LA TimES CROSSWORD:

“CASE IN POINT” By MARK MCCLAIN ACROSS

1 Jouster’s wear

6 Language of 100,000+

Canadians

10 “Waterloo” group

14 Jr. challenge

18 Early “Masterpiece

Theatre” host Alistair 19 Got the news 21 Champagne word

22 Toy owner in “Toy Story”

films

23 Bailiff who keeps the jury

in stitches?

25 Hotel unit

26 Egg-white omelet’s lack 27 Close friends, say 28 Dramatic technique 30 “The Sandbox”

playwright

31 Frigg’s spouse

32 Parade features

33 Bull alligator sounds 34 Music played between

attorneys’ arguments? 39 Faithful spring?

40 Pal played her in early

films

41 Invitation encl.

42 First of an alley’s 10 45 Tribute creator

46 Palm species

48 Home of the Big 12’s

Cyclones

50 Actress Ward

51 “The Great” detective of

kid-lit

52 Polite argument on behalf

of the accused?

56 Ins. giant

57 Bar group

59 Toyota logo shape 60 Chaucer works 62 Prompts on stage 63 Steam up 65 Vanishing act word 67 Send (to) 70 Do the crawl, e.g. 71 Cause of ruination 75 Action film shooter 76 Cartoon dialogue introduced as evidence? 81 Garfield’s foil 82 Place for a nest 84 Vishnu’s quartet 85 Solemn promise 86 Get a hard copy 87 Persian hunting dogs 89 Sing the praises of 91 Turn into cash 92 Scott in an 1857 case 93 Satisfaction for a prosecuting attorney? 97 Mustard town 99 __ Fables 100 Plate crossings 101 Blow a gasket 102 Justice Kagan 103 Aggressive stingers 107 __ one’s time: wait 108 Tennis great Steffi 109 Action brought by a cowardly plaintiff? 112 Links org. 113 In __: unmoved 114 Spot cost 115 “Neon” fish 116 After that 117 Scientist __ deGrasse Tyson 118 Alan in old films 119 “My bad, Francesca”

DOWN

9 Prior to, in verse 10 Out of the country 11 Literary Yorkshire family name 12 Channel markers 13 Drive-thru device 14 Truckers’ cargoes 15 High-hat challenge of a conviction? 16 Freud disciple 17 Little shavers 20 Goes for oil 24 Foster with Oscars 29 Bounder 30 Tiler’s calculation 32 Sickly 34 Flaxen, as hair 35 Speed gauge 36 Question in Matthew 37 Heart and soul 38 Morales of TV’s “Titans” 39 Not as much 42 Female lobster 43 “Would __ to you?” 44 Pesters 46 Refreshes, with “out” 47 Walgreens rival 48 Way over yonder 49 Filmmaker Gibson 52 So-so mark 53 Firm belief 54 Genesis matriarch 55 Town across the Thames from Windsor 58 Composer Weill 61 Makes available to 63 Hole-making tools 64 Pen part 65 Milne creation 66 Control 67 Wagon road features 68 Biblical scribe 69 Magistrate who specializes in agricultural litigation? 70 “Cheers” bartender 71 URL element 72 “Ta-ta, Thierry!”

73 Big ship

74 “I can do that” 77 Carefully timed operation 78 E-file org. 79 Awkward sorts

80 Title for Gaga

83 Pole, for one

86 Farm workers of old 88 Canterbury’s county 89 Companion of Dorothy

90 Camel cousin 91 O’Connor who played Gabrielle on “Xena” 93 Italian treats 94 Handy

95 Selling for, with “at” 96 Waited in hiding 97 First appearance 98 “Fighting” Indiana team 99 Lofty home

103 World Cup org. 104 Tiny bit of a min. 105 Ballet attire 106 Titles of respect 108 “Family Feud” reruns channel 110 “Good” cholesterol initials

111 Mai __ SOLUTiON ON PAGE 34