Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday September 12th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Only astronaut to fly in the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs : SCHIRRA
8 Sushi order : AHI
11 Short blue person? : DEM
14 Exile of 1979 : SHAH
18 Small bits of color : SPLASHES
19 Easter lead-in : NOR-
20 “Xanadu” rock gp. : ELO
21 Aqua __: U.K. mineral water brand : PURA
22 Place for reading recipes? : COOKBOOK NOOK
24 Fragrant tea-flavoring shrubs : JASMINES
26 Quakers in forests? : ASPENS
27 Emailed : SENT
28 Ink on a billionaire? : FAT CAT TAT
29 Extreme disorder : MESS
30 Through : VIA
31 Madrid mama bear : OSA
33 “The Bald Soprano” playwright : IONESCO
34 City center street performer? : DOWNTOWN CLOWN
38 Flash __ : MOB
39 Third-party accounts : ESCROWS
43 Provide with the latest : CLUE IN
44 Green stone : JADE
45 Where one trying to score may be out : AT HOME
46 U.S. Army medal : DSC
48 Classic Pontiac : GTO
49 __ pool : GENE
50 Like some stockings : SEAMED
51 Congers : EELS
53 React to a sprint : PANT
55 A montage of them was presented at the 2006 Oscars : EPICS
56 Native Alaskans : ALEUTS
58 Fencing moves : THRUSTS
61 Nothing special : SO-SO
62 Bit of carelessness at cocktail hour? : CHIP DIP DRIP
64 Long stretches : EONS
66 They’re usually unbeatable : NEMESES
68 Accustoms (to) : ENURES
69 Storied building material : STRAW
70 Fit : TRIM
71 Feds under Ness : T-MEN
72 Current amount : AMPERE
73 Mail ctrs. : GPOS
75 Stadium cheer : RAH!
78 Offbeat : ODD
79 Eyed impolitely, with “at” : LEERED
80 Bath buggy : PRAM
81 Not at all light : SOLEMN
83 Corn syrup component : MALTOSE
84 Joplin’s “Maple Leaf __” : RAG
85 Postal mishap? : SNAIL MAIL FAIL
89 Legislative group, e.g. : ENACTOR
91 Backing-up key : ESC
92 Bit in a horse’s mouth : OAT
93 Cleaning tools, for short : VACS
97 Starter for a noncompetitive race? : FUN RUN GUN
99 Deli stock : RYES
101 Formed with the tip of the tongue, like the letter L : APICAL
103 Property receivers, at law : ALIENEES
104 Reality TV believer? : BOOB TUBE RUBE
106 Axes : CANS
107 KC-to-NYC dir. : ENE
108 “The Ice Storm” director Lee : ANG
109 Acted like : EMULATED
110 Most massive known dwarf planet : ERIS
111 Rehab hurdle : DTS
112 Screening org. : TSA
113 Western movie threat : RATTLER
DOWN
1 Imagine, colloquially : ‘SPOSE
2 Horse-and-buggy ride sounds : CLOPS
3 Cod relatives : HAKES
4 Library vol. ID : ISBN
5 Letters after pis : RHOS
6 1906 Runabout, e.g. : REO
7 Shows hospitality toward, as a visitor : ASKS IN
8 Before long, to Shakespeare : ANON
9 Bird named for its cry : HOOT OWL
10 Annoy : IRK
11 “This seems familiar” word : DEJA
12 Jubilance : ELATION
13 University of Idaho city : MOSCOW
14 Malice : SPITE
15 Spider that stalks its prey : HUNTSMAN
16 Opening number? : AREA CODE
17 Surely is : HAS TO BE
18 Con job : SCAM
23 Bar specification : NEAT
25 “Death in Venice” author : MANN
28 Aspect : FACET
30 Bugs with brakes : VWS
32 Wrapped in a blanket, say : SNUG
34 Mosque toppers : DOMES
35 Due : OWED
36 Block off : OCCLUDE
37 Award-winning Mark Tatulli comic strip : LIO
39 Relaxes : EASES
40 Apply, as a brake : STEP ON
41 Lawn chair : CHAISE
42 Hanks sobriquet for films like “You’ve Got Mail”? : ROMCOM TOM
44 Fashionista dog? : JET SET PET
46 Knish sellers : DELIS
47 Ooze : SEEP
49 Oxlike antelope : GNU
52 Stretch : STINT
53 Letters before chi : PHIS
54 Duchamp contemporary : ARP
56 “What about me?!” : AHEM!
57 Layered Italian dessert : SPUMONI
58 General direction : TREND
59 Bullfight figure : TORERO
60 Traps : SNARES
62 Long-running forensic series : CSI
63 First name in an 1857 case : DRED
65 Activist Greta Thunberg, e.g. : SWEDE
67 Hosp. units : ERS
69 Suspect : SMELL
72 End of a ball game? : ALAI
73 Like table salt : GRANULAR
74 Composer of solo violin études : PAGANINI
75 “Vive le __!” : ROI
76 Karen of “Starman” : ALLEN
77 Fashion lines : HEMS
80 Introduction : PREFACE
81 Portraitist John Singer __ : SARGENT
82 Long-vowel symbols : MACRONS
83 Tatami, e.g. : MAT
85 Leave speechless : STUN
86 “Thanks, it’s already done” : NO NEED
87 “Stay” singer Lisa seen in GEICO ads : LOEB
88 “Get a move on!” : FASTER!
90 Salad green : CRESS
93 Like some popular videos : VIRAL
94 Perceptive : ACUTE
95 Pole tossed by a Scot : CABER
96 Downhill traveler : SLED
98 Applications : USES
100 Discipline with stretches : YOGA
101 Lie next to : ABUT
102 Hide : PELT
104 Cricket club : BAT
105 Thurman of “Pulp Fiction” : UMA
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