LA Times Daily Crossword July 4, 2021 Answers

1. Seuss critter in socks 4. Singer with a Best Actress Oscar 8. Best-of-seven MLB semifinal 12. Put one over on 17. Cupid counterpart 19. Olympics event since 1964 20. Poi source 21. Aquafina alternative 22. *Editorial comment 25. Builds 26. Rainforest rodent 27. Channel with a gate 28. Onboard assent 29. Family tree fill 30. Last word in a popular drinking game 32. Completely wraps 34. "Well done!" 35. *Solid piece of security hardware 39. *Part of a school kid's allowance 42. London driver's unit 43. She's no pro 44. Making a case for 45. Woman on the Sistine Chapel ceiling 46. Snowballs in a fight, e.g. 48. '60s protest gp. 51. Dashboard nos. 52. AL West team, in crawl lines 55. Doctor's order 57. Belgian lager, familiarly 59. Bethlehem university 61. Jet Ski rival 64. Kaley who played Penny on "The Big Bang Theory" 66. One with dreads 67. Church branch 70. *Online dating coup 73. Govt. accident investigator 74. Shrinking retailer 76. All together 77. Mississippi River explorer 79. "That was a brutal workout!" 81. Solution measures 83. Paper-saving party announcements 87. "I guess not" 88. Space race initials 90. Pocatello-to-Provo dir. 91. One in a bust 93. Raisman with three Olympic gold medals 94. Advice from a loser? 97. Local bond, briefly 99. "__ Burr, Sir": song in "Hamilton" 101. *Tough talk tension easer 104. *Offenbach output 106. Slack-jawed look 107. They might be holy 109. Removed 110. Family card game 111. URL addresses 113. Subject of a 2021 packet shortage 115. It's been shortening for over a century 119. "Broken Arrow" co-star 121. *Fast talk from the on-deck circle 123. Marcus partner 124. It's not butter 125. Vannelli of pop 126. NE syst. with 64 campuses 127. Bond's car starter? 128. Night sch. awards 129. Exxon, formerly 130. Shipping supply that links the answers to starred clues

1. Greek salad topper 2. Wash. neighbor 3. Love letters? 4. Crossword constructor's job 5. Group __ 6. They're beaten in kitchens 7. Put back in a seat 8. Overhead storage 9. Secular 10. King known for his wealth 11. John David, to Denzel 12. Double-dog action? 13. Take advantage of 14. *Traveler's aid 15. Lure 16. Man with a World 18. Fog 21. "L.A. Law" actress 23. Flintstones time 24. Orange soda brand 28. Songwriters' org. 31. Glitzy genre 33. Break in the theater 34. Nice turndown 35. Winter transport 36. Pioneering DVR 37. Rd. map lines 38. Plastic __ Band 40. Webmaster's code 41. Unlikely GoFundMe donor 47. Deli array 49. Orders 50. Run-down area 53. Movie industry reps: Abbr. 54. Queequeg's captain 56. Intro to physics? 57. "Likewise" 58. Laundry units 60. Capital NE of Vientiane 62. Part of una semana 63. Picketing 65. Mil. training site 67. Tattoo canvas 68. Watson who played Hermione 69. *Bank transaction 71. Rhinitis docs 72. Weed killer 75. More faithful 78. Studio picture taker 80. Uruguay's Punta del __ 82. Guilty feeling 84. Works on a route 85. Wells race of the future 86. Match in a studio 89. Scoreboard figs. 91. SSW's opposite 92. Snobbish attitude 95. "When Will __ Loved?": 1975 hit 96. Sheet material 98. Sudden spike 100. Reviews of books 101. Dora the Explorer's Isa, e.g. 102. French film festival site 103. Not for kids, filmwise 105. Cold sound 108. Four Holy Roman emperors 111. Caspian Sea land 112. Not a good review 114. Trident-shaped frat letters 116. Concert memento 117. Prefix with -zoic 118. Serengeti antelope 120. Word in a Latin love poem 121. Cranberry source 122. Brain and spinal cord, initially