Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday August 29th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Impressive sights at affairs : SPREADS
8 Fendi rival : PRADA
13 Paved : TARRED
19 Victim of river diversion in Asia : ARAL SEA
20 Like some R-rated films : EROTIC
21 Comfortable : AT EASE
22 Sports venue where the home team hasn’t won in years? : RINK OF DISASTER
24 Boulevard feature : MEDIAN
25 Invoice no. : AMT
26 Brainstorm : IDEATE
27 Dreyfus defender : ZOLA
29 Heavy weight : ONUS
30 Hubbub : HOOPLA
33 Trimming plans : DIETS
35 Industrial site : PLANT
37 Like memories to smile about : FOND
39 Sock part : TOE
41 Hottest, in a way : SEXIEST
44 Cattle farm run by bigwigs? : EXECUTIVE RANCH
51 __ Stephens: 2017 US Open Women’s Singles champ : SLOANE
52 Tennis feature : NET
53 Isolated work group that hinders corporate efficiency : SILO
54 Bone near a calf : SHIN
56 Belgian artist James : ENