LA Times Daily Crossword June 24, 2018 Answers

1. Primary aspirant's challenge 6. Tough test metaphor 11. Skunk River city 15. "Let's move it!" 19. Historic Jordanian city 20. Tree native to southern Brazil 21. Bar purchase 22. 1985 U.S. Open champ Mandlikova 23. "Fire!," say? 25. Pittsburgh Steelers' founder 27. "Peer Gynt" widow 28. Web portal since 1994 30. Egg-shaped wind instruments 31. Time to party 35. Stopover spot 36. "Two and a Half Men" co-star 37. Subject to discussion 38. "Happy Days" actor 39. Unflappable 40. Sprat no-no 43. Fact or fiction starter 44. "That bloke is hurt!" 47. Racer Yarborough 48. Weaken by eroding 52. Prefix with natal 53. Muse of comedy 55. Scent 56. Age __ 58. Crime lab holdings 61. Searches with a divining rod 63. Stately steed 65. Chant, often 66. Planning considerations 67. Disappointing digs for pigs? 70. Serving liquor, as a town 71. Dropped an egg? 75. Back 76. Puts into words 79. Mountaineer's rope fasteners 82. __-pitch 83. Red Muppet 84. Jenna of "Dharma & Greg" 85. Big tower, briefly: Abbr. 87. Demanded maximum effort 91. Takes to court 92. Sign attracting wickerwork craftspeople? 96. Corrida chant 97. Sonnet ending? 98. Baby marsupial 99. Cold, in Cartagena 100. Held in high regard 104. Capital on I-84 105. Arabic "son of" 106. Some Guggenheim works 107. Designated, perhaps incorrectly 110. Workout regimen 112. Crazy Eights cousin 113. "Hold on now, pal" 115. High-tech all-night study aid? 120. Jersey, for one 121. Bustles 122. Sushi bar supplier 123. Hold in high regard 124. Impel 125. Child measures?: Abbr. 126. Snarky 127. Red-carpet figure

1. Swimming pool adjunct 2. Blanc behind Bugs 3. LAX posting 4. Orderly arrangements 5. Big name in Egyptian kings 6. Fiver 7. Quartet for walking? 8. TV hillbilly __ May Clampett 9. Withdrawn 10. Ring on a burger 11. __ rule 12. Where Fez is 13. Make a humble retraction 14. Bronzing method 15. Tabernacle singers 16. "The Insider" director Michael 17. Fit for service 18. Floor opposition 24. Swain 26. Turgenev's birthplace 29. Bamboozled 31. Sitcom sign-off word 32. Berkshire school 33. Consumer who admires store displays? 34. APR reducer 38. Hard to make out 40. Pale yellow, light brown, etc.? 41. Property recipient, in law 42. Afternoon services 45. Start of a duel 46. Marlins manager Mattingly 47. Adm.'s subordinate 49. Masthead VIPs 50. Caviar 51. Wedding consequence, perhaps 54. Med. care group 57. Foot in a pound 59. Spanish sherry 60. Farm female 61. Bishop's jurisdiction 62. Useful 64. __ exam 67. Room for a home theater 68. CBS CEO Moonves 69. "I'm not listening to you" 72. Hightails it 73. Professional org. since 1878 74. Presumed defense against mind-reading 76. Symbol of peace 77. Ancient 78. "__ Believer": '60s hit 80. Issa __, creator of HBO's "Insecure" 81. Deemed appropriate 86. Homes for F-16s 88. 1957 war movie title river 89. Pat on a pancake, perhaps 90. Danson and Knight 93. Works on bare spots 94. Bit of ocular relief 95. Tackles, e.g. 98. Shocker 101. Victoria's Secret spec 102. Hit song from "Flashdance" 103. Wagnerian soprano 104. Acted sheepishly? 106. Went (over) thoroughly 107. Big belt 108. Very 109. A jerk may serve one 111. Indonesian resort island 114. Slow start? 116. One-third of nove 117. Online guffaw 118. Wash. neighbor 119. Complex trap