Crossword by: Peg Slay
Peg has gotten a bit cryptic and creative with her theme today by creating clues to match answers that would normally be a common phrase including the letters ‘all’ but changed to ‘ail’. The themed answers are: hail monitor, drive up the wail, tail in the saddle, pedestrian mail and pail bearers.
Here is the complete list of answers for the Friday February 21st LA Times Times crossword puzzle:
Across Answers
1. “Sesame Street” lessons ABCS
5. Logo, e.g. EMBLEM
11. NASA vehicle LEM
14. Word spoken con affetto CARA
15. Lead ore GALENA
16. “Should I take that as __?” A NO
17. Device that tracks certain weather? HAIL MONITOR
19. Ken. neighbor IND
20. Handle SEE TO
21. Karaoke need MIC
22. Together, in music A DUE
23. Make a mournful cry louder? DRIVE UP THE WAIL
27. Bulldog, perhaps ELI
28. German article DAS
29. Lollapalooza gear AMPS
33. They may be in columns ANTS
36. More ironic DRIER
39. Follow, oater-style? TAIL IN THE SADDLE
42. Short exile? EXPAT
43. Tops A-ONE
44. __-portrait SELF
45. Watch EYE
46. 64-Across opposite NAY
48. Run-of-the-mill letters? PEDESTRIAN MAIL
56. Pie crust ingredient LARD
57. Tidy sum WAD
58. Warmer for a snowy day COCOA
60. Tree ring revelation AGE
61. Eight maids a-milking? PAIL BEARERS
64. 46-Across opposite YEA
65. Jeans measure INSEAM
66. Auditor’s mark TICK
67. Humerus locale ARM
68. Expels EGESTS
69. Santa __: dry winds ANAS
Down Answers
1. Rhine whines ACHS
2. Sounded like a flock BAAED
3. Old-time newsman CRIER
4. 1972 missile pact SALT I
5. Id checker? EGO
6. “Holy cow!” MAN!
7. Skycam carrier BLIMP
8. The Beatles’ “__ Be” LET IT
9. Cain’s oldest son ENOCH
10. Deface MAR
11. Saved for the future LAID ASIDE
12. Blasé state ENNUI
13. Hobby shop purchase MODEL
18. Stir MOVE
22. Accolades AWARDS
24. Panache ELAN
25. Utah’s __ Mountains UINTA
26. Norse mythology source EDDA
29. Put away ATE
30. “Where the Wild Things Are” boy MAX
31. Winning the lottery, usually PIPE DREAM
32. Left rolling in the aisles SLAYED
34. E’en if THO
35. Medicinal shrub SENNA
37. Annex, maybe ELL
38. Instant replay watcher REF
40. Jersey add-on -ITES
41. Hannity of “Hannity” SEAN
47. Gesture-driven hit YMCA
48. __ del Carmen, Mexico PLAYA
49. Bright-eyed EAGER
50. Country sound TWANG
51. Put up RAISE
52. Isn’t busy IDLES
53. It originates from the left ventricle AORTA
54. Trap at a chalet ICE IN
55. Spanish poet Federico García __ LORCA
59. Queries ASKS
61. __ chart PIE
62. Cricket club BAT
63. 911 response letters EMS
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