CROSSWORD LOS ANGELES TIMES

PARTING COMPANY

ACROSS

1 Gadgets with

teeth

6 Most favorable 13 Nuts seen

in bars

20 Look forward to 21 Direct

approach 22 Theoretically 23 Longtime ABC News anchor [Hero, 1]

25 “The Odd Couple”

couple, e.g. 26 Menu

selections

27 Old Tokyo

28 Per __

29 One of eight Yankee World Series victories 32 P.O. box item 34 Final Four

game

37 “Ready Player One” hero Wade __

41 Marvel supersoldier [Villain, 1] 47 Asteroids

producer 48 Byzantine architecture features

49 Mardi Gras city,

informally 50 Jaye’s “The Crying Game” role

51 Novel category 53 Third of eight 55 Basic bruise

treatment 58 Santa signal

[Sidekick 2] 60 Biblical bloomer [Princess 2] 62 Physical exam

letters 63 Mystiques

64 Org. for

netmen

65 Had the nerve 66 Regional flora

and fauna 68 Wanders about 71 Convenient, like some winter resorts

74 Blowup aid

77 Courage

79 Sch. with the mascot SuperFrog

82 Kids’ building

materials [Sidekick 1] 85 Groups of problem-solving specialists [Princess 1] 88 Film noir plot

device

89 Types

91 Attribute

92 Robin Roberts’

show, initially 93 Take __: snooze 95 Up to

97 Toast starter 98 Ineffective

pitcher’s fate, in baseball lingo [Villain 2]

102 Nose wrinklers 103 Common stained glass element

104 Org. concerned

with flight risks 105 “... to say the __” 108 Yankee

quipper?

111 Old AT&T rival 114 Economic

divisions

119 Lost for now 122 One-hit wonder

[Hero 2]

125 Pip’s love interest in “Great Expectations” 126 Put back

127 Nancy Drew series

author

128 Rice and wheat 129 Invite to one’s

home

130 Oscar winner

Redmayne

DOWN

1 Darth Vader

accessory

2 John Irving’s “A Prayer for __

Meany”

3 “The Simpsons”

creator Groening 4 Oktoberfest

quaff

5 Freaking out 6 Too big for one’s

own good 7 Script writer 8 Messi’s uniform

number 9 Nastase of

tennis

10 It’s often made

up in advance 11 Luanda’s land 12 Guitarist Paul 13 Food wrapped

in silk

14 Soon, to a bard

15 Union member? 16 Rapper Stanley

Burrell, familiarly 17 Prefix with Pen 18 Like a few hours

after midnight 19 HS bigwigs 24 Yeshiva grad 28 Florence’s river 30 Friendly

opening? 31 Violinist __ Frank 33 Soldier’s helmet 35 Place for a

slam dunk 36 Result of a drip,

at times

37 Cola __

38 Reef formation 39 Got under

control 40 Off-road vehicle 42 Sounds of

thunder 43 Original Dungeons &

Dragons co.

44 Touched down

45 Nutmeg spice 46 Synthetic resin used in paint 48 Budding star’s

big moment 52 Former Labor secretary Elaine 54 Something for

two, in song 56 53-Across, to

Merkel 57 Wasted 59 Terpsichore : dance :: __ : love poetry 61 Julep garnish 67 Model Sastre 69 NBAer-cum-rap

star

70 __ libre: poetry

form 71 Immortal

football coach Amos Alonzo __ 72 Last Oscars host

(2018)

73 Like talent,

many say 75 Lorelei et al. 76 Chinese culinary

general

77 Note taker 78 Energetic type 80 Capital on

the Nile

81 Brown shade 83 “Knives Out”

filmmaker Johnson

84 Blue __: Dory’s

species 86 Knickknack

87 Cong. meeting 90 “Boy, am

I dumb!” 94 Encouraging

word?

96 ’50s prez

99 They may be

reserved

100 Core values

101 “Peaceful Easy Feeling” group, with “The” 106 Ed with Emmys

107 Matching pair 109 Infuriate

110 Old cereal box

stats

112 Piece of work 113 __ perpetua:

Idaho motto 115 Ready to drive 116 Slanted page

117 Hindu princess 118 Old dagger 119 Eldest of the

“Little Women” 120 El Al’s home:

Abbr.

121 Metro stop:

Abbr.

122 Renaissance artist __ Angelico

123 __ lane

124 Wrath