LA Times Daily Crossword May 5, 2024 Answers

1. "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet" novelist Jamie 5. Low-end speaker 9. Emulate successfully 15. Cooling units, for short 18. One throwing out the first pitch? 19. __ research: some dirt-digging 20. Baseball level just below the Majors 22. Hall of Fame slugger Mel 23. Power line? 26. Parched 27. Two-time Best Female Golfer ESPY winner Ko 28. Leaf wrangler 29. Bewitch 31. Fright 33. Life line? 37. Like some candles 39. Home of many Goyas and El Grecos 40. "Fire" gemstone 41. Unlikely duo? 42. "The Boy and the Heron" genre 44. Gifts at some Honolulu hotels 46. The blue in blue cheese, e.g. 49. Party line? 54. Follower of up, down, and mid 56. Shake 57. Ireland, to the Irish 58. Like some adoption records 60. "The Matrix" hero 61. Train cos. 64. Prehistoric 66. Data on dashboards 68. Opening line? 75. Yoga asana that requires balance 76. MSNBC journalist Cabrera 77. Like this clue's number 78. "Am __ time?" 79. Require 82. High point of the "Odyssey"? 85. Meter or liter 89. Dirty 91. Time line? 95. Swap __ 97. Room in una casa 98. HS course covering the facts of life 99. Curse 100. Guides with keys 103. __-panky 105. Writer of pastoral poems 107. Dividing line? 111. Didn't cook, but didn't order in 112. Totalitarianism, metaphorically 113. Villain's hangout 115. Rims 118. Relieved (of) 119. Shore line? 124. Female deer 125. Spring agricultural machines 126. Beauty spot? 127. "That could work for me" 128. "Weekend Update" show, casually 129. Restoration poet dubbed "Glorious John" 130. Headed to overtime 131. __ pool

1. Duck or goose 2. Comply 3. Consumer Reports tasks 4. "Merci" response 5. Social media annoyance 6. Goddess of love who had five children with the god of war 7. Fishing tool 8. "__ it to me!" 9. Old school crowdfunding org.? 10. Branch 11. Wee drink 12. Pitch 13. Mets slugger Pete nicknamed "Polar Bear" 14. Mocked 15. Vietnamese tunic 16. PC paste shortcut 21. Place for a spiritual retreat 24. Livestock marker 25. Successor 30. KOA option 32. Actress Russo 34. Mickey's co-creator 35. Brainstorming output 36. French wine valley 37. Go like hotcakes 38. Egyptian queen, familiarly 39. Gas, across the pond 43. Nintendo avatar 45. Snail mail need 47. Piece of cake? 48. Square peg in a social circle? 50. Durable twill fabric 51. Ward with two Emmy Awards 52. Director Kazan 53. Big name in car batteries 55. Snoopy 59. Heroic act, say 62. Tug of war need 63. Full of rocks 65. Genetic letters 67. Pop star Paula who was once a Lakers cheerleader 68. "Can confirm" 69. Noise made while playing with a Matchbox car 70. "__ Meenie": 2010 pop single 71. Regarding 72. Quaint baes 73. Two half hitches, maybe 74. Verb that comes from a corruption of the ballet term "chassé" 80. Mogul Carl 81. Former TV drama about SoCal attorneys 83. "How's it hangin'?" 84. Get in the middle of, in a way 86. One of Nolan Ryan's record seven 87. Currier and __ 88. Words on a page 90. __ juice 92. Gran 93. Log flume, e.g. 94. Went up and down, say 96. Many a spring birth 101. Cut back 102. Machine shop alloy 104. Six-time NBA All-Star Lowry 106. __ van Beethoven 107. Supports 108. Constellation with a belt 109. Sound that comes from on high 110. Like some unkempt gardens 111. Garlicky sauce 114. Border 116. Flair 117. Ione of "La Brea" 120. __ velvet 121. Green Day drummer __ Cool 122. Channel for bargain hunters 123. "Gnarly"