December 30 2019 L.A. Times Daily - Crossword Clues and Answers

Complete List of Clues/Answers

 

Across

1. Close to closed : AJAR
5. Salad veggie : RADISH
11. Its “M” stands for “Motoren” : BMW
14. Batty : DAFT
18. Ashton’s spouse : MILA
19. 2002 “Friends” Emmy winner : ANISTON
21. French monarch : ROI
22. Barbarian : OGRE
23. Off-season at a nudist camp? : CLOTHING TIME (from “closing time”)
25. Stock female roles : INGENUES
27. Caribbean getaway : ST THOMAS
28. Dollhouse Christmas decoration? : PEEWEE WREATH (from “Pee Wee Reese”)
30. Reveal, poetically : OPE
31. Sale limitation word : PER
32. Early Indo-European : ARYAN
33. Hot : STOLEN
36. Abandon : DESERT
38. Silver and gold : METALS
43. Defrost in the microwave? : POWER THAW (from “power saw”)
45. Cubes for cooking : DICES
48. Longtime Dolphins coach : SHULA
49. Reggae’s __ Kamoze : INI
50. Ham, to Noah : SON
51. Two, for most folks? : THUMB TOTAL (from “sum total”)
53. English critic Kenneth : TYNAN
56. Folks : PEOPLE
60. Worker in a garden : BEE
61. Apple variety : ROME
62. Capital south of Vienna : ZAGREB
64. Links prop : TEE
65. Broom-__: comics witch : HILDA
67. “As Time Goes By” pianist : SAM
68. Aha moment sensation? : THINKING FEELING (from “sinking feeling”)
73. Pops : DAD
76. Frozen summer coolers : ICEES
77. Propel, in a way : OAR
78. Words to live by : MOTTOS
82. Biblical prophet : AMOS
84. Grab a bite : EAT
85. Type of plane : ASTRAL
88. One at a family reunion : NIECE
89. Geek chic? : MATH APPEAL (from “mass appeal”)
92. Minor player : COG
94. With 130-Across, weekly U.S. magazine with a cryptic crossword : THE …
95. Beat out : ONE-UP
96. More cunning : SLIER
98. Underwear catalog? : THONG BOOK (from “song book”)
101. Aslan’s land : NARNIA
103. “Juno and the Paycock” playwright : O’CASEY
105. Combat zones : ARENAS
106. Most letters, nowadays : EMAIL
109. Tiny insect egg : NIT
110. Cyst of no concern : WEN
111. Cinderella’s coach? : MYTH CARRIAGE (from “miscarriage”)
116. Con artists : FLEECERS
121. Atmosphere : AMBIENCE
122. Suffering from stress-related weight gain? : WORRIED THICK (from “worried sick”)
124. __ tissue : SCAR
125. Scout group : DEN
126. Kia SUV : SORENTO
127. Author Bombeck : ERMA
128. Victim of a fabled upset : HARE
129. Drink suffix : -ADE
130. See 94-Across : … NATION
131. Back-to-school time for many: Abbr. : SEPT

Down

1. Gremlins and Pacers : AMCS
2. Abandon at the altar : JILT
3. Heaps : A LOT
4. Filthy quarters : RATHOLE
5. Duds, old-style : RAIMENTS
6. Kournikova of tennis : ANNA
7. Quarters : DIGS
8. Novel ending? : -IST
9. Mushroom stems : STIPES
10. Went deep at the park : HOMERED
11. Pipe material : BRIER
12. Bank contents : MONEY
13. Early American home : WIGWAM
14. Ready to serve : DONE
15. Contents of el mar : AGUA
16. Be a bundle of nerves : FRET
17. Radio host John : TESH
20. Society page word : NEE
24. Optimist : HOPER
26. The “E” in E. & J. Gallo : ERNEST
29. Strapped-on accessory : WATCH
31. Nave seat : PEW
33. Phelps broke his gold-medal record : SPITZ
34. Skater Harding : TONYA
35. Because of, with “to” : OWING
36. Copenhagen native : DANE
37. Confirmation, e.g. : RITE
39. Norse god associated with storms : THOR
40. Jam ingredients : AUTOS
41. Andean wool source : LLAMA
42. “The Crucible” setting : SALEM
44. Letters after I? : -HOP
46. Jazz pianist Blake : EUBIE
47. Common sense : SMELL
52. Obscure : BEDIM
54. __ show : ART
55. Soft drink brand since 1924 : NEHI
57. Elevator innovator : OTIS
58. Cartridge holder : PEN
59. Colorful blocks : LEGOS
63. Flexor muscle, informally : BICEP
65. German title : HERR
66. Before long, quaintly : ANON
69. Some tides : NEAPS
70. __ One: vodka brand : KETEL
71. Lucrative, contractually : FAT
72. VW hatchback : GTI
73. Friend of Pythias : DAMON
74. Appliance maker since 1934 : AMANA
75. Grandparent, often : DOTER
79. Wyoming’s __ Range : TETON
80. Former #1 LPGA golfer Lorena : OCHOA
81. Goes after : SEEKS
83. Evade : SHUN
85. One of the Baldwins : ALEC
86. Hurting : ACHY
87. John in London : LOO
90. Separately : APIECE
91. Garlicky sauce : AIOLI
93. Chewed persistently : GNAWED ON
97. Former name of Myanmar’s most populous city : RANGOON
98. Asian celebration : TET
99. Welcome : GREET
100. They may empty in a brawl : BENCHES
102. Actress Plummer : AMANDA
104. NATO alphabet letter after Romeo : SIERRA
107. Rainbowlike : ARCED
108. Cara of “Fame” : IRENE
111. Bangers partner : MASH
112. Gym site : YMCA
113. Skier’s aid : T-BAR
114. Put in a position : HIRE
115. Sympathetic sounds : AWS
116. Done, in Verdun : FINI
117. Jared of “Suicide Squad” : LETO
118. Where Cork is : EIRE
119. Dudley Do-Right’s org. : RCMP
120. 32-card game : SKAT
123. No longer working: Abbr. : RET

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