Abbr. 34 Flower in some O’Keeffe paintings 35 HTTP 403: Knight not approved to embark on second search for the Holy Grail

40 Snap veggies

41 Sign into law

42 Push notifications

43 DOJ staffers

45 Ryan of “Star Trek: Picard”

46 Puglia lang. 49 HTTP 419: Knight’s squire’s apprenticeship no longer in force

53 Gets fit

57 Routine material

58 Store securely

59 Blues label based in Memphis

60 Icy layer 61 “Pressure” singer Lennox 62 Tennis unit 65 Some fossils

67 Citi player

69 16th POTUS 70 Baby carrier 72 Spindly 74 Villain’s hideaway 76 “The Sparks Brothers” director Wright 78 Commuters’ region 80 HTTP 500: Knight fails to tip waitstaff at banquet 83 Meh

84 Lump of soil 86 Finnish tech giant 87 Lowered a lot, as prices

90 New cadet 92 Rowdy crowds 96 HTTP 405: Knight illegally aims for opponent’s head during joust 100 French friend 101 Fairy tale meanie 102 White peg in Battleship

103 Car port? 104 Waterfall on a doughnut production line 105 Fuel mining site 107 Angry speech 109 Toyota sedan 112 Suggest 113 Medieval protocol for knights, or an alternate title for this puzzle? 116 Rise

117 “Sadly ... ” 118 Spark interest? 119 For a __ pittance 120 Hi-fi system 121 Civil rights initialism 122 Brouhahas

123 115-Down votes

DOWN

1 Sack

2 Error remnant 3 Probiotic yogurt brand

4 Rap anthem by Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five 5 Ring out 6 Warm compress target, maybe 7 Termite eaters 8 Mai __: cocktail 9 “Monsters, Inc.” factory product 10 “Pinkie promise?” 11 Isengard attacker 12 Weapons expert 13 Sweet and __ 14 Make the grade 15 “Better get a move on!”

16 Royal tenures 17 “Ready Player One” author Cline 20 Santa costume need 23 Sharp quality 24 Warrant 28 Attention 29 Swing dance move 30 “The Graham Norton Show” airer 32 Recruit

35 Big bash 36 Agate kin 37 Speaks with a sore throat

38 “No good __ goes unpunished” 39 Swab for 27-Across 44 Model/activist Holliday

45 Like tiaras 47 Parmesan substitute 48 __ support

49 Like a sponge 50 With hands on hips 51 Teensy

52 Fishy topping 54 Goofy sort 55 Splitting tool 56 Coeval

57 Spielberg shark thriller

59 Sister on “Succession” 63 Flow partner 64 You, in Montréal 66 Driveway-patching gunk 68 Actress Hatcher 71 Place for a pickme-up? 73 Cheesy layered snack

75 Keep up on the issues?

77 One prone to histrionics, informally 79 Hershey caramel candy

80 Faygo or Fanta 81 Get-up on Sunday morning?

82 __ out a living 85 “Time to blow this popsicle stand” 88 Come clean about 89 Sulky mood 90 Ninth planet, until 2006

91 Fishy topping 93 Ill-fated “Grey’s Anatomy” resident George

94 Nutty

95 Match at the poker table 96 Coffee-and-chocolate concoctions 97 Narcissist 98 Hypnotic state 99 Areas of expertise 104 Sen.’s domain 106 Greenhouse unit 108 Genesis figure 109 Included in an email thread 110 “How terrible!” 111 Divests (of) 113 Uber or Lyft alternative 114 Tampa’s st. 115 Affirmative