LA Times Crossword 2 Mar 19, Saturday Puzzle Solution

Complete List of Clues/Answers

 

Across

1. Throws : SLINGS
7. Some confrontations : SCENES
13. Good-for-nothin’ : NO-COUNT
15. Decide : CHOOSE
16. Abroad : OVERSEAS
18. “Ben-Hur” Oscar winner : HESTON
19. “Webspace” was added to it in Jun. 2017 : OED
20. Hot BuzzFeed feature? : SEX QUIZ
22. “When we know, you’ll know”: Abbr. : TBA
23. Substitute : PROXY
25. “Tequila mockingbird” and “absinthe of malice,” for two : PUNS
26. Maverick on TV : BRET
27. Big __ : SUR
28. Development home : TRACT HOUSE
30. “The History of the Standard Oil Company” author : TARBELL
32. Dunked discs : OREOS
33. Respectful assent : YES, PLEASE
35. Hardened, maybe : STALE
38. Creamy sauce : ALFREDO
40. Written argument : LEGAL BRIEF
42. NOW center: Abbr. : ORG
44. Many a Baghdad dad : ARAB
45. It helps you focus : LENS
46. Part of some salesmen’s deliveries : SMARM
48. Dietitian’s calc. : BMI
49. ’70s Robert Blake cop show : BARETTA
51. Pillow talk murmur : COO
52. Musical ineptitude : TIN EAR
54. Reference to a note : SEE BELOW
56. Going for less : ON SALE
57. Come out of the bullpen : RELIEVE
58. Like a date without a heart? : PITTED
59. Picked up : SENSED

Down

1. Private eye : SNOOP
2. They may put their initials on trunks : LOVERS
3. Wearing expensive jewelry, in modern slang : ICED OUT
4. 1994 Olympics host: Abbr. : NOR
5. Dress (up) : GUSSY
6. Bygone blade : SNEE
7. Crystalline rock : SCHIST
8. “In the home of,” literally : CHEZ
9. Dawn goddess : EOS
10. “Lies!” : NOT TRUE!
11. 1962 hit with the line “the samba’s the quickest way to make amor” : ESO BESO
12. Legal bodies : SENATES
14. Return specialist : TAX PREPARER
17. Fronts of cold fronts : SQUALL LINES
21. Addams who can generate electricity : UNCLE FESTER
24. Where doctors may catch a break? : X-RAY LAB
26. Yawning cause : BOREDOM
28. “Angie Tribeca” airer : TBS
29. Gardening aid : HOSE
31. 29-Down storage device : REEL
34. Sound from a purse, possibly : ARF!
35. Thick table surface : SLAB TOP
36. Ends : TERMINI
37. Playing on the field : AGAINST
39. Wall Street whizzes, say : ORACLES
41. Played loudly : BLARED
43. It’s good to be in one : GROOVE
46. Pricey fur : SABLE
47. Did yard work : MOWED
49. Block on a farm : BALE
50. Drivers’ elevators : TEES
53. Down : EAT
55. A, in German class : EIN

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