LA Times Daily Crossword February 27, 2022 Answers

1. Often abbreviated reaction to information overload 12. Ukulele ridge 16. "Gotcha" sounds 19. Starter 20. Indian flatbread 21. Laser pointer chaser 22. Altruism 23. Most of the 2010s 25. Span of a scale with three sharps 26. That, in Madrid 27. Gucci of fashion 29. "Elements of Algebra" author 30. "Don't back down, bro!" 32. Completely different situation 36. Certain carton components 39. Reunion attendees 40. Café freebie 41. "Don't think so" 42. Nos. for alums 43. Comparative data diagram 48. "The Misery Index" network 51. Bulgarian's neighbor 53. Type of diet that might replace potatoes with cauliflower 56. New Deal agcy. 57. "High Rollers" co-host __ Lee 59. Grams 61. Alert on the road 63. __ in Charlie 64. "Play it cool" 66. Prefix with treat or giving 67. Blow a fuse 69. Sellers of KAFFEREP cinnamon buns 70. Middle-earth ring bearer 74. Following 75. Tokyo airport 77. Apple runs on it 78. Raggedy 80. Hot state 81. How three nursery-rhyme merchants went to sea 84. Trailer follower 85. Laker legend, familiarly 86. Votes against 87. Soybeans served in the pod 89. Gawk at 91. With 6-Down, Rudolph's guiding light 92. Dad's referral? 95. Boarding precedes it: Abbr. 97. Penicillium, e.g. 99. Half a martial art 100. Kendrick with a Pulitzer 102. On the lam 106. Résumé alert about an unfinished goal 112. Like a romantic dinner, in Paris 113. Chef's protection 114. Word with words or chance 115. Org. with many returns 117. Paris gal pal 118. Most sentimental 120. Total removals 125. Maiden name preceder 126. __-Ball 127. "The Crocodile" of early tennis 128. ID on many returns 129. Post 130. "Give me some gossip!" ... and a hint to this puzzle's sets of circles, which affect four Across answers

1. What Rickey Henderson often beat 2. Chinese for "black dragon" 3. NIAID director 4. Luzon, for one: Abbr. 5. JFK predecessor 6. See 91-Across 7. Thompson of Marvel movies 8. Beat it 9. Night before 10. ___ Technica: tech news website 11. Make drinkable, as seawater 12. 70-Across nephew 13. "Mr. __": Rami Malek drama 14. ORD posting 15. Zoom annoyance 16. Amtrak speedster 17. Sultan's group 18. Intimidate, with "down" 22. Identical 24. Foretell 28. Paris article 31. Trivia night settings 33. Flings 34. "That's wrong __ many levels" 35. Like some remedies 37. Hammer parts 38. "Ghost Story" author Peter 43. Forbid 44. Flood shelter 45. 23andMe discovery 46. "Thank the Lord!" 47. Got a move on 48. Instruction 49. "__ Holiday": opening section of Copland's "Rodeo" 50. First woman to be named Doctor of the Church, briefly 52. __ B'rith 54. Tory adversary 55. __ de' Medici, first de facto Lord of Florence 58. Berry in a bowl 60. Garlic genus 62. Get plastered 65. Piedmont bubbly 66. Classic U.K. sports cars 68. Prepare, as beans 71. Fett in "The Mandalorian" 72. De __: again 73. Stain 76. Short on iron, maybe 79. Serf of Sparta 82. Ruckus 83. Cap with a pompon 84. Convened in 88. Idea that spreads in a culture 90. "First Lady of Song" 93. Entrance porch 94. Teen dystopian novel narrator 96. Hanukkah top 98. Duchamp, for one 100. CD precursors 101. Lets out, say 103. Channel changer 104. Kind of pig that's not a pig 105. They can be tricky to run into 106. Daybreaks 107. Foil relatives 108. Putting __ 109. Designer Ashley 110. Like some cornered kings 111. "You know the __" 116. 90-Down's improv 119. Just make, with "out" 121. Good name, briefly 122. "Star Wars" nickname 123. German "Alas!" 124. __ the line