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LA Times Crossword Answers Friday September 18th 2020

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday September 18th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 Sit tight : BIDE
5 Lucy who played Watson on “Elementary” : LIU
8 10-Down instrument : PIPES
13 Isn’t with more people? : AREN’T
15 Miller of “Room Service” : ANN
16 Winner of four FIFA World Cups : ITALY
17 French toast part : SANTE
18 Baby goat : KID
19 Arc lamp gas : XENON
20 Nickname for the first Web user? : INTERNET ADAM
23 California peaks, with “the” : SIERRAS
24 Peace, in Russian : MIR
25 Pen name : BIC
28 Family nickname : SIS
29 Benjamin Hoff’s “The __ of Pooh” : TAO
30 Japanese wrestling : SUMO
31 Middle of summer? : EMS
34 General Motors toy? : BABY GRAND AM
37 Stylish flap : LAPEL
39 Tarzan’s Cheeta, for one : APE
40 Evasive maneuver : DODGE
41 Cheese snack for the road? : DRIVER’S EDAM
44 Until now : YET
45 Vogue rival : ELLE
46 Volume-increasing addition, usually : ESS
47 Small untruth : FIB
49 Mall __ : RAT
50 Japanese yes : HAI
51 Pitcher’s malady : SORE ARM
55 Hangover … and a hint to 20-, 34- and 41-Across : MORNING AFTER
57 “Death of a Salesman” family name : LOMAN
60 Ambient music pioneer Brian : ENO
61 SoFi Stadium NFLer : LA RAM
62 Winner of 15 Grammys (2009-2017) : ADELE
63 Fort Worth sch. : TCU
64 Snail trail : SLIME
65 Loser to Roosevelt and Truman : DEWEY
66 Remained idle : SAT
67 Keep : LAST

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1 Foundation : BASIS
2 Afghan’s neighbor : IRANI
3 Al __ : DENTE
4 Goes into : ENTERS
5 Land O’__: dairy aisle brand : LAKES
6 Competitive : IN IT
7 Intact : UNDAMAGED
8 “Cars” maker : PIXAR
9 Tabloid twosome : ITEM
10 Part-goat god : PAN
11 “Evil Woman” gp. : ELO
12 Example, for instance: Abbr. : SYN
14 Adjective for Alexander’s day, in a Judith Viorst kids’ book : TERRIBLE
21 Mars rover org. : NASA
22 Couture giant : DIOR
25 Mac : BUDDY
26 It might be spitting : IMAGE
27 Dancer companion : COMET
29 Varieties : TYPES
30 __-cone : SNO
31 Ranking member, as in a village : ELDER
32 Actress Gibbs of “The Jeffersons” : MARLA
33 In need of mopping up : SPILT
35 Baby beds : BASSINETS
36 Military leaders : ADMIRALS
38 Portentous time : EVE
42 Bring up : REAR
43 In __: confused : A FOG
48 Come about : BEFALL
50 Dear : HONEY
51 Pig feature : SNOUT
52 Naturally lit courtyards : ATRIA
53 Paper quantities : REAMS
54 Big Apple sports mascot : MR MET
55 Tom or bull : MALE
56 Ancient Cuzco resident : INCA
57 Bloke : LAD
58 Wordsworth wrote one to duty : ODE
59 Pound sound : MEW

