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LA Times Crossword 9 Feb 19, Saturday Puzzle Solution

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Complete List of Clues/Answers Across 1. In honor of : AFTER 6. Site with a Pill Identification Tool : WEBMD 11. Tried hard : STROVE 12. More substantial : MEATIER 14. Sea of Azov peninsula : CRIMEA 15. When many photos are taken : AT SUNSET 17. Some therapeutic applications : OILS 18. Didn’t get in the way of : LET BE 20. Brand with an orange-and-yellow bull’s-eye trademark : TIDE 21. Conversation on the go : WALK AND TALK 24. X or Z preceder : GEN- 25. Stella Artois product : LAGER 26. Waiters stand in them : LINES 28. Product of sugar and heat : CARAMEL 31. Real go-getter : DYNAMO 32. Retrieved at an airport carousel : CLAIMED 33. Pet holdable in one hand : HAMSTER 34. Critical sounds : HISSES 35. Took turns : ROTATED 36. Energized : AMPED 37. Cleanser compound : BORAX 38. Saint, in Brazil : SAO 39. What you’d better have if you miss work : A GOOD EXCUSE 45. Highest Italian peak south of the Alps : ETNA 47. Like yummy desserts, sooner or later : EATEN

LA Times Crossword 8 Feb 19, Friday Puzzle Solution

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Complete List of Clues/Answers Across 1. Yukon supplier : GMC 4. __ pants : HAREM 9. Scorned lover of Jason : MEDEA 14. Aptly, it rhymes with “spa” : AAH! 15. CNN correspondent Hill : ERICA 16. Big period : EPOCH 17. TV trailblazer : RCA 18. Boxing academy? : FIGHT SCHOOL (“flight school” missing an L) 20. Loud noises : BAMS 22. “There, there,” e.g. : SOLACE 23. One at the top of the order : ABBESS 26. Whirling : IN A SPIN 30. Optimist’s hopeful list? : GREAT PLANS (“Great Plains” missing an I) 33. “Othello” role : IAGO 34. Pamphlet ending : -EER 35. Have __ for : A YEN 36. Colorful bird : MACAW 37. Literal and figurative hint to four puzzle answers : MISSING LINK 41. Field supervisor : COACH 43. Sword-and-sandal feature, e.g. : EPIC 44. Turkish title : AGA 47. Award using spelled-out initials : OBIE 48. Wild party in Dallas? : TEXAS RAGER (“Texas Ranger” missing an N) 51. Wednesday, to be exact : MIDWEEK 53. Souvenirs : TOKENS 54. Plays ball : AGREES 5

LA Times Crossword 7 Feb 19, Thursday Puzzle Solution

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Complete List of Clues/Answers Across 1. Correspondence sign-off : BEST 5. Musical series set at McKinley High : GLEE 9. “Wealth of Nations” author Smith : ADAM 13. Pot for paella : OLLA 14. Speaks up? : PRAYS 15. Bit of folklore : TALE 16. Mature gentle treatment? : GOAT GLOVES (from “kid gloves”) 18. B’way hit signs : SROS 19. News letters : UPI 20. “Have some” : EAT 21. Decides not to dele : STETS 22. Bodega miss : SENORITA 25. Roe-producing fish : SHAD 26. Mature sprightly piano classic? : CAT ON THE KEYS (from “Kitten on the Keys”) 30. Canaanite deity : BA’AL 32. Half a cocktail : TAI 33. Handler of “Sex and the City” : EVAN 34. Costa del __ : SOL 35. Mature young infatuation? : DOG LOVE (from “puppy love”) 39. Taking a sick day, presumably : ILL 40. Trivial, as talk : IDLE 42. Versailles ruler : ROI 43. Mouselike animal : VOLE 45. Mature news newbie? : BEAR REPORTER (from “cub reporter”) 49. Salty margarita glass spots : RIMS 50. Low-alcohol bevera

LA Times Crossword 6 Feb 19, Wednesday Puzzle Solution

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Complete List of Clues/Answers Across 1. Area with pews : NAVE 5. It’s saved for a rainy day : TARP 9. Monster party : BASH 13. Constrain : HEM IN 14. Singer Adams : EDIE 15. Spanish “this” : ESTA 16. In first place : AHEAD 17. Does really well, for a weekend golfer : SHOOTS PAR 19. Sophs, come Sep. : JRS 20. “Who Dat Girl” rapper __ Rida : FLO 21. Corkscrew pasta : ROTINI 22. “Next time’s for real” : JUST PRACTICING 26. Hurry, old-style : HIE 27. Leaf-clearing tool : RAKE 28. Hairy spider : TARANTULA 33. It stings : BEE 36. Cardiologist : HEART SPECIALIST 40. Energy unit : ERG 41. Looks through, as a keyhole : PEERS INTO 42. Tennis immortal : ASHE 45. Spanish “that” : ESA 46. Jewish deli meat : KOSHER PASTRAMI 53. Learn from A to Z : MASTER 54. Little newt : EFT 55. Bloke : GUV 56. “America’s Got Talent” judges’ concern : STAR POWER 58. With 62-Across, handyman’s assortment, and a hint to what’s in each set of circles : LOOSE … 60. Latvian seaport : R

LA Times Crossword 5 Feb 19, Tuesday Puzzle Solution

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Complete List of Clues/Answers Across 1. Ring ref’s decision : TKO 4. Hindu division : CASTE 9. Rig up : EQUIP 14. Hankering : YEN 15. Aquaman’s realm : OCEAN 16. “Grey’s Anatomy” staffer : NURSE 17. Immigrant’s ID : GREEN CARD (giving “card shark”) 19. Extend the library borrowing term : RENEW 20. Tries to hit : AIMS FOR 21. Low singers : BASSES 22. Blackjack elevens : ACES 23. Not fitting : INAPT 25. Title for Jose or Diego? : SAN 27. Tuition-paying aid : STUDENT LOAN (giving “loan shark”) 32. Rude and crude : CRASS 34. “Begone, feline!” : SCAT! 35. Unsubscribes, with “out” : OPTS 36. Jazz trumpeter Al : HIRT 37. Indian prime minister mentored by Gandhi : NEHRU 38. Eric Carle’s “The __ Hungry Caterpillar” : VERY 39. Viral internet item : MEME 40. Improve text : EDIT 41. Porto-Novo’s land : BENIN 42. Competitive swimming venue : OLYMPIC POOL (giving “pool shark”) 45. Cul-de-__ : SAC 46. Sniffling maladies : COLDS 47. Mother’s Day gift holder : VASE 49

LA Times Crossword 4 Feb 19, Monday Puzzle Solution

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Complete List of Clues/Answers Across 1. Gather in a pile : AMASS 6. City transport : BUS 9. Assume the role of : ACT AS 14. Dashed in the direction of : RAN TO 15. Fireplace remnants : ASH 16. Baseball’s home __ : PLATE 17. Military decoration : MEDAL 18. China : cha :: U.S. : __ : TEA 19. Resistance member : REBEL 20. Misdeed exculpation : NO HARM, NO FOUL 23. Garden product word : GRO 26. Lyricist Gershwin : IRA 27. Ages and ages : EON 28. Word after photo or black : OPS 29. Done tidily and without stress : NO MUSS, NO FUSS 33. Skillful : ADEPT 34. Early riser? : SUN 35. Wyatt of the Old West : EARP 39. Bedouin abode : TENT 40. Takes out the sloop : SAILS 42. Classic cookie : OREO 43. Mediocre : SO-SO 44. Suffix with alp : -INE 45. Models for some Adam and Eve art : NUDES 46. Precisely : NO MORE, NO LESS 50. Texter’s “I believe” : IMO 53. Louis XIV, par exemple : ROI 54. Badminton partition : NET 55. Originally called : NEE 56. Exercise mantra : N

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 : ID