LA Times Daily Crossword March 5, 2023 Answers

1. Performs an operation, in a way 5. "One Kiss" singer __ Lipa 8. Southwestern building block 13. Buzzing cloud 18. Sans-__: font style 20. Liberty Mutual's industry: Abbr. 21. Toyota's luxury division 22. Common newspaper name 23. Saudi neighbor 24. Task for the caregivers of a Trojan War hero? 27. __ optics 28. Tolkien saga, briefly 29. Forbes rival 30. Vitamin C source 31. Chicago business district 34. Bootleg booze 36. Method of preserving souvenir tops? 42. March on Washington fig. 43. Split __ soup 46. Most candid 47. Iris covering 49. Bring in 50. Lead 51. Activity in a Toronto pastry shop? 55. Ethiopian capital 58. Aliens, for short 59. Certain lamp resident 60. "Breathe Me" singer 61. Fuel-efficient bikes 63. Bertie played by Hugh Laurie 65. Tall tales about one's climbing experience? 69. Many an episode of "This Is Us," e.g. 73. Kir __: French cocktail 74. Naughty 77. To no __: in vain 78. Tallahassee sch. 81. "Some Like It Hot" co-star 84. Greeting that may come with barks and licks? 88. Dry Italian wine 89. __ Major 90. "Let's go, amigos!" 91. Concession speech deliverer 93. School org. 94. __ drop 95. Rodent who's really angry he missed the migration? 99. Rizzo of "Midnight Cowboy" 101. Horn of Africa nation 102. Tubman of Judy Blume's "Fudge" series 105. SUV stat 108. Taylor Swift's "Look What You __ Me Do" 109. Genius Bar tablets 114. Good-natured fun leading up to an election? 117. Gymnast Comaneci 118. On, as an alarm 119. Garlicky mayonnaise 120. "Da 5 Bloods" director Spike 121. Serengeti grazer 122. John Irving's "A Prayer for Owen __" 123. Painter Picasso 124. AARP folks 125. Hook's sidekick

1. Starting from 2. __-glace: rich sauce 3. Dull 4. Trigonometry function 5. Cockney, e.g. 6. 7UP nickname, with "the" 7. Kutcher of "Jobs" 8. Tide alternative 9. Sub station? 10. Team members 11. Anheuser-__ 12. Abbr. on some cornerstones 13. Christmas Eve visitor, familiarly 14. Shoe measurement 15. Boy in "The Kite Runner" 16. Eye care brand 17. Inbox fillers: Abbr. 19. Some evergreens 25. Pressing need? 26. Big name in water purification 32. Growth chart nos. 33. Printing measure 35. Portent 36. Wardrobe item on HBO's "Rome" 37. Taters 38. Klum of "Making the Cut" 39. Setting of the 2022 film "RRR" 40. Lymph __ 41. Fortitude 43. Smock stain 44. Bert's BFF 45. Tick off 48. "Illmatic" rapper 49. Just scrapes (by) 51. Crunch's rank 52. Disable the security system for, say 53. Zilch 54. Eagerly expectant 56. "Famous" cookie-maker 57. Ring match 62. Polite address 63. Artful 64. Two Grants 65. Ten-time NBA All-Star Anthony, to fans 66. "Me? Never!" 67. Fourvière locale 68. Yin counterpart 69. Escorted to the penthouse, say 70. For all to see 71. Light wood 72. Pay stub abbr. 74. Witch craft? 75. Arcade pioneer 76. Lounge piece 78. Subject line abbr. 79. Old car from Sweden 80. Fruit that's not so cute 82. Ship sunk in Havana Harbor in 1898 83. Hong Kong's Hang __ Index 85. Tiki bar drink 86. RSVP cards, often 87. Sees 91. Asserts without proof 92. Plumeria garland 94. Illness 96. "Lara Croft: __ Raider" 97. Inbox fillers 98. Original "SNL" cast member Gilda 99. Turn red, say 100. __ vincit amor 102. Car warranty call, usually 103. Fabled loser 104. Watson of "Little Women" 106. "No __": "Piece of cake" 107. Fish organ 110. BFFs 111. Singer Lambert 112. Have a meal 113. "Soldier of Love" singer 115. Space 116. "About Me" info