LA Times Crossword Answers Thursday September 17th 2020

LA Times Crossword Answers Thursday September 17th 2020
Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday September 17th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 Big bash : FETE
5 Lestrade’s rank, in Sherlock Holmes stories: Abbr. : INSP
9 Music rights org. : ASCAP
14 Hose color : ECRU
15 Ward of TV’s “FBI” : SELA
16 Rattle : DAUNT
17 Excursion in a Loire Valley town? : TOURS TOUR
19 Others, to Pablo : OTRAS
20 Former trucking watchdog agcy. : ICC
21 Newscast attention-getter : TOP STORY
23 National capital on the Cape Verde Peninsula : DAKAR
25 Horse of southeastern France? : RHONE ROAN
29 Improve, as a highway : REPAVE
31 Composer Rorem : NED
32 Rome’s __ Veneto : VIA
33 Going down : SETTING
35 Way off the highway : RAMP
36 Relative in a Cote d’Azur family? : NICE NIECE
40 Minute Maid Park player, to fans : STRO
43 Rickety, say : UNSOUND
46 “Queen Sugar” creator DuVernay : AVA
47 Clear dishes from : BUS
50 More work : UTOPIA
51 Swindle at a French festival? : CANNES CON
54 “Because __ so!!” : I SAID
56 Relieve : UNBURDEN
58 Day-__ : GLO
59 “Dust-colored,” in Hindustani : KHAKI
62 Hybrid linguistic term that hints at the answers to 17-, 25-, 36- and 51-Across : FRANGLAIS
64 Aspect of a problem : FACET
65 Accommodates : FITS
66 “Desperate Housewives” character : BREE
67 Set of beliefs : CREDO
68 Old-time dagger : SNEE
69 Lip : SASS

DOWN

1 Reeking : FETID
2 Nissan Leaf and Toyota Prius : ECOCARS
3 River through Reno : TRUCKEE
4 Scand. locale : EUR
5 Ratio phrase : IS TO
6 Synthetic rubber used in waders : NEOPRENE
7 Winter weather aftermath : SLUSH
8 “Islands in the Stream” duettist : PARTON
9 Loved : ADORED
10 Man-goat of myth : SATYR
11 Tough mutt : CUR
12 Japanese carrier that sponsors a major LPGA event : ANA
13 Box score abbr. : PTS
18 Low clouds : STRATI
22 “__ of Us”: Joan Osborne hit : ONE
24 City addr. info : APT NO
26 Eggs : OVA
27 Point : AIM
28 Velvet feature : NAP
30 London’s Old __ : VIC
34 Serengeti bovine : GNU
35 Enlists again : RE-UPS
37 Flood : INUNDATE
38 Richmond winter hrs. : EST
39 Sounding like a dove : COOING
40 Cul-de-__ : SAC
41 FDR power program : TVA
42 Was a candidate : RAN
44 Falls for lovers? : NIAGARA
45 Newsstand buys : DAILIES
47 1800s Mexican leader Juárez : BENITO
48 Flash drive port : USB
49 Shoeshine targets : SCUFFS
52 Microwaved : NUKED
53 Longtime Utah senator Hatch : ORRIN
55 They’re just what the doctor ordered : DOSES
57 Massachusetts motto starter : ENSE
59 Louisville-based fast-food company : KFC
60 Laugh syllable : HAR
61 Nolan Ryan, notably : ACE
63 Dumbbell abbr. : LBS

LA Times Crossword Answers Wednesday September 16th 2020

LA Times Crossword Answers Wednesday September 16th 2020
Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday September 16th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 “We’ll tak __ o’ kindness yet”: Burns : A CUP
5 Made, as a tunnel : DUG
8 “Oh, no you __!” : DIDN’T
13 Item inspected with a flashlight, perhaps : FUSE
14 Commute but not pollute : BIKE
15 “We’re broadcasting” sign : ON AIR
16 Remaining : LEFT
17 John McClane in “Die Hard,” e.g. : ONE-MAN ARMY
19 Have something : AIL
20 Ont. neighbor : QUE
21 Lips sound : SMACK
22 B sharp equivalent : C-NATURAL
25 Weapon that stuns : PHASER
28 Promise not to prosecute : GRANT IMMUNITY
30 Peeper : EYE
31 RSVP facilitator : SASE
32 Junk __ : DNA
33 The Game of Life pieces : PEGS
36 Wreck room? : STY
37 Rely (on) for support : LEAN
38 Kitchen tool brand : OXO
39 “You got it” : SURE
41 Brown or pale order : ALE
43 “The Jungle” author : UPTON SINCLAIR
47 Friend of Natalie, Jo and Blair on “The Facts of Life” : TOOTIE
48 Indication of a Realtor’s success : SOLD SIGN
51 Put back in the hot oil : REFRY
53 Article in the L.A. Times? : LOS
54 Email address part : DOT
55 What an X may mean : ADULTS ONLY
58 Sea level shift : TIDE
59 Con artist’s asset : GUILE
60 Speaker’s spot : DAIS
61 Homey lodgings : INNS
62 Don José in “Carmen,” e.g. : TENOR
63 Vote of agreement : AYE
64 Showbiz “grand slam” comprising the awards found in the circled letters : EGOT

DOWN

1 Allstate competitor : AFLAC
2 Bring up to speed : CUE IN
3 Govt. building flier : US FLAG
4 Vet’s patient : PET
5 Enjoy, as a restaurant : DINE AT
6 Monroe plays one in “Some Like It Hot” : UKE
7 Birthstones, say : GEMS
8 Daytime talk pioneer : DONAHUE
9 Like much beer : IN A CAN
10 Seductive aspect of the Force : DARK SIDE
11 Strategic math game : NIM
12 Sample : TRY
14 Ludlum spy Jason : BOURNE
18 24-hr. stores next to many BP stations : AMPMS
20 Wharf : QUAY
23 Half of seis : TRES
24 Does as told : LISTENS
26 Sicilian smoker : ETNA
27 Seacrest of morning talk : RYAN
29 Mother’s Day month : MAY
33 Annoyed look : POUT
34 Trade show : EXPO
35 Totally collapse : GO TO RUIN
36 Hindu title : SRI
37 Island garlands : LEIS
39 Short-stemmed brandy glass : SNIFTER
40 App buyers : USERS
41 White gold et al. : ALLOYS
42 Glasgow guys : LADS
44 Verdi’s penultimate opera : OTELLO
45 Lassie, for one : COLLIE
46 Emulating cavalry members : RIDING
49 “That’s awful!” : GOD NO
50 A-bomb tryout : N-TEST
52 Movie guru with his own grammar : YODA
55 Sports rep. : AGT
56 To be paid : DUE
57 Vote of disagreement : NAY
58 Game no one wins : TIE

LA Times Crossword Answers Tuesday September 15th 2020

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday September 15th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 *Dough (and start of a word ladder) : BREAD
6 “__ it ain’t so!” : SAY
9 Pop’s bros : UNCS
13 Insurance giant : AETNA
14 Paul Bunyan tool : AXE
15 *Bit of luck : BREAK
16 *Dismal : BLEAK
17 Itinerary word : VIA
18 Poetic feet : IAMBI
19 __ Lingus : AER
20 Horse-and-buggy sect : AMISH
22 *Sheepish remark? : BLEAT
23 Interoffice PC connection : LAN
24 Carnival city : RIO
25 “You bet!” : YES
27 “Seats all taken” sign : SRO
28 Abbr. on a B-52 : USAF
30 Not nice at all : CRUEL
32 Hillside home asset : VIEW
33 Author Wiesel : ELIE
35 Blood work and such : LAB TESTS
37 Apt description of the sequence suggested by the answers to starred clues? : FOOD CHAIN
40 Partygoer, say : ATTENDEE
43 Target’s target, say : LOGO
46 Some August babies : LEOS
47 Third of eight : EARTH
50 Intertwine : MESH
52 Under the weather : ILL
53 Also say : ADD
54 What a suspect tries to beat, with “the” : RAP
56 “That’s more than I need to know” : TMI
57 *Made holy : BLEST
59 Musical set in Argentina : EVITA
61 Family guy : SON
62 “Me too!” : AS DO I
63 Bigwig : VIP
64 *Fabulous time : BLAST
66 *Dispense with modesty : BOAST
67 Uncommon sense : ESP
68 Justice Sotomayor : SONIA
69 A.D. part : ANNO
70 Vote against : NAY
71 *Doomed, slangily (and end of the ladder) : TOAST

