Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday September 11th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Wii or Xbox aficionado : GAMER
6 Tantalizes : TEASES
12 Mop & __ : GLO
15 Persian Gulf capital : DOHA
19 Moby Dick, e.g. : WHALE
20 Hint at, with “to” : ALLUDE
21 Long time : EON
22 Unknown author, for short : ANON
23 Cherries jubilee? : BIG BING BINGE
25 Area that separates a nave from a sanctuary : TRANSEPT
27 Nixed, at NASA : NO-GO
28 Make less strict : EASE
29 Areas of human development : UTERI
30 “Macarena” band __ del Río : LOS
31 Topped, in a way : CROWNED
34 French possessive pronoun : SES
35 “I mean a different cereal box mascot!”? : NO, NOT TONY
37 Actor Holbrook : HAL
38 Swill : SLOP
40 Warn with a horn : TOOT
42 Brown in the kitchen : ALTON
43 Spring flower : IRIS
45 India’s smallest state : GOA
47 “Trinity” novelist Leon : URIS
49 Ships with staterooms : LINERS
52 Headline after the IT department fixes a bug on Hulu? : TEAM TAMES STREAM
57 “Law & Order: SVU” actor : ICE-T
58 All over the place : ERRATIC
59 Headliner : STAR
61 Merrie __ England : OLDE
62 Hold on to : RETAIN
65 Comedian Silverman : SARAH
68 Scrutinized : EYED
70 All __ sudden : OF A
71 Tipped off : ALERTED
73 Neck parts : NAPES
75 Sea nymph of Greek mythology : OCEANID
77 Junior : SON
78 Roof with removable panels : T-TOP
80 Defensive trenches : MOATS
82 Birch family trees : ALDERS
83 Check mark : TICK
85 Reggae great Peter : TOSH
87 Plain : VANILLA
89 Sailing : ASEA
90 Beer brewed by the Royal Family? : REAL REGAL LAGERS
96 Security system component : SENSOR
99 Manitoba First Nations people : CREE
100 __ trip : EGO
101 North Carolina college town : ELON
102 Crook : THIEF
104 “Yeah, right!” : AS IF
106 Tight-fitting : SNUG
109 Former owner of Virgin Records : EMI
110 Where NHLers serve penalty time? : IN SIN BINS
113 Game with matchsticks : NIM
115 Fruit jam in Sacher tortes : APRICOT
117 Japanese IT services giant : NEC
118 Mila of “Bad Moms” : KUNIS
119 Useless, batterywise : DEAD
121 Small fruit pie : TART
122 Knight spot? : CHESS SET
124 Wading bird that a girl can really look up to? : HER HERO HERON
128 River in Tuscany : ARNO
129 Before, in ballads : ERE
130 Changed into : BECAME
131 Battery terminal : ANODE
132 “Oh, shoot” : NUTS
133 Leb. neighbor : SYR
134 “… if you know what’s good for you!” : OR ELSE
135 Repairs : MENDS
DOWN
1 Hudson Riv. crossing : GWB
2 Sushi-grade tuna : AHI
3 Official flower of two Southern states : MAGNOLIA
4 __ grease : ELBOW
5 Rules : REIGNS
6 Schoolyard game : TAG
7 Dresden’s river : ELBE
8 Margaret Atwood’s “__ Grace” : ALIAS
9 Nightly show with free admission : SUNSET
10 Beats by a whisker : EDGES OUT
11 “Catch my drift?” : SEE
12 Really bug : GET TO
13 Golfer Ochoa : LORENA
14 Winning steadily : ON A ROLL
15 Some govt. lawyers : DAS
16 Dolly the sheep, sitting all by herself? : ONE LONE CLONE
17 Climb aboard : HOP ON
18 Nasty anagram : ANTSY
24 Yule tune : NOEL
26 Tucci’s “Road to Perdition” role : NITTI
29 Lets loose : UNTIES
31 Gambler’s marker : CHIT
32 Almost unique : RARE
33 Religious doctrine : DOGMA
36 “Pagliacci” clown : TONIO
39 Audre Lorde and Lord Byron, e.g. : POETS
41 NHL great Bobby : ORR
44 Ink mishap : SMEAR
46 Like most of the world’s people : ASIAN
48 Make full : SATE
50 Colorful timber tree : RED FIR
51 Places : STEADS
53 Travis of country : TRITT
54 “BoJack Horseman” voice actor Will : ARNETT
55 “Get lost!” : SCRAM
56 BLT spread : MAYO
60 Car manufacturer’s woe : RECALL
62 Many dreadlocks wearers : RASTAS
63 Plaza Hotel girl : ELOISE
64 Cheap perfume? : TEN-CENT SCENT
66 Mil. mail drop : APO
67 Fling with force : HEAVE
69 Street of mystery : DELLA
72 Way in : DOOR
74 __ whisper : STAGE
76 Wise words : ADAGE
79 Tiny fraction of a min. : PSEC
81 Catches : SNAGS
84 Golean cereal maker : KASHI
86 Hound : HARASS
88 Massey of old films : ILONA
91 French article : LES
92 Sven of “Frozen,” for one : REINDEER
93 Kind of microscope : ELECTRON
94 Dallas quarterback after Bledsoe : ROMO
95 Cross mood : SNIT
97 Farmyard noises : OINKS
98 Picture puzzles : REBUSES
103 Fancy duds : FINERY
105 Intense : FIERCE
107 Until : UP TO
108 “Gilmore Girls” actress Lauren : GRAHAM
110 Early Peruvian : INCAN
111 India’s first prime minister : NEHRU
112 Compound in fireworks : NITER
114 Taj __ : MAHAL
116 Joliot-Curie who won a Nobel Prize in chemistry : IRENE
120 Pols from blue states, usually : DEMS
123 Brillo rival : SOS
124 “Succession” network : HBO
125 Food Network host Drummond : REE
126 Out of the ordinary : ODD
127 Early video game letters : NES
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