LA Times Daily Crossword September 5, 2021 Answers

1. Gadgets with teeth 6. Most favorable 13. Nuts seen in bars 20. Look forward to 21. Direct approach 22. Theoretically 23. Longtime ABC News anchor [Hero, 1] 25. "The Odd Couple" couple, e.g. 26. Menu selections 27. Old Tokyo 28. Per __ 29. One of eight Yankee World Series victories 32. P.O. box item 34. Final Four game 37. "Ready Player One" hero Wade __ 41. Marvel supersoldier [Villain, 1] 47. Asteroids producer 48. Byzantine architecture features 49. Mardi Gras city, informally 50. Jaye's "The Crying Game" role 51. Novel category 53. Third of eight 55. Basic bruise treatment 58. Santa signal [Sidekick 2] 60. Biblical bloomer [Princess 2] 62. Physical exam letters 63. Mystiques 64. Org. for netmen 65. Had the nerve 66. Regional flora and fauna 68. Wanders about 71. Convenient, like some winter resorts 74. Blowup aid 77. Courage 79. Sch. with the mascot SuperFrog 82. Kids' building materials [Sidekick 1] 85. Groups of problem-solving specialists [Princess 1] 88. Film noir plot device 89. Types 91. Attribute 92. Robin Roberts' show, initially 93. Take __: snooze 95. Up to 97. Toast starter 98. Ineffective pitcher's fate, in baseball lingo [Villain 2] 102. Nose wrinklers 103. Common stained glass element 104. Org. concerned with flight risks 105. "... to say the __" 108. Yankee quipper? 111. Old AT&T rival 114. Economic divisions 119. Lost for now 122. One-hit wonder [Hero 2] 125. Pip's love interest in "Great Expectations" 126. Put back 127. Nancy Drew series author 128. Rice and wheat 129. Invite to one's home 130. Oscar winner Redmayne

1. Darth Vader accessory 2. John Irving's "A Prayer for __ Meany" 3. "The Simpsons" creator Groening 4. Oktoberfest quaff 5. Freaking out 6. Too big for one's own good 7. Script writer 8. Messi's uniform number 9. Nastase of tennis 10. It's often made up in advance 11. Luanda's land 12. Guitarist Paul 13. Food wrapped in silk 14. Soon, to a bard 15. Union member? 16. Rapper Stanley Burrell, familiarly 17. Prefix with Pen 18. Like a few hours after midnight 19. H.S. bigwigs 24. Yeshiva grad 28. Florence's river 30. Friendly opening? 31. Violinist __ Frank 33. Soldier's helmet 35. Place for a slam dunk 36. Result of a drip, at times 37. Cola __ 38. Reef formation 39. Got under control 40. Off-road vehicle 42. Sounds of thunder 43. Original Dungeons & Dragons co. 44. Touched down 45. Nutmeg spice 46. Synthetic resin used in paint 48. Budding star's big moment 52. Former Labor secretary Elaine 54. Something for two, in song 56. 53-Across, to Merkel 57. Wasted 59. Terpsichore : dance :: __ : love poetry 61. Julep garnish 67. Model Sastre 69. NBAer-cum-rap star 70. __ libre: poetry form 71. Immortal football coach Amos Alonzo __ 72. Last Oscars host (2018) 73. Like talent, many say 75. Lorelei et al. 76. Chinese culinary general 77. Note taker 78. Energetic type 80. Capital on the Nile 81. Brown shade 83. "Knives Out" filmmaker Johnson 84. Blue __: Dory's species 86. Knickknack 87. Cong. meeting 90. "Boy, am I dumb!" 94. Encouraging word? 96. '50s prez 99. They may be reserved 100. Core values 101. "Peaceful Easy Feeling" group, with "The" 106. Ed with Emmys 107. Matching pair 109. Infuriate 110. Old cereal box stats 112. Piece of work 113. __ perpetua: Idaho motto 115. Ready to drive 116. Slanted page 117. Hindu princess 118. Old dagger 119. Eldest of the "Little Women" 120. El Al's home: Abbr. 121. Metro stop: Abbr. 122. Renaissance artist __ Angelico 123. __ lane 124. Wrath