December 2 2018 L.A. Times Daily - Crossword Clues and Answers

Complete List of Clues/Answers

 

Across

1. Avian mimic : MYNA
5. Selling point? : STORE
10. Weasel cousin : STOAT
15. Passed quickly, as time : FLEW
19. Pigeon calls : COOS
20. Kind of column : IONIC
21. Stands at lectures : PODIA
22. Lead in a movie, say : ROLE
23. What the acrobatic landlady liked to do? : JUMP OVER BOARDERS (from “jump overboard”)
26. Wile E. Coyote supplier : ACME
27. Run-of-the-mill : ORDINARY
28. Former LeBron team, on sports tickers : MIA
29. Lost on purpose : TANKED
31. Buds, possibly : BEERS
32. TruTV show for board game enthusiasts? : REALITY CHECKERS (from “reality check”)
37. Sorority letter : ETA
39. Former LeBron team, on sport tickers : CLE
40. Takes a breather : RESTS
41. “The Simpsons” retailer : APU
44. “Chain of Fools” name : ARETHA
47. Out in the yacht : ASEA
49. Bite playfully : NIP
52. When a pro might practice at Augusta National? : BEFORE THE MASTERS (from “before the mast”)
56. Departed : GONE
57. “Once __ a time … ” : UPON
58. Yon yacht : SHE
59. Name in a Tolstoy title : ANNA
60. Formal split : DIVORCE
62. Electric wheels : TESLA
64. Second-tallest living bird : EMU
66. Inform : TELL
68. Skin-related : DERMAL
69. Gym employees for those getting in shape fast? : EXPRESS TRAINERS (from “express train”)
73. Don’t hold your breath : EXHALE
76. Antelope playmates : DEER
77. Musical muscle car : GTO
78. Agave plant : YUCCA
82. “The wisdom of many and the wit of one”: Russell : PROVERB
84. Dread : FEAR
86. Bigelow product : TEA
88. Often painful crack : CHAP
89. Cut with a small knife : PARE
90. Gold medal winners at the Renaissance fair? : TRIUMPHAL ARCHERS (from “triumphal arch”)
94. Thesaurus wd. : SYN
95. Doing nothing : IDLE
96. Cabinet department : ENERGY
97. Minute : WEE
98. China’s Zhou __ : ENLAI
101. QB’s stat : ATT
102. Shocked text letters : OMG
104. Wedding chapel’s main form of advertising? : HITCHING POSTERS (from “hitching post”)
111. Vacation destination : BEACH
115. Caroline Islands components : ATOLLS
116. Rescue squad initials : EMS
117. Rant : HARANGUE
119. Fictional plantation : TARA
120. Where bills should be put after an audit? : BACK IN THE FOLDERS (from “back in the fold”)
125. “Slippery” trees : ELMS
126. “… but I could be wrong” : … OR NOT
127. Celestial ovine : ARIES
128. Shuts down : ENDS
129. Colorist’s supply : DYES
130. Price enders, often : NINES
131. Category : GENRE
132. Obliterate, in Oxford : RASE

Down

1. Menial work : MCJOB
2. “__ it!” : YOU’RE
3. __ plume : NOM DE
4. Have high hopes : ASPIRE
5. Hindu “Destroyer” : SIVA
6. Start of an adage about humanity : TO ERR …
7. Sandwich shop order : ON RYE
8. Often tickled bone? : RIB
9. “Foucault’s Pendulum” author : ECO
10. Diagonal sail extender : SPRIT
11. Now : TODAY
12. Pindar piece : ODE
13. Make widely known : AIR
14. Samples : TASTES
15. Stadium staples : FRANKS
16. Eastwood’s “Bronco Billy” co-star Sondra : LOCKE
17. Fictional hunter in a floppy hat : ELMER
18. Signs of garden neglect : WEEDS
24. GM subsidiary : ONSTAR
25. Guy’s girlfriend : AMIE
30. Comedy __ : ACT
33. One may be dull : ACHE
34. Trek pack animal : LLAMA
35. Algonquian language : CREE
36. Picked up : HEARD
38. Trojan War god : ARES
41. Touch : ABUT
42. Nickname for José : PEPE
43. Eerie fliers : UFOS
45. Old anesthetic : ETHER
46. Like many crosswords : THEMED
47. “Up” star : ASNER
48. WWII prison camp : STALAG
49. Standard : NORM
50. Subject of Huáscar : INCA
51. Orange discard : PEEL
53. Legally off base : ON LEAVE
54. Baited insect collector : ANT TRAP
55. Beans or greens : SIDE
56. Scalia’s successor : GORSUCH
61. Enhancing word : VERY
63. Shaft between wheels : AXLE
65. Handy : USEFUL
67. Trivial : LITTLE
70. Vivacious : PERT
71. Words near an “F,” maybe : SEE ME
72. Musical handicap : NO EAR
73. Omar of “In Too Deep” : EPPS
74. Doctor’s order : X-RAY
75. French __ : HORN
79. Consider carefully, with “over” : CHEW
80. Attention : CARE
81. Basilica recess : APSE
83. Astros catcher McCann : BRIAN
85. Bonnie Blue’s dad : RHETT
87. 2012 Ben Affleck film : ARGO
91. “Gotcha!” : I DIG!
92. Casino game requirement, often : ANTE
93. Symphonic disc : CYMBAL
98. Mercedes line : E-CLASS
99. Kings’ org. : NHL
100. City from which Vasco da Gama sailed : LISBON
101. NBA part : ASSN
103. Driver’s license info : GENDER
104. Hardly favored : HATED
105. Volta’s birthplace : ITALY
106. Musical Mel : TORME
107. 86-Across variety : PEKOE
108. Drops : OMITS
109. German river, to locals : RHEIN
110. Less risky : SAFER
112. Gemini docking target : AGENA
113. Lumps for Miss Muffet : CURDS
114. German state : HESSE
118. Climbed : ROSE
121. “Exodus” protagonist : ARI
122. “The Situation Room” airer : CNN
123. It’s game : TAG
124. Longtime Eur. realm : HRE