DOWN

1 Ricky’s signature song on “I Love Lucy” : BABALU
2 Word after news or press : RELEASE
3 Everlasting : ETERNAL
4 Santa __ winds : ANA
5 Senegal’s capital : DAKAR
6 Rescuer : SAVIOR
7 x or y, on graphs : AXIS
8 “Sure, sure” : YEAH YEAH
9 Eurasian border river : URAL
10 Usually successful opponent : NEMESIS
11 Musical set at the Kit Kat Klub : CABARET
12 Winter lifts : SKI TOWS
15 Tots’ spill catchers : BIBS
21 Karaoke singer’s tool : MIC
26 Isle of Napoleon’s exile : ELBA
29 Piccolo relatives : FIFES
31 Gastric woe : ULCER
32 Cobra’s weapon : VENOM
34 Long, long time : EON
36 “Open __ 9 p.m.”: store sign : TIL
38 Pigged out (on), briefly : ODED
39 All square : DEAD EVEN
40 Storied cave opener : ALI BABA
41 Exposes : TELLS ON
42 Holy city resident? : TOLEDAN
44 Nails the test : GETS AN A
45 Absorption process : OSMOSIS
48 Psychedelic : TRIPPY
49 Fez or fedora : HAT
51 Suggest : HINT AT
53 Go __: fight : AT IT
55 Brewery that co-distributes Not Your Father’s Root Beer : PABST
58 Just passable : SO-SO
60 Mastercard rival : VISA
65 WC : LOO

LA Times Crossword Answers Monday September 14th 2020

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday September 14th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.

1 Old Hollywood sex symbol West : MAE
4 Hooded winter coat : PARKA
9 Flinch or gasp, say : REACT
14 Computer giant whose motto is “THINK” : IBM
15 Go-to crew : A-TEAM
16 One-named “Hello” singer : ADELE
17 *Smartphone download : MOBILE APP
19 Bricklayer : MASON
20 Chris of “The Avengers” (2012) : EVANS
21 “… to __ it mildly” : PUT
23 Prefix meaning “one” : MONO
24 Feudal worker : SERF
25 *Sheet for plotting : GRAPH PAPER
28 Variety show : REVUE
30 “Delish!” : YUM!
31 Barbecued pork snack : SPARERIB
34 Rain more gently : LET UP
38 Platform for Siri : IOS
39 *Mr. Lube service jobs : TUNE-UPS
42 “If you ask me,” to a texter : IMO
43 Basil-and-pine-nuts sauce : PESTO
45 Ideal wheels : DREAM CAR
47 Observe : SEE
49 Rid of vermin : DERAT
50 *Sample set of buyers used in market research : FOCUS GROUP
55 Deep cut : GASH
58 Persian Gulf sultanate : OMAN
59 Statehouse VIP : GOV
60 Roast host : EMCEE
61 Part of USNA : NAVAL
63 Streamlines, as a factory … or, when read as two words, what the beginnings of the answers to starred clues are : AUTOMATES
66 Recurring motif : THEME
67 Soccer shoe gripper : CLEAT
68 Has too much, briefly : ODS
69 __ Hawkins Day : SADIE
70 Learns (of) : HEARS
71 Eagle or evil organ : EYE

DOWN

1 Performers often “trapped” in imaginary boxes : MIMES
2 Overhead : ABOVE
3 Humiliate : EMBARRASS
4 Close friends : PALS
5 Dug in, at dinner : ATE
6 Irish actor Stephen : REA
7 Phi Beta __ : KAPPA
8 Increase the intensity of : AMP UP
9 Ewe’s beau : RAM
10 Sushi soybean side dish : EDAMAME
11 “The Frog and the Fox” fabulist : AESOP
12 Replicate genetically : CLONE
13 Barbershop quartet voice : TENOR
18 Deduce : INFER
22 Biblical “your” : THY
25 Expert : GURU
26 Harness strap : REIN
27 Star that’s also a source of radio waves : PULSAR
29 Presidential rejections : VETOES
31 Nurse, as a drink : SIP
32 “The Raven” poet : POE
33 B and B’s first B : BED
35 Game with x’s and o’s : TIC TAC TOE
36 Thurman of “The Avengers” (1998) : UMA
37 __ favor : POR
40 Pakistani language : URDU
41 “Not a __ out of you!” : PEEP
44 Tidal wave cousin : TSUNAMI
46 Igneous rock, once : MAGMA
48 Omelet ingredient : EGG
50 Roman and Comic Sans : FONTS
51 Nebraska city near Boys Town : OMAHA
52 Gave in : CAVED
53 Exterminator’s target : ROACH
54 Reproductive cell : OVULE
56 Like dive bars : SEEDY
57 “Siddhartha” author : HESSE
60 CPR pros : EMTS
62 Jeans label : LEE
64 Leaves in hot water? : TEA
65 Rowboat rower : OAR