Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday March 21st 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Gretchen of “Boardwalk Empire” : MOL
4 Takes steps : ACTS
8 Takes time drinking : NURSES
14 Tiff : SPAT
18 Dr. __ Skoda, J.K. Simmons’ “Law & Order” role : EMIL
20 Dory, e.g. : BOAT
21 Pricing word : APIECE
22 Whiskey cocktail : SOUR
23 “Must-see” review : RAVE
24 Cheese with an edible rind : BRIE
25 Sketching an infamous emperor? : DRAWING NERO
27 Outdoor barbecue area for wings? : CHICKEN PATIO
30 Loses it : GOES MAD
31 Yemen’s capital : SANA’A
32 Conger catchers : EELERS
33 Georgia et al., once : SSRS
34 More coarse, as sandpaper : GRITTIER
36 Named time span : ERA
38 Big brand in card collections : TOPPS
43 Stubborn equine : ASS
45 Albany is its cap. : NYS
46 Brave opponent : RED
48 iPad, iPod and iPhone? : APPLE TRIO
51 More relaxed : LOOSER
53 “Word on the street is … ” : SOME SAY
55 Funny Fey : TINA
56 Shirt named for a game : POLO
57 Land : ACREAGE
61 Grassy plain : LEA
63 Admit, with “to” : COP
64 Never again : NO LONGER
66 Ragout, e.g. : STEW
69 Leaves alone : STETS
71 Theme park beast, perhaps? : ARTIFICIAL HIPPO
75 Actress Woodard : ALFRE
78 Spot in the Senate : SEAT
79 Tattoo target : BARE SKIN
82 Road sign caution : SLO
83 Great Lakes’ __ Canals : SOO
86 More inclined : STEEPER
88 Gym site : YMCA
90 Scarlett’s plantation : TARA
92 Windpipe : TRACHEA
95 Woodlouse, e.g. : ISOPOD
97 Intoxicated to the point at which getting a tattoo sounds like a good idea? : INK BLOTTO
99 Blog feed letters : RSS
101 Simple sack : COT
102 Play for a sap : USE
103 Martini go-with? : ROSSI
104 Cries of pain : OWS
106 Former New Mexico senator with an Uncle Mo : TOM UDALL
109 Chowder morsel : CLAM
112 Iced pastry : ECLAIR
114 Dukes seen in fights : FISTS
117 Paradise : ELYSIUM
121 100 centavos? : CHANGE OF PESO
123 Twin peaks? : MOUNTAIN DUO
126 Genetic lab samples : DNAS
127 Support beam : I-BAR
128 Stallion’s mate : MARE
129 Indy racing family : UNSERS
130 Notes after fa : SO, LA
131 Tabloid fodder : DIRT
132 Start to build a pot : ANTE
133 Navy builder : SEABEE
134 __ child : ONLY
135 WWII spy org. : OSS
DOWN
1 Former Ford autos, briefly : MERCS
2 City on the Missouri : OMAHA
3 On one’s own? : LIVING SOLO
4 French cleric : ABBE
5 Trumpet kin : CORNETS
6 Where Chiang ruled from 1950 on : TAIPEI
7 Thief : STEALER
8 Rock bottom : NADIR
9 Revolted : UPROSE
10 Coastal inlet : RIA
11 Work on a seam, say : SEW
12 Vaping products, briefly : E-CIGS
13 Man of La Mancha : SENOR
14 IRS ID’s : SSNS
15 Hardy work : POEM
16 Certain something : AURA
17 Walked over : TROD
19 Aptly named Renault : LE CAR
26 Chansons de __: medieval French poems : GESTE
28 Clinton running mate : KAINE
29 Revered Mother : TERESA
33 Weakens : SAPS
35 Coup target, perhaps : TYRANT
37 Charlotte of “The Facts of Life” : RAE
39 Six-time N.L. home run champ : OTT
40 Number on a tag : PRICE
41 __ noir : PINOT
42 Bars not for drinking : SOAPS
43 Swiss peak : ALP
44 In a bit : SOON
47 One watching a shepherd, say : DOGSITTER
49 Amigo : PAL
50 Cleaning chemical : LYE
52 Renewable energy choice : SOLAR
54 Physical opening : META-
58 Some Hollywood FX : CGI
59 Court arbiters : REFS
60 Toledo’s lake : ERIE
62 Snakes in hieroglyphics : ASPS
65 Valuable rocks : ORES
67 River to the North Sea : ELBE
68 Hard-hitting sound : WHAP
70 Ginza locale : TOKYO
72 Wallet contents : CASH
73 Wrath : IRE
74 J.R.R. Tolkien feature : PERIOD
75 Up : ASTIR
76 Peruvian plain : LLANO
77 Travelers’ decision points : FORKS
80 Spur-of-the-moment Tinder profile? : IMPULSE BIO
81 Sgts. and such : NCOS
84 Plains tribe : OTO
85 Leftover morsel : ORT
87 California locale where “Maria Maria” fell in love, in a Santana hit : EAST LA
89 Vitamin C source : ADE
91 Six-pack contents? : ABS
93 Speck : ATOM
94 Legendary fire starter : COW
96 Office group : STAFF
98 Permissible : LICIT
100 Son-of-a-gun : SO-AND-SO
101 It makes everything better, purportedly : CURE-ALL
105 Safe and sound : SECURE
107 Filet __ : MIGNON
108 Fat, say : LIPID
110 Hawaiian feasts : LUAUS
111 Nitrogen compound : AMINE
113 Selected : CHOSE
115 Rulers before the Bolsheviks : TSARS
116 Gets ready to file : SORTS
117 Jane Austen novel : EMMA
118 Student __ : LOAN
119 Mongolian tent : YURT
120 “The Mikado” weapon, briefly : SNEE
122 Anthem opener : O SAY
124 Eavesdropping org. : NSA
125 Young socialite : DEB
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