LOS ANGELES TIMES CROSSWORD
“AT THE HELM” BY PETER KOETTERS ACROSS
1 Glimpse
5 Way up
11 “Modern Family”
network
16 Bush found in Florida 19 Taiwanese superstar
Jay
20 Indiana Big Ten school 21 Anne of comedy 22 Kerfuffle
23 *Without hesitation 26 “Young Sheldon” network 27 Big-eyed bird 28 Johns in Scotland 29 Thought of Monet 30 Farm team links 32 *Opponent of the U.S. entry into WWII 38 Poop out 39 Certain noble’s domain 41 “Speed-the-Plow” playwright 42 Broadcasts 44 Underway, in a way 45 Upbraids
47 Bear witness 48 *“Sheik of ... burning sand” in a Ray Stevens hit 51 Michelangelo work 52 Curable aliment 55 “Death, be not proud” poet 56 Stylish Christian 57 Espresso foam 59 “Death Wish” star Charles
63 Tire material 65 Unkempt 66 Automation prefix 67 *Back-to-basics food regimen 71 “J’Accuse...!” author 72 Middle-earth tongue 74 Modeling agent? 75 Rubber glove materials 77 Kavanaugh colleague 78 Awestruck
79 Chile con __: cheesy Tex-Mex sauce 81 Brit. medal 82 Fountain choices 84 *Moments requiring decisive action 90 Wasatch dweller, perhaps 92 Believer
93 Zilch
94 Greek letter that inspired the euro symbol
96 “__ you done?” 97 Aptly named Vt. ski resort
99 Small indentation 100 *Groups that pervert justice 104 Beatnik’s “Got it!” 106 Oscilloscope knob 107 Twice tetra
108 PC brain
111 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame architect 112 1865 classic not written for the characters that start the answers to starred clues 118 Annex
119 Action star Lundgren 120 Bawl out 121 Mirrored
122 Silent consent 123 “Hasta la vista!” 124 Digestion aid 125 Tender in Havana
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1 Smart speaker brand 2 Display 3 Lifeguard’s domain 4 Goofy laugh 5 Drone shelter 6 Largest division of Islam 7 Dramatic mus. marking 8 Writer LeShan 9 Vow taker 10 Youngest of nine Kennedy siblings 11 In the thick of 12 “John Brown’s Body” poet 13 Self-indulgent sort 14 Numero di colori on the Italian flag 15 Verb associated with mileage
16 *Food chain with a roundheaded spokesman 17 Stefan of tennis 18 Heads
24 Legal encumbrance 25 Horse fathers 31 Elevator guy 33 Ancient Dead Sea kingdom
34 Dino’s love 35 FDR’s dog 36 Cinephile’s website 37 “Hud” director Martin 39 Barnyard bleat 40 Tray filler
43 Come to, as an agreement 45 Medicinal shrub 46 Spam holder 47 Garlicky sauce 49 NFL stats 50 Bootlegger’s haul 51 Variegated 53 Mosey 54 Chichén Itzá builders 56 Overrule 58 Bulldoze 59 Basketful on the table 60 Basketful on the table
61 *1990 Paul Simon song, with “The” 62 “__ isn’t!”: emphatic rebuttal 63 Industrial settler? 64 Duty
65 Tuck away
68 Like the Impossible Burger
69 Heroic poem
70 Pick
73 San Bernardino Co. is part of it
76 Tater __
78 Bing Crosby’s role in “Robin and the 7 Hoods” 79 Westernmost South American capital 80 Young __ 83 Reluctant assent 84 One-named singer 85 Vegas rival 86 Caltech, e.g.: Abbr. 87 Guy’s grooming portmanteau 88 Pre-1868 Tokyo 89 Jug band instrument 91 __ bar
92 Cheery refrain 94 Auto-injector brand 95 Big citrus fruit 96 __ Raisin, British whodunit sleuth named for a British writer 97 Change in form 98 Something under the sink
101 Chilly
102 With feigned shyness 103 Logical “razor” creator
105 Bean bags? 109 Bakery array 110 Reverse
113 Iowa college 114 Spleen
115 Indian 59-Down 116 “Les __”
117 Stout source