LA Times Crossword

Complete List of Clues/Answers   Across 1. Barber’s “Adagio for Strings” is in it : B-FLAT MINOR 11. Hits with a charge : ZAPS 15. Kerry Washington’s “Scandal” role : OLIVIA POPE 16. Jukebox opening : SLOT 17. Sang : NAMED NAMES 18. Villa-studded Italian lake : COMO 19. Salon boards : EMERIES 20. One taking things literally? : REPO MAN 22. Angry : HEATED 23. Part of a football game-ending tradition : GATORADE 24. Rear attachment : -ENDER 25. Worked together : PARTNERED 26. Nailed, test-wise : ACED 27. “Rabbit ears” antennae, e.g. : DIPOLES 28. Pixie and flip : DOS 29. Wheat whackers : SICKLES 30. Poor : BAD 33. Washington team : HUSKIES 34. Goat-man of myth : FAUN 35. Rocks below bridges? : NOSE STUDS 38. Cabinet member under Dubya : CONDI 39. See 43-Across : … OLD CHAPS 40. “Clown Prince of Hip-hop” Biz __ : MARKIE 41. Boards around the house : DECKING 42. Rocky Mountain rodents : MARMOTS 43. With 39-Across, “Listen up, lads” : I SAY, … 44. Ones snif

Complete List of Clues/Answers Across 1. Figura de __: Spanish skating move : OCHO 5. Besides : ALSO 9. Cut back a lot : SKIMP 14. It might not be proper : NOUN 15. Secular : LAIC 16. Edmonton athlete : OILER 17. Likely to B surprisingly difficult : EZR SAID THAN DONE (sounds like “easier …”) 20. __ space : OUTER 21. Spring bloom : IRIS 22. __-fa: set of musical syllables : SOL 23. One might Q Shamu : NML TRAINER (sounds like “animal …”) 26. Cycle starter : TRI- 27. Place to drive from : TEE 28. Not irr. : STD 29. Affirmative reply : YES I AM 32. “The Aviator” (2004) Oscar nominee : ALDA 34. Buffoons : OAFS 37. “The fool __ think he is wise …”: “As You Like It” : DOTH 38. U can soak in one : JQZ HOT TUB (sounds like “Jacuzzi”) 41. Biblical hunter : ESAU 43. It was originally called a “Biscuit” : OREO 44. They’re mostly on the phone : APPS 48. Bygone predators : T REXES 50. Long-legged runner : EMU 52. Bulldog booster : ELI 53. Component of a sweep, maybe :

Complete List of Clues/Answers   Across 1. Fear of spiders, usually : PHOBIA 7. Google Earth predecessors : ATLASES 14. Aesthetic feature? : SILENT A 16. Hillary supporters : SHERPAS 17. Lumberjack’s favorite pirate phrase? : SHIVER ME TIMBERS! 19. Theater award : TONY 20. Actor Holm : IAN 21. Slender Olive : OYL 22. Lumberjack’s main interest in naval records? : CAPTAIN’S LOG 27. Eero Saarinen’s father : ELIEL 30. Many Sinatra recordings : LPS 31. Pipe shape : ELL 32. Quick cuts : TRIMS 33. Gig gear : AMPS 35. “__ pinch of … “: recipe words : ADD A 36. Lumberjack’s way to punch an opponent? : RIGHT IN THE CHOPS 39. Reverberate : ECHO 40. Baltic capital : RIGA 41. Store __ : HOURS 42. Small matter : NIT 43. Toon crime-fighter __ Possible : KIM 44. Check phrase : PAY TO 45. Lumberjack’s preferred ABC News reporter? : DIANE SAWYER 49. Civil War soldier : REB 50. __ of the woods: mushroom type : HEN 51. Athlete who wrote a history of African-American athl

Complete List of Clues/Answers Across 1. Aesop’s “The __ in the Lion’s Skin” : ASS 4. Rips off : ROBS 8. Batter’s position : STANCE 14. Phone ringing onstage, perhaps : CUE 15. “Star Wars” critter : EWOK 16. More homey : COZIER 17. “Don’t know yet,” on skeds : TBA 18. iPad model : MINI 19. Ways to go : ROUTES 20. “The Iceman Cometh” playwright : EUGENE O’NEILL (hiding “Neon”) 23. Emmy category : DRAMA 24. Fed. accounting agency : OMB 25. Winery vessel : VAT 28. Sir Winston Churchill’s ancestral home : BLENHEIM PALACE (hiding “Impala”) 33. Pulled in different directions : TORN 34. High-end watch : ROLEX 35. Quick punches : JABS 39. Victim of Artemis, in some accounts : ORION (hiding “Rio”) 42. Cream of the crop : BEST 43. Pungent : ACRID 45. “NFL on CBS” sportscaster Gumbel : GREG 47. Cocoa butter treat : WHITE CHOCOLATE (hiding “Echo”) 53. Stage background : SET 54. “__-ching!” : CHA 55. Single-handed : ALONE 57. Passenger compartments, and an apt descri

Complete List of Clues/Answers   Across 1. Half-__: coffee with a little less kick : CAF 4. Chocolate-making bean : CACAO 9. Polynesian people : MAORI 14. Darth, as a youth : ANI 15. Suspect’s excuse : ALIBI 16. Muslim religion : ISLAM 17. Single-digit temps, for most : COLD SPELL (giving “spellcheck”) 19. Exams for would-be attys. : LSATS 20. Try to whack : HIT AT 21. Jazz great Blake : EUBIE 23. Cabinet dept. concerned with nukes : ENER 24. 1984 Prince hit : PURPLE RAIN (giving “raincheck”) 29. Picket line participant : STRIKER 31. Fierce public protest : OUTCRY 32. Jot down : NOTATE 35. Napkin’s place : LAP 36. Body of water between Connecticut and southeastern New York : LONG ISLAND SOUND (giving “sound check”) 42. Skater Midori : ITO 43. Muscle injury : STRAIN 44. Small river : STREAM 48. Tribulations : ORDEALS 52. At close range : POINT BLANK (giving “blank check”) 55. Bushels : A LOT 56. Ponzi scheme, e.g. : FRAUD 57. Ann __, Michigan : ARBOR 58

Complete List of Clues/Answers   Across 1. It’s usually spotted in a game : DOMINO 7. Prolong painfully : DRAG OUT 14. Pablo’s putting-off word : MANANA 20. Heat-sensitive patch : IRON-ON 21. 1982 Toto hit : ROSANNA 22. Twist counterclockwise, as a nut : LOOSEN 23. Defeat decisively in an annual Nathan’s contest? : (B)EAT THE PANTS OFF 25. Hardly modest : BRASSY 26. Hardly quick : SLOW 27. Steamed dumplings, e.g. : DIM SUM 28. Oft-mispunctuated word : ITS 30. Plane angle symbol : THETA 31. Alley Oop’s love : OOOLA 33. Diplomacy : TACT 35. Tribute with bent elbows : TOAST 37. Best-liked, in texts : FAV 40. Flabbergast : AWE 41. One in line for what’s left : HEIR 42. For instance : SAY 43. Whale-tale captain : AHAB 46. Cutlery causing boo-boos? : (B)OWIE KNIFE 49. Cell dead spot indicator : NO BARS 51. European capital : ROME 52. Many misses : GIRLS 53. Ripped : TORN 55. Super : PRIMO 56. __ fu : KUNG 57. Amer. fliers : USAF 58. Ripped off : ROBBED 6

Complete List of Clues/Answers Across 1. It’s usually spotted in a game : DOMINO 7. Prolong painfully : DRAG OUT 14. Pablo’s putting-off word : MANANA 20. Heat-sensitive patch : IRON-ON 21. 1982 Toto hit : ROSANNA 22. Twist counterclockwise, as a nut : LOOSEN 23. Defeat decisively in an annual Nathan’s contest? : (B)EAT THE PANTS OFF 25. Hardly modest : BRASSY 26. Hardly quick : SLOW 27. Steamed dumplings, e.g. : DIM SUM 28. Oft-mispunctuated word : ITS 30. Plane angle symbol : THETA 31. Alley Oop’s love : OOOLA 33. Diplomacy : TACT 35. Tribute with bent elbows : TOAST 37. Best-liked, in texts : FAV 40. Flabbergast : AWE 41. One in line for what’s left : HEIR 42. For instance : SAY 43. Whale-tale captain : AHAB 46. Cutlery causing boo-boos? : (B)OWIE KNIFE 49. Cell dead spot indicator : NO BARS 51. European capital : ROME 52. Many misses : GIRLS 53. Ripped : TORN 55. Super : PRIMO 56. __ fu : KUNG 57. Amer. fliers : USAF 58. Ripped off : ROBBED 60. H