LA Times Crossword 3 Feb 19, Sunday Puzzle Solution

Complete List of Clues/Answers

Across

1. Baroque music family name : BACH
5. Busy months for CPAs : APRILS
11. Lays into : ASSAILS
18. AAA part: Abbr. : ASSOC
20. Head huggers : BEANIES
22. Obeyed a triangular sign : YIELDED
23. Mountain dew source : STILL
24. Reaches via plane : LANDS AT
25. Salad greens : ENDIVES
26. Royal title : HIS MAJESTY THE KING (giving “king bed”)
29. Toyland notables : BABES
30. Poet’s palindrome : ERE
31. Common Market letters : EEC
32. “__ shall live your epitaph to make”: Shak. : OR I
33. One-time filler : … AT A …
34. First-ranked competitor : TOP SEED
38. Polyester fabric : DACRON
40. First hit, perhaps : DEBUT SINGLE (giving “single bed”)
44. Org. concerned with brownfields : EPA
45. Class with angles : TRIG
47. Step down : RESIGN
49. Longfellow’s bell town : ATRI
50. Eye care brand : RENU
52. Pampering spot : SPA
54. Was in front : LED
55. Painful sequence : OWS
58. Suffix with ball : -OON
59. Fred or George Weasley : IDENTICAL TWIN (giving “twin bed”)
63. Brush fire op : EVAC
64. NBA scoring stat : PPG
65. Corn holders : COBS
66. Minimally adjusts : TWEAKS
70. Aden Young’s “Rectify” role : DANIEL
72. It’s fixed by a bank : CD RATE
75. Milk sources : DAIRIES
76. Tabloid material : SLEAZE
77. Lord in a Christmas song, e.g. : LEAPER
78. Busy, as decor : ORNATE
79. Casual Friday surprise : SUIT
80. Pack animal : ASS
81. Parasite in the dust : MITE
83. Kids’ summer fun spot : SLEEPAWAY CAMP (giving “camp bed”)
88. Bit of broth : SIP
89. Do some carpentry : SAW
90. Symbolic uncle : SAM
93. Maple-syrup-to-be : SAP
94. Words with bow or scarf : TIE A …
95. Winter glider : SLED
97. Amphibious assault troop carrier : AMTRAC
100. __ bar : TIKI
103. Flow blocker : DAM
104. War hero/actor who played himself in “To Hell and Back” : AUDIE MURPHY (giving “Murphy bed”)
107. Menu listing : OPTION
109. Belgian diamond center : ANTWERP
111. The Mustangs of Dallas coll. football : SMU
112. When doubled, a hip-hop dance : NAE
113. Friend of Pooh : ROO
115. Kinda-sorta cousin : -ISH
116. Dark side Darth : VADER
118. Item on the housekeeping checklist, or a hint to completing five puzzle answers : TURN DOWN THE BED
124. Steep slopes : ESCARPS
126. Gather dust : LIE IDLE
127. Give one’s address, maybe : ORATE
128. Spot-on : SO RIGHT
129. Took the deal : SETTLED
130. Western Wyoming county : TETON
131. Sign of alertness : OPEN EYE
132. Hard rain metaphor : SHEETS
133. Email folder : SENT

Down

1. Big do : BASH
2. Spumante source : ASTI
3. Forensic detectives, briefly : CSIS
4. “A Study in Scarlet” detective : HOLMES
5. Competent : ABLE
6. Porridge veggies, old-style : PEASE
7. Went off on Twitter : RANTED
8. Racing series including the “500” : INDY CAR
9. Agenda, e.g. : LIST
10. Upright swimmer : SEAHORSE
11. Floor support? : AYE
12. Mythical voyager : SINBAD
13. Composed : SEDATE
14. “Arabian Nights” character : ALI BABA
15. Contraction with two apostrophes : I’D’VE
16. Denim purchase : LEES
17. ’60s antiwar gp. : SDS
19. Red wine choice : CLARET
21. With 67-Down, controversial MLB period : STEROID
27. Heckler’s input : JEER
28. — : KING
34. Garr on screen : TERI
35. Slanted column : OP-ED
36. It’s usually easy to see through : PANE
37. DJ’s collection : DISCS
39. Cartoon frame : CEL
41. Perfect spot : UTOPIA
42. Saint-__: Riviera resort : TROPEZ
43. — : SINGLE
46. Transcript no. : GPA
48. Besides Jan., only month with two federal holidays : NOV
51. Open, in a way : UNCAP
53. Union setting : ALTAR
56. Rolls into a ball : WADS UP
57. Gorsuch predecessor : SCALIA
60. Pole emblems : TOTEMS
61. Two-nation peninsula : IBERIA
62. — : TWIN
63. Shapely leader? : ESS
67. See 21-Down : ERA
68. Specks in a river : AITS
69. Topples (over) : KEELS
71. Packaging abbr. : NET WT
72. Minor league baseball level : CLASS A
73. “The Untouchables” studio (1959-’63) : DESILU
74. Croaked : RASPED
75. John in court : DOE
79. Photo tint : SEPIA
82. Defunct carrier : TWA
84. Opposite of fast : EAT
85. Hill staffer : AIDE
86. Senior __ : YEAR
87. — : CAMP
90. Seat of the Bishop of London : ST PAUL’S
91. Vital vessels : ARTERIES
92. Juin preceder : MAI
96. Contempt : DISDAIN
98. Peak in France : MONT
99. Propellant developed to replace gunpowder : CORDITE
101. Do some craftwork : KNIT
102. Sweater’s comment : IT’S HOT
105. Come out : EMERGE
106. — : MURPHY
108. Pool toy : NOODLE
110. Start of the fire? : WHERE’S …
114. Big-eyed baby : OWLET
116. Brandy bottle letters : VSOP
117. Crop unit : ACRE
119. The Hague’s home: Abbr. : NETH
120. Beatty and Kelly : NEDS
121. Restrain : BATE
122. Thames campus : ETON
123. Wreck reminder : DENT
124. That, in Tijuana : ESO
125. Abbr. on some business cards : STE

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