LA Times Daily Crossword June 4, 2023 Answers

1. Fairy tale brute 5. Bamako's country 9. Lethargy 15. Bygone Swedish car company 19. Maggie Smith's "Good Bones," e.g. 20. Agenda 21. Oat Milk Blend shampoo maker 22. Combustible pile 23. Startling revelation for a couch potato? 25. Menu of family-sized KFC options? 27. Just-in-case item 28. "Let Me Love You" R&B singer 30. Like many a safari cat 31. Water cooler sound 33. Had to have 35. Apex predators of the ocean 39. Rowan Atkinson character 42. Butters up, perhaps 44. Religious residence 45. Not theirs 46. More oozy 48. Makes jigsaw puzzles, perhaps 49. Brief "If you ask me" 50. Full-time employee at a corn processing plant? 54. Tiny criticism 55. Kanga's kid 56. Credit __: Zurich bank 57. Director Reitman and tennis great Lendl 58. Golf bag item 59. Fred of "Schmigadoon!" 61. __ now and then 62. Heat unit 64. Sp. titles 65. 12-Down and 50-Down, maybe 68. Pride sound 69. Command to a guard dog 71. Bits 72. Feels like 75. "I hate it" 76. Chat with online 77. Fine 80. Hornswoggled 81. "On the other hand ... " 82. Did too much heavy lifting? 84. Med. condition with repetitive behavior 85. Bistro VIP 87. Paged 88. Garden center bagful 89. Ruler divisions 90. Mexican market 93. Like an overtired child, maybe 95. Co-star of Nimoy and Shatner 96. Type of canoe 97. Russian refusal 98. Derek's ex-wife on "Grey's Anatomy" 100. Sushi bar drink 103. Wall recess 107. Really, really cheap liquor? 111. Ruse for crashing family reunions? 113. Genre for some Tokyo-based bands 114. Does the job perfectly 115. Costa __ 116. Blob's lack 117. Small tastes 118. __ out of: slyly avoided 119. Particle accelerator particle 120. Jedi Council leader

1. Backs (out) 2. Ascend 3. "For My Broken Heart" singer McEntire 4. Surfaces 5. Radar gun reading: Abbr. 6. Parallel to 7. Shoestring 8. Blue Pac-Man ghost 9. Can opener 10. Small eggs 11. Flow back 12. Aromatic Sri Lankan exports 13. Upturned, as a box 14. Naan alternative 15. Ball-shaped 16. Sailor's affirmative 17. Equal 18. Exacta or trifecta 24. Actress Ward 26. Dormitory annoyance 29. Cyclops feature 32. Separates, in a way 34. Mouse hat feature 36. Food Network production featuring a chef's work surface? 37. More chichi 38. Modus operandi 39. Catherine's "Schitt's Creek" role 40. Buzz 41. Sweeping segment of a prop comic's act? 42. Mercury and Mars 43. River inlets 44. Pizzeria output 47. Actor/director Ken 48. Fashion letters 50. Aromatic Indian export 51. Busy place 52. Iris layer 53. Roller coaster parts 60. Wrath 61. Some Spielberg movie collectibles 62. In shape 63. Sombrero, e.g. 65. Icy coating 66. Elevator name 67. Soft mineral 68. Zoomed past 69. Turn in 70. Large lizard with dewlaps 71. Chatted with online, for short 72. Moist towelette 73. Implied 74. "Strange to say ... " 76. Nights before 77. Some athletic shoes 78. Listen to 79. Research on a political rival, briefly 82. Frozen fries maker 83. Howard or Alcorn, for short 86. Tour de France mountains 88. Hit the spot 90. Iditarod driver 91. Narcissist's problem 92. "Be My Baby" memoirist Spector 94. Actress Russo 96. Hustle genre 97. Maker of sweet wafers 99. Sketch 101. Preternatural glow 102. Make a scarf, say 104. Jimmy __: fashion brand known for expensive shoes 105. Difficult 106. Actress Thompson 107. Pros using mixers, for short 108. Nail polish brand 109. Cut (off) 110. Takeoff approx. 112. Hasty escape