Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday August 15th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Defeat : TOP
4 Miniature vehicle that uses a remote, briefly : RC CAR
9 1956 hot spot : SUEZ
13 Seafarer’s direction : THAR
17 Biker’s ride : HOG
18 “__ roll!” : I’M ON A
19 Cavalry weapon : LANCE
20 Provide an address : ORATE
21 *Poet who influenced T.S. Eliot : EZRA POUND
23 Hold-up man? : ATLAS
24 Brought down : RAZED
25 *Flattering words before a request : BE AN ANGEL
26 *’90s nickname for pop’s Mel C : SPORTY SPICE
28 Regarding : AS TO
29 Cut : AXED
31 *Pre-TV performance genre involving arias : RADIO OPERA
32 Of course, in Cannes : BIEN SUR
35 Swerved at sea : YAWED
37 “Sister Act” role : NUN
38 Fa follower : SOL
39 Terminus : END
40 To boot : ALSO
42 Seriously outrun on the track : LAP
43 Price-qualifying word : PER
44 Packaging meas. : NT WT
45 Bath tissue packaging word : PLY
46 Santa Monica landmark : PIER
48 Class assignment : ESSAY
50 *Pancake order : SHORT STACK
54 Baker’s dozen? : EGGS
56 ’50s TV innovation : CABLE
60 *Fish that doesn’t taste like its name suggests : LEMON SOLE
61 Numbered work : OPUS
62 “Fantastic Four” villain, briefly : DR DOOM
63 Brown brew : ALE
64 Row of seats : PEW
65 Joltless joe? : DECAF
67 AFL-__ : CIO
68 GOP org. : RNC
69 Unidentified flying radar blips : BOGIES
71 Salsa order : MILD
72 *Killjoy, in modern lingo : FUN SPONGE
75 It may take a licking : STAMP
76 Went down : SANK
77 *Kraft offering, casually : MAC ‘N’ CHEESE
78 Old Turkish title : PASHA
80 Blubber : BAWL
81 Hip : MOD
82 Stuns : WOWS
85 Common URL ending : COM
86 Spot for suds : MUG
87 Very little : A DAB
89 Twin, say : SIB
92 Here, in Jalisco : ACA
93 “As __ to breathe were life!”: Tennyson : THO’
94 Silently understood : TACIT
96 “Encore!” : ONE MORE
98 *Sushi fish : YELLOWTAIL
101 Formally surrender : CEDE
103 Novelist Waugh : ALEC
104 *Fruity fountain offering : BANANA SPLIT
106 *Drywall material : SHEETROCK
109 Busy : IN USE
110 “101 Dalmatians” protagonist : PONGO
111 *Dessert literally represented in six pairs of answers to the starred clues : LAYER CAKE
112 Soda measure : LITER
113 Solo : ALONE
114 “The Jungle Book” wolf : AKELA
115 “M*A*S*H” set piece : COT
116 Highlands miss : LASS
117 Arguments : ROWS
118 Fresh : SASSY
119 Blast cause : TNT
DOWN
1 1992 baseball biopic : THE BABE
2 Enters slowly : OOZES IN
3 Like many Pixar movies : PG-RATED
4 Kelly of morning TV : RIPA
5 “Let’s go!” : C’MON
6 BYU team nickname : COUGARS
7 Make part of a larger state : ANNEX
8 “To Kill a Mockingbird” recluse Boo __ : RADLEY
9 Course for H.S. exam takers : SAT PREP
10 Empty, as a U-Haul : UNLOAD
11 Digital greeting : E-CARD
12 Zing : ZESTINESS
13 “The Sound of Music” name : TRAPP
14 Least distinct : HAZIEST
15 Was humiliated : ATE CROW
16 Handed out fresh cards : REDEALT
19 Head for Vegas? : LAS
20 Director Welles : ORSON
22 Presently, quaintly : ANON
27 Letter closer : YOURS
30 Destructive “Doctor Who” creature : DALEK
33 “Push It” hip-hop trio : SALT-N-PEPA
34 Tennyson work : ULYSSES
36 Target of some Bob Dylan songs : WAR
41 Birthstone after sapphire : OPAL
43 Cribbage pieces : PEGS
44 Long-distance swimmer Diana : NYAD
45 MLB player, e.g. : PRO
47 Trapped, in a way : ICED IN
49 Scottie in Hitchcock’s “Vertigo,” for example : ACROPHOBE
50 Concrete hunks : SLABS
51 Spartan serf : HELOT
52 __-3 fatty acids : OMEGA
53 Pull behind : TOW
54 Greener Living org. : EPA
55 Hearty laugh : GUFFAW
57 Conveyed : BORNE
58 Yearns (for) : LONGS
59 Run from a stage? : EMCEE
61 Med. condition with repetitive behavior : OCD
62 Old Sony CD player : DISCMAN
66 Lodge member : ELK
67 Anderson Cooper’s network : CNN
70 Little devils : IMPS
71 Polite address : MA’AM
73 Mayim Bialik alma mater : UCLA
74 Voluminous ref. : OED
76 Has a mediocre round … for a pro : SHOOTS PAR
77 Copperfield field : MAGIC
79 Neutral vowel symbol : SCHWA
80 Tampa Bay NFLer : BUC
82 Shipping document : WAYBILL
83 South Pacific region : OCEANIA
84 Waldorf salad morsels : WALNUTS
86 Speaks badly of : MALIGNS
88 Stereotypical ingenue facial feature : DOE EYES
89 Beyoncé, since 2002 : SOLO ACT
90 “S’pose so” : I RECKON
91 “Waiting for Godot” playwright : BECKETT
93 Cosmetics liquid : TONER
94 Up to this point, informally : ‘TIL NOW
95 Model 3 autos : TESLAS
97 “Walking in Memphis” singer Cohn : MARC
99 Cuts with a beam : LASES
100 Ohno on skates : APOLO
102 Bangladesh capital : DHAKA
105 Low digit : TOE
107 Snaky swimmers : EELS
108 Cafeteria fixture : TRAY
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