LOS ANGELES TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Plot again

6 Brand created by a periodontist in the 1950s

11 Zap

15 Kite user’s verb 18 Yawning

19 Iris aperture 20 Being broadcast 21 Toledo’s lake 22 *Alternative to a

pizza oven

24 Word derived from the underworld god Orcus 25 Quarterback’s

option 26 “Romanian Rhapsodies” composer

27 Birds that tell time? 29 Tolkien race 30 What Brits cross to

get here 34 Forsaken

35 Orange __

36 Like some airports:

Abbr.

38 *Office group leader 42 Those with clout 43 Reef dweller

45 Line of clothing 46 Harsh

48 Blow away

49 Latin being

51 Part of a court

game name 53 Elimination 56 General on a menu 57 Rat

59 Antique shop

transaction 60 *Online gaming

attraction 65 Designer Cassini 67 Street in Mason’s

office

68 Sews up 69 Dynamic start? 70 Norse patron 72 Encouraging words 73 Rotund man in a bright suit 75 Metalworking union 77 *Mathematical abstraction with evenly spaced integers

79 Farriers’ tools 81 Like some mistakes 83 Ode title starter 84 Shooting marble 86 Passion

87 Daring exploit 89 Luthor, to

Superman

92 Not for kids

94 Sign up 96 Wrangles

98 Former General

Motors division 100 *Only occupant of

Vostok I

102 Varieties

103 Teaspoon equivalents, roughly 105 Goddess with cow’s horns 106 Track wagers 109 Conception

110 Not full 113 Judging groups 116 Ring at the chapel 117 YA fiction reader 118 Startup funds

... and a hint to what’s hidden in the answers to the starred clues 122 Manitoba tribe 123 Fails to be

124 Beach, in Baja 125 Futuristic toon dog 126 Monopoly token 127 D-Day craft

128 Gunpowder

ingredient

129 Feed, as a fire

DOWN

1 “Streamers” playwright 2 Pulitzer-winning novelist Jennifer 3 “The Egg and I” woman

4 In an imitative way 5 Parts of a pound 6 Special __ 7 Same old same old

8 GI’s address 9 “The Mod Squad” role

10 __ cheese 11 Began to deal with 12 Fluffy felines 13 Like gales vis-à-vis breezes 14 Gift-wrapping times, perhaps 15 *Lead singer of a group whose first two Top 40 hits reached #1 16 Champ dethroned by Clay in 1964 17 Approvals 21 Duel tool 23 Political initials since 1884 28 V8 relative 31 Elevator name 32 Hawaiian goose 33 Court figs. 35 Program for future docs

36 Draft pick 37 When repeated, a cautioning word 39 Wherewithal 40 Timbuktu’s land 41 Incessantly 44 Cancún cash 47 Reddish rash 50 McGwire rival 52 Apple storage place

54 __ wrench 55 Limited-term usage contract

56 More irritable 57 Eric of “Pulp Fiction” 58 Position of control 60 Travel docs 61 Defeatist’s words 62 *Breakfast order usually made with ham, onion and green pepper 63 “Ben-Hur” author Wallace 64 Valuable rocks 66 Idle talk 71 “Cone of shame” docs

74 Quiets

76 90 degrees 77 Wafer brand 78 Goes bad

80 In __: as found 82 Twinge 85 Strange quality 87 Unofficial EU leaders group 88 Peak seen from Messina 89 15-Down singing style

90 TV planet 91 Start to save? 93 Political opposition 95 Cause of yelling, often

97 One working on a bench?

98 Snag

99 Writer Welty 101 2014 World Series champs

104 __ ale

107 Tax pro 108 Calamares or caracoles 110 Elec., e.g. 111 Locker room shower, at times? 112 Where to find a hero

114 Bit of mischief 115 Wild plum 119 Wolf down 120 Salon coloring 121 Saturn or Mercury