Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday November 21st 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Order not to pay : STOP
5 Attention-seeker’s word : AHEM
9 Make up one’s mind : DECIDE
15 Half of a theoretical duality : YANG
19 Frankfurt article : EINE
20 Make over : REDO
21 Serving from a buffet station : OMELET
22 Versed in : UP ON
23 Part of a successful baker’s rep? : CRUST CRED
25 Ice-cream shop cry? : CALL FOR CONE
27 Irritable : TESTY
28 Where to find Bend and Bandon: Abbr. : ORE
29 Mosaic part : TILE
30 Centers : NUCLEI
31 Joie de vivre : ELAN
33 New Age physician : HOLIST
35 Bundles that may be cylindrical : BALES
36 Nocturnal nuisance : SNORER
39 Critter that doesn’t sound interesting : BOAR
41 Fish in a spread : TUNA
43 Has too much, briefly : ODS
44 Report on a sucker? : COVER THE CHUMP
48 Expressed, as a farewell : BADE
50 Imitated : APED
51 Early Iranian : MEDE
52 Simple Simon’s request : PIE
53 Try to live up to : EMULATE
57 Blue-striped ball : TEN
58 Amer. attorney’s study : US LAW
60 Proofer’s “Leave it alone” : STET
62 Chihuahua kisses : BESOS
63 W. alliance since 1948 : OAS
65 “Hadestown” creator Mitchell : ANAIS
67 Ice skater’s small talk? : COLD CHAT
69 Verify : CONFIRM
72 Metaphor for a mess : STY
73 Talked pompously : SPOUTED
74 Shell game item? : CHEAT CUP
75 Brown ermine : STOAT
77 Dumbbell abbr. : LBS
78 “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here” poet : DANTE
79 Puerto Rico, por ejemplo : ISLA
81 Company with orange-and-white trucks : U-HAUL
83 Friend : PAL
86 Golf club without much loft : TWO IRON
88 Smashed : LIT
90 Humble response to praise : I TRY
91 South Africa’s __ Town : CAPE
92 Sound of disgust, in comics : PTUI
93 Salon receptionist’s job? : CLOCKING CLIPS
96 One side of many rulers: Abbr. : CMS
99 Composer of the opera “Alfred” : ARNE
101 Oil cartel letters : OPEC
102 Smartphone sounds : ALERTS
103 Attempts to beat on foot : RACES
105 Bowler’s aversion : GUTTER
108 Desierto’s lack : AGUA
109 Listing in a revision, perhaps : ERRATA
111 “Juno” actor Michael : CERA
112 Many a bottom line : SUM
114 Wear away : ERODE
118 Cowardly committee head? : CRAVEN CHAIR
120 Farmers market IOU? : CHARD CHIT
122 Bob with jokes : HOPE
123 Back fin : DORSAL
124 Move like honey : OOZE
125 Manual reader : USER
126 Some farm moms : EWES
127 Swift : SPEEDY
128 Potential opponents of us : THEM
129 Carry : TOTE
DOWN
1 Group within a group : SECT
2 Lose energy : TIRE
3 Taxing task : ONUS
4 Wouldn’t leave be : PESTERED
5 Rainbow, e.g. : ARC
6 Egret, for one : HERON
7 River to the Fulda : EDER
8 Sleep __ : MODE
9 Tweak for better flavor, say : DOCTOR UP
10 Text alternative : EMAIL
11 Quartet in many a string orchestra : CELLI
12 Least healthy : ILLEST
13 Bit of OED info : DEF
14 Thames campus : ETON
15 Desert plant in the asparagus family : YUCCA
16 Lunar program : APOLLO
17 “You don’t have to” : NO NEED
18 Pleasant-sounding rock? : GNEISS
24 Polk predecessor : TYLER
26 Sound from a nursery rhyme trio : RUB-A-DUB-DUB
32 Aesthetic notes : ART MUSIC
33 “Caught you!” : HAH
34 Sleeveless garment : TUBE TOP
36 Vocal improv : SCAT
37 “Uh-uh!” : NOPE
38 Kitchen fixture : OVEN
39 Late-night reading aids : BED LAMPS
40 Arctic, for one : OCEAN
42 ’60s conflict site : ‘NAM
45 Guys : HES
46 Greeting card sentiment : MISS YOU
47 Carrier rider : PET
49 Chooses : ELECTS
54 “A Hard Road to Glory” author : ASHE
55 Hopper on a pad : TOAD
56 Fixer’s proposed amt. : EST
59 Hot holiday drink : WASSAIL
61 Overjoyed : ECSTATIC
63 How police might act : ON A TIP
64 Wine drinker’s bonus : AFTERTASTE
66 Big comm. company, once : ITT
68 Dawdle : LOLLYGAG
69 Tobacco plug : CHAW
70 Winery prefix : OENO-
71 Making a mess of : RUINING
74 Summer setting in K.C. : CDT
76 “Take __!” : A HIKE
80 Inc. cousin : LLC
82 Keats’ “foster-child of silence and slow time” is one : URN
83 Two together : PAIR
84 Cal. entry : APPT
85 Not so pricey : LESS
87 “The Fault in __ Stars”: 2014 film : OUR
89 Badly timed, sometimes : TOO EARLY
91 Easy to see : CLEAR-CUT
94 Life-saving proc. : CPR
95 Like crossword answers : CLUED
96 Christmas display : CRECHE
97 Bone __ : MARROW
98 Abrasion : SCRAPE
100 Trump game often with 24 cards : EUCHRE
104 Icicle sites : EAVES
106 Gibe : TEASE
107 G-B-D, say : TRIAD
108 Fill with wonder : AMAZE
110 Added stipulations : ANDS
112 Lipton of tea fame, for one : SCOT
113 Cry of trepidation : UH-OH
115 Very : OH SO
116 Nutrition regimen : DIET
117 Basic French verb : ETRE
119 Filch : COP
121 Sleep phenomenon, briefly : REM
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