Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday April 25th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Get gray, say : CLOUD UP
8 Iraq port city : BASRA
13 Knighted English composer : ELGAR
18 Bust of Pope Paul V sculptor : BERNINI
19 Language family including Finnish and Hungarian : URALIC
20 “I Hope You Dance” singer Womack : LEE ANN
21 *Marvel hero with a red-white-and-blue costume : CAPTAIN AMERICA
23 *Soviet newspaper : PRAVDA
24 Like a racehorse’s hooves : SHOD
25 Apple pie order : A LA MODE
26 Last-second online auction bids : SNIPES
27 OXO tool : PEELER
29 Comet, to some : OMEN
30 Summer hrs. along the Mississippi : CDT
32 Humdingers : LULUS
34 *Hunk : STUDMUFFIN
36 *Take only the best : CHERRY-PICK
38 Android alternative : IOS
39 Halloween decoration : BAT
40 “Family Guy” kid with a football-shaped head : STEWIE
41 __ Beta Kappa : PHI
42 Diva’s numbers : SOLI
44 Base-level rideshare option : UBERX
46 Host before Carson : PAAR
49 *Instrument played with mallets : GLOCKENSPIEL
53 *Citrus used to flavor tea : BERGAMOT
57 Cattle catchers : ROPES
58 Cantina fare : TAPAS
59 ’60s-’70s epithet based on a 21st-century Emmy-winning drama : MAD MEN ERA
60 Appliance found in Provence? : OVEN
61 Survivalist Stroud : LES
62 Okra or orca unit : POD
63 “Dracula” author Stoker : BRAM
64 Phisher’s crime : WIRE FRAUD
68 Throat problems : FROGS
70 Grand Canyon sights : CACTI
71 *Turkey’s area : NEAR EAST
72 *Symbol of worthlessness : WOODEN NICKEL
74 Cravings : YENS
75 Slightly lit : TIPSY
76 Kindle technology : E INK
77 Back on a ship : AFT
80 Gem weight units : CARATS
82 Water source : TAP
83 Little terror : IMP
86 *Camper’s knot : CLOVE HITCH
89 *Ridiculous, as an excuse : COCKAMAMIE
93 Worked on a Royal : TYPED
94 Fragrant neckwear : LEI
95 Giants manager Kapler : GABE
96 Cruel boss : TYRANT
97 SoFi Stadium team : LA RAMS
99 Family planning topic, familiarly : THE PILL
102 Big apes : LUGS
103 *”Walk This Way” rap trio : RUN-DMC
104 *Oscar-winning role for Judi Dench : QUEEN ELIZABETH
107 Made a case : ARGUED
108 Seventh of eight : URANUS
109 Part of town to avoid : BAD AREA
110 They may be skinny : JEANS
111 Finish by : END AT
112 Rock’s Lynyrd __ : SKYNYRD
DOWN
1 Ottawa-based media org. : CBC
2 Take on, as tenants : LEASE TO
3 Mythological lyrist : ORPHEUS
4 Boundless : UNTOLD
5 Jeweled headgear : DIADEM
6 Oxford, to Oxonians : UNI
7 Fruta en una colada : PINA
8 City in NW Germany : BREMEN
9 “Breaking Bad” actor __ Paul : AARON
10 Arrived headfirst, perhaps : SLID
11 General Mills cereal : RICE CHEX
12 Landmark health legislation, briefly : ACA
13 À la King? : EERILY
14 Jump to one’s feet : LEAP UP
15 Talked back to : GAVE LIP
16 List-shortening words : AND SUCH
17 Transfer __ : RNA
19 Fish sauce taste : UMAMI
20 Health care provider: Abbr. : LPN
22 Floating above, say : ALOFT
26 Like Waldo’s shirt, in kids’ books : STRIPED
27 Inflation meas. : PSI
28 Russian cabbage? : RUBLE
31 MTN __ : DEW
33 Mountain footwear, maybe : SKI
35 Pass out : FAINT
36 __-Alt-Del : CTRL
37 Heat up again? : REARM
40 Matches, as a bet : SEES
42 Stage backdrop : SCENERY
43 Gives a thumbs-up : OKS
44 Raised : UPPED
45 Leaning : BIAS
47 Spend time in a cellar, perhaps : AGE
48 Returned, as a football kick : RAN BACK
49 Cultivated : GROWN
50 Houston Texans coach Smith : LOVIE
51 “Carmen,” e.g. : OPERA
52 Henri’s “Hi” : SALUT
53 Symbol of authority : BADGE
54 Pfizer rival : MERCK
55 More than just talk : ORATE
56 Language of southern India : TAMIL
59 Temperamental : MOODY
62 (The) big leagues : PROS
65 Bank charge : FEE
66 French alternative : RANCH
67 Has at : ASSAILS
68 Dandy fellows : FOPS
69 Move surreptitiously : SNEAK
70 Bengals, on scoreboards : CIN
72 Accompanying : WITH
73 Bite like a puppy : NIP AT
75 Tight-lipped : TACITURN
77 Do something : ACT
78 Bit of fishing tackle : FLY LURE
79 Santa Monica Mountains’ __ Canyon : TOPANGA
81 U.S. __ 1, East Coast hwy. : RTE
82 Immune system component : T CELL
83 Picturesque language : IMAGERY
84 English church honorific : MINSTER
85 Furry friend : PET
87 WWI battle city : VERDUN
88 One of a quartet of ’50s singing siblings : ED AMES
89 Domed top for a threaded fastener : CAP NUT
90 Relatives of Tonys : OBIES
91 Polite two-word English term of address : MY LADY
92 Oranjestad native : ARUBAN
95 Actress Davis : GEENA
98 Fast-food NYSE ticker symbol : MCD
100 Beer foam : HEAD
101 Mad __: word game : LIBS
103 Rule that Gandhi opposed : RAJ
104 “¿__ pasa?” : QUE
105 __ Starkey, longtime drummer for The Who : ZAK
106 Once possessed : HAD
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