LA Times Crossword 11 Jan 19, Friday Puzzle Clues and Answers

Complete List of Clues/Answers

 

Across

1. Old gas station freebie : MAP
4. One holding all the cards? : WALLET
10. “__ run!” : GOTTA
15. Texter’s cautioning letters : IMO
16. Take to the skies : AVIATE
17. “The Phantom of the Opera” setting : PARIS
18. Indigent ones hiding among bales? : NEEDY IN A HAYSTACK (from “needle in a haystack”)
21. Like much ordinary history : UNTOLD
22. Japanese volcano : ASO
23. Long walk : HIKE
24. Author Jong : ERICA
25. Ascended : GONE UP
28. Stark in “Game of Thrones” : NED
29. Holders of poor-taste gifts? : TACKY BOXES (from “tackle boxes”)
31. Must : HAS TO
33. Presidential nickname : ABE
34. Type of pitcher : RELIEF
35. Result of smashing a piñata during a hurricane? : CANDY IN THE WIND (from “candle in the wind”)
41. Food industry headgear : TOQUES
42. Barrel contents : OIL
43. __ cuisine : HAUTE
44. Script for an absurdist play? : BATTY LINES (from “battle lines”)
51. PHL stat : ETA
52. Calls : PHONES
54. Lavender asset : AROMA
55. Gillette brand : ATRA
57. Like Dorothy Parker’s humor : WRY
58. Pollen site : STAMEN
59. Concept for creating difficult crossword puzzles? : TRICKY DOWN THEORY (from “trickle-down theory”)
63. Gaucho’s tool : REATA
64. Gift to an audience : ENCORE
65. “Road to __”: Hope/Crosby film : RIO
66. Wee, jocularly : EENSY
67. Ancient eponymous advisor : NESTOR
68. Ernie with irons : ELS

Down

1. Stately dance : MINUET
2. Ancient Egyptian deity : AMEN-RA
3. How one might wax, but not wane : POETIC
4. Ambush : WAYLAY
5. Passionate : AVID
6. Architect Maya __ : LIN
7. 2002 W.S. champs, nowadays : LAA
8. Hydrocarbon gas : ETHANE
9. Kids : TEASES
10. Traveler’s aid, briefly : GPS
11. Censor’s target : OATH
12. Prepares for, as a profession : TRAINS IN
13. Cited on the road : TICKETED
14. Required from : ASKED OF
19. Harbor sight : DOCK
20. The Gershwins’ “Embraceable __” : YOU
25. Arid Asian region : GOBI
26. Pair in a field : OXEN
27. “Is it ever hot today!” : PHEW!
30. Hudson and James : BAYS
32. 3-Down pugilist : ALI
34. Count (on) : RELY
35. Foyer convenience : COAT TREE
36. Winter birth, perhaps : AQUARIAN
37. Commonly hexagonal hardware : NUT
38. Not superficial : DEEP
39. Purse relative : TOTE
40. Pop radio fodder : HITS
41. London’s Old Vic, for one : THEATRE
44. Corporate source of the Elmer’s Glue logo : BORDEN
45. Random individual : ANYONE
46. Agitation metaphor : LATHER
47. Wrath, in a hymn : IRAE
48. “When!” : NO MORE!
49. “Bam!” chef : EMERIL
50. Some HDTVs : SANYOS
53. 1-Acr. marking : HWY
56. Book after John : ACTS
58. Minute Maid Park player, to fans : ‘STRO
60. Jewelry giant : KAY
61. Lavs : WCS
62. “Just kidding!” : NOT!

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