LA Times Daily Crossword January 2, 2022 Answers

1. Safari find 5. Debate side 9. First-string squad 14. Degrees for some execs 18. Graceful horse 19. Created 20. James Gang associate Starr 21. Summa cum __ 22. Candle used in a lighthouse? 24. Genesis tower locale 25. Place out of the sun 26. Casper-to-Denver dir. 27. Word in a beauty brand since 1952 28. Snake that can walk on water? 30. Snake secretion 32. On one's __: having recovered 33. Brightly plumed songbird 34. Tax prep pros 36. More current 38. "Such a cute cat!" 41. Russo of "Thor" 42. Imitations of disapproving sounds? 46. Disobedient 49. Goree who played Cassius Clay in "One Night in Miami..." 50. Actor Morales 51. Baconator chain 53. Truth alternative 54. Expressive chat image 56. Even now 59. Treasury Dept. variable 60. Small container 61. Big name in bread 63. Workout trainers? 68. Tot's belly 69. Rochelle Walensky's org. 70. "This __ to stop" 71. Mt. Hood's state 72. Reward for a fan at a smokehouse drawing? 77. iRobot vacuum 81. Sci-fi author Palmer 82. Liquid meas. 83. Loud laughs 86. Garden-variety 87. Lauderdale neighbor 89. Pump number 92. Short statement or question 94. "Billions" airer, briefly 95. Snow day coasters 97. Traveling jokester? 101. Barcelona bar bite 103. Goofy drawing? 104. "Level Up" singer 105. Vaper's stick, for short 106. Colombian capital 108. Throw out 110. Fr. misses 112. Problem that plagues the grid? 115. Pitcher Sparky, first American League reliever to win the Cy Young Award 116. Jeter's jersey number 119. "__ we all?" 120. Yearly record 121. Perform a pregame NFL ritual ... or, in four parts, phrase that hints at seven long Across answers 123. Soft minerals 124. "Stranger Things" genre 125. Foil alternative 126. Craving 127. Craftsy etailer 128. Dry runs 129. Orderly 130. Julia's "Ocean's Eleven" role

1. Bits of wisdom 2. Golden years funds 3. Risky way to save 4. Recede 5. Rock-clinging mollusks 6. Museum tour rule 7. Horse victim? 8. Travel stop 9. Cornish of "Jack Ryan" 10. Convenient envelope-opening strip 11. Island off Tuscany 12. Smart guy? 13. __ Yello 14. Like "Lost" characters 15. Unwinding luxury 16. Love to pieces 17. Blood drive fluids 21. More frilly 23. Many, many years 28. Bygone Ford div. 29. Make an oopsie 31. Medium gift 32. "Wine Country" actress 34. Obnoxious sort 35. Mallorcan seaport 37. Legal order 39. Come out on top 40. Thick-heeled shoes 43. Lebanon's capital 44. Head-turning birds 45. Match sound to video 47. Great Lake near Detroit 48. Microscope part 52. Wildlife trail 55. Jump in a tutu 57. Online source for film buffs 58. 2021 Pixar film set in Italy 62. Panama pal 64. Half a toy train? 65. Pop singer Del Rey 66. Stir up 67. Corp. honchos 69. TD Garden NBAer 72. Research places 73. Childhood hero, perhaps 74. Small drying aids 75. Jet speed measure 76. Staff for sailing 78. Shop with record sales 79. Its supreme body is the Universal House of Justice 80. Word after string or sing 84. Costa __ 85. Nolde watercolor with a turbulent title 88. "Mad Men" business 90. Candle count, maybe 91. Where teams annually make ice picks? 93. "Ready when you are!" 96. Pool and pickleball 98. Pinnacle 99. Shrill bark 100. "Mudbound" director Rees 102. Common tweet symbols 106. Fictional Kazakh journalist 107. "... and __ of thousands!" 109. Jamaican citrus fruits 111. Grazing area 112. Bánh mì condiment 113. At the moment when 114. Aussie colleges 115. A bit less than a canter 117. Drag show toppers 118. People 121. Decathlon number 122. Edit, in a way