SUNDAY LOS ANGELES TIMES CROSSWORD OBVIOUSLY!

ACROSS

1 Luminescent gems 6 Fish head?

10 “Who Let the Dogs Out” group __ Men

14 Act extempore

19 Lear daughter 20 Breakfast scramble 21 Some deleted contacts 22 Enlightenment philosopher Thomas 23 Poorly put together trays? 26 Mary-in-mourning piece

27 Marshmallow Man in “Ghostbusters”

28 Capital of Tibet 29 Literary whaler

30 Start and end of a faceoff?

31 __ of strength 32 Boyfriend

33 Rap’s Snoop __

37 God destined to slay the sea serpent Jörmungandr

39 Donkeys who got caught in the rain? 45 “Snowy” bird

47 Ice rink leap 49 Self-satisfied 50 Bankrupt

51 Pews?

54 Sacred text

55 Bob in the Basketball Hall of Fame

56 Dutch painter Frans 57 Pat Benatar’s “Love __ Battlefield”

59 Historic space station 60 Stern direction? 61 Stinging insect 62 Dorky one

64 Picnic pest

65 “We all see the obvious here, right?,” and how to make six long answers in this puzzle match their clues? 70 Citrusy suffix 71 Piccata bud

72 Marine mammal in a matrilineal group 73 Anti-fraud org. 74 Bear’s lair

75 Reddit forum for inquiries

76 Early educ.

77 Potent potion 81 Purple or green herb 83 Khaki work uniform? 88 Checkout unit 89 Waffle __

90 Identical 91 Spine-chilling 92 Request from one who prefers dry mashed potatoes?

96 95-Down beds, maybe 98 Talk back to

99 Yule tune

100 “No problem!”

102 Spy org.

104 Surreptitious one 107 French composer Gabriel

109 Former police procedural starring Kathryn Morris

114 Jazz great Armstrong 115 Energy supplies that are just OK?

117 “You mean a lot to me”

118 “This __ fair”

119 Pool table fabric 120 Tempts

121 Yearned (for)

122 Flight nos.

123 Takes a load off 124 “Thus … ”

DOWN

1 Fantasy baddies 2 Impudent

3 Tlaxcala water

4 Pop’s __ Gaga

5 Dig (at)

6 Toque

7 Paying strict attention 8 Comm. system with visual cues

9 Beluga, e.g.

10 Gets feedback from an early audience 11 Weapons thrown at targets, in some social settings

12 Greek goddess of childbirth

13 Beast of burden 14 Seem (to be)

15 Rum cocktail

16 In __ of

17 Engrossed by

18 Drop of sweat 24 Clump of hair 25 Defrost

29 Word that may be replaced by a slash

31 NPR show hosted by Terry Gross

32 Open carriages 33 Lily-Rose __ of “The Idol”

34 Fantasy baddie 35 Determination 36 Location metadata 38 Skin care brand 40 “Ew, stop sharing” 41 Steamed bite 42 Abolitionist Harriet 43 Conditioning, as a bamboo cutting board 44 Hägar’s dog

46 Like some glasses 48 Path of __ resistance 52 Gp. concerned with crashes

53 Swiss instrument traditionally made from red pine

54 Pastel shade

58 Ocean floor

61 “Raw” org.

62 Puckered expression in a selfie

63 Iga Swiatek’s org. 65 Conceptualize

66 More on edge

67 __ awareness 68 Twistable cookies 69 Birds mummified in ancient Egypt

70 Madison Ave. industry 76 Ensembles associated with Hillary Clinton 78 Bonus, in 70-Down lingo

79 “Bearded” flower 80 Marbled breads

82 “Try to stop me now!” 84 Nickname that drops -ing

85 French pronoun 86 “TBH” kin

87 Actual expenditures 93 Gave a boost

94 Film critic Reed 95 Steppes tent

97 Rural tower

101 Underwater ecosystems

103 “Mrs. America” Emmy winner Uzo

104 Marina space

105 Centers

106 Currency also known as the renminbi

107 Rock, in Rock, Paper, Scissors 108 __ Mae Bullock: Tina Turner’s birth name 109 Gaul or Breton 110 Ocean Spray prefix 111 Base’s chemical opposite 112 Complete groups 113 Provincial petrol provider

115 Old-timey “ugh” 116 Camping gear co-op