The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

CROSSWORD LOS ANGELES TIMES

- Excuses, Excuses! By Robin Stears

ACROSS

1 Jorts fabric

6 North Africa’s __

Mountains 11 Cranberry

sites

15 TV ads for

good causes 19 One who may live by the Strait of Hormuz

20 Go

21 Old Testament

twin

22 Actress Wilson of “His Dark Materials”

23 “I always wanted to be a ballerina, but I ...” 27 Specimen for a

volcanolog­ist 28 Gown

29 Long Beach’s location, informally

30 “I __”: Election

Day sticker 31 North Carolina

university 32 Uniform accessory 33 Ambulance

wailers

34 “I always wanted to be a baker, but I ...”

40 __ bar

41 German

article 42 Northeaste­rn

octet

43 Show clearly 46 Small tastes 48 Vega, e.g.

49 Phony

53 “I always wanted to be a Gregorian monk, but I ...” 57 Undefeated

boxer Laila 58 Means of

access

59 Goatee spot 60 Key of Beethoven’s “Eroica” 62 Soy-based frozen dessert brand

65 Think of,

as a solution

67 “__ Place”: 1990s TV drama

69 Classic Windows

catchphras­e 70 Bygone Dodge

subcompact 71 Messy scuffle 72 Customizab­le Wii Sports avatar

73 “I always wanted to be a perfumer, but I ...”

81 French infinitive 83 Give more

than a darn? 84 Midday

85 On the clock 86 Setting for many Stephen King novels

88 After the

whistle 90 Wallpaper hanger’s calculatio­n

91 “I always wanted to be a gardener, but I ...”

98 Sugar shack

surrounder­s 99 Actress Mireille 100 MLB stat

101 Massive old

computer

102 Amazon crime series based on Michael Connelly novels

104 Fanny pack’s spot 106 Needle a bit 109 “I always wanted to be a wedding officiant, but I ...” 113 Not aweather 114 Canine pal of Nermal and Garfield

115 British elevators 116 Pie feature

117 Young 67-Down 118 Batik artist

119 Sherwin-Williams

product

120 Toast opener

DOWN

1 “Say So” singer __

Cat

2 Some Down

Under sprinters 3 Graham in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

4 QB misfire 5 __-of-the-road 6 Pasta

specificat­ion

7 Till stack 8 Muscles

near delts 9 Batting stat 10 Vacillate

11 “You __!”: “Yep!”

12 Dept. of

Labor arm

13 Fine __: Irish

political party 14 Dine by candleligh­t, maybe

15 “The Canterbury

Tales” character 16 Beverage brewed with solar energy 17 Goto

18 Gets rid of 24 Appliance in some hotel room closets 25 Reggae pioneer

Peter

26 Like a ram

or a lamb 31 Balanced 32 Curry of the NBA’s “Splash Brothers” 33 Bypass

34 Home with cells

35 Tel __, Israel 36 Main points 37 Taking action 38 Captain of industry 39 Novelist Turgenev

40 Family room 44 Pants part 45 Award quartet for John Legend, for short 47 Grapefruit wedge

48 __ guard 50 Lighting effect 51 “Poor, pitiful me!” 52 Puny parasite 54 “... __ quit!”

55 Sulu player John 56 Choose

61 Routes without tolls

62 Person of the Year designator

63 Skip over

64 So-so

65 Some med. plans 66 Company abbr. 67 Guys

68 “Frozen” sister 70 Advent 71 Ramadan, e.g. 74 Essential fatty __ 75 Brooks’ country music partner 76 Gets into shape?

77 Castle trench 78 Standard 79 Koala hangout 80 Genre of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones 82 Tries to live up to

87 Smart __

89 Most uncanny 91 Cooking oil option 92 Weighed in 93 “The Addams Family” uncle

94 Foot part 95 Totally worthless 96 Recipe amt. 97 Built for NASA, say 98 Athlete’s award 102 Soul mate? 103 Scrape covered with a Paw Patrol bandage, e.g. 104 Library convenienc­e 105 Memo abbr. 106 Cowpoke’s poker

107 “Will there be anything __?” 108 Dampens 110 Drift off 111 Fjord kin

112 One of five principal resources in the game Catan

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