December 9 2018 L.A. Times Daily - Crossword Clues and Answers

Complete List of Clues/Answers

 

Across

1. 8 for O, e.g. : AT NO
5. Quibbles : CARPS
10. “M*A*S*H” actor : ALDA
14. Like bachelor parties : STAG
18. Excel : SHINE
20. Autumn color : OCHRE
21. Tea party host : MARCH HARE
23. Pie company exec? : PASTRY WHEEL
25. Bad brunch review? : OMELET PAN
26. Find new quarters for : REHOUSE
27. Winter fall : FLAKES
29. Film units : REELS
30. Michelangelo masterpiece : PIETA
31. MSN competitor : AOL
32. Cooking fat : SUET
34. Guadalajara girls : NINAS
37. Neighborhood with meat purveyors? : BUTCHER BLOCK
43. Air freshener scent : LILAC
46. Performed, in Shakespeare : DIDST
48. How surprise party guests should arrive : EARLY
49. Blanched : WAN
50. Yours, in Tours : A TOI
51. Doc bloc : AMA
52. Keisters : SEATS
54. “Momo” author Michael : ENDE
55. ATM code you rotate regularly? : ROLLING PIN
59. FICA benefit : SSI
60. Unit in Ohm’s Law : AMPERE
62. Costa del __ : SOL
63. Female antelope : DOE
64. Mellow : SOFTEN
66. Looked lecherously : LEERED
67. Suffix meaning “living substance” : -PLASM
69. Not yet on the sched. : TBA
70. Coast : GLIDE
72. Like many churches : SPIRED
75. Light : IGNITE
78. Adaptable truck, for short : UTE
79. “Bravo!” : OLE!
82. Barbershop parts : TENORS
83. Batman and the Boy Wonder, e.g. : DUO
84. Thief at a fertility clinic? : EGG POACHER
87. AA and AAA, e.g. : ORGS
88. Takes from a deck : DRAWS
90. “Do Ya” rock gp. : ELO
91. “I see” : AHSO
92. Starry-eyed agreement, often : I DO
93. Area below the abdomen : GROIN
95. Leslie of “Gigi” : CARON
97. Holders of roasts : SPITS
98. Nasty group of directors? : CUTTING BOARD
101. Like Dennis the Menace : PESKY
103. Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
104. Bit of baby talk : GOO
105. Leg bone : TIBIA
108. Old will? : SHALT
111. Work (out) : REASON
114. Inflexible : ADAMANT
116. Stadium for a boxing match? : PUNCH BOWL
118. Journalists covering a spicy story? : GARLIC PRESS
121. Wood preservatives : CREOSOTES
122. Farm refrain : E-I-E-I-O
123. Spock’s father : SAREK
124. Firm employees: Abbr. : ATTS
125. Bone on a menu : OSSO
126. Some NCOs : SSGTS
127. Time at the inn : STAY

Down

1. Cleopatra killer : ASP
2. Choreographer Twyla : THARP
3. Japanese-American : NISEI
4. Without delay, as payment : ON THE NAIL
5. Intimidates : COWS
6. Advil target : ACHE
7. MLB scoreboard abbr. : RHE
8. Homes built indoors : PREFABS
9. Traitors : SELLOUTS
10. Crazily : AMOK
11. Like a flimsy excuse : LAME
12. Backstage theater workers : DRESSERS
13. An MRI may reveal a torn one : ACL
14. “Fiddler on the Roof” setting : SHTETL
15. Bind, in a way : TAPE
16. Asian sea : ARAL
17. Mil. bigwigs : GENS
19. Arousing : EROTIC
22. As a result of this : HEREBY
24. Chinese currency : YUAN
28. __-rock : ALT
33. Modern address : URL
35. Commonly used saws : ADAGES
36. Gullible sort : SIMP
38. Cut out : CEASE
39. “You lose a lot of time, __ people”: Marian Anderson : HATING
40. Dog tag datum : OWNER
41. Close-knit group : CADRE
42. Injured, in a way : KNEED
43. Drummer Ulrich : LARS
44. “Am __ late?” : I TOO
45. Hang loosely : LOLL
47. Place for an honoree : DAIS
53. Collection of heir pieces? : ESTATE
54. Blunt blade : EPEE
56. Do-nothing : IDLER
57. Wikipedia policy : NO ADS
58. Words indicating a delay : NOT NOW
60. Thomas associate : ALITO
61. Euripides tragedy : MEDEA
65. “Criminal Minds” agcy. : FBI
67. Some Olympians, nowadays : PROS
68. Leaf’s central vein : MIDRIB
71. Two-time Tony winner Patti : LUPONE
72. Zeno, notably : STOIC
73. Concealed : PERDU
74. Bullion unit : INGOT
76. Natural fertilizer : GUANO
77. Hungarian wine region : EGER
79. “I wasn’t expecting you” : OH HI
80. “__ we forget” : LEST
81. God with a quiver : EROS
85. Hardly haute cuisine : GLOP
86. Large South American rodents : CAPYBARAS
88. Easy paces : DOGTROTS
89. Misers : SCROOGES
93. Saddle-holding bands : GIRTHS
94. Tiny messenger : RNA
96. Keats, in a Shelley title : ADONAIS
97. Economizes : SKIMPS
99. AT&T and Verizon : TELCOS
100. Dept. of Justice bigwigs : AGS
102. Opp. of legato, in music : STAC
106. Still : INERT
107. Baffled : AT SEA
108. Humane org. : SPCA
109. On the disabled list, say : HURT
110. Without __: riskily : A NET
112. Farm females : EWES
113. “Not to mention … ” : ALSO …
114. Came down : ALIT
115. “Vaya con __” : DIOS
117. Bit of heckling : BOO
119. “Andy Capp” cartoonist Smythe : REG
120. __ blue : SKY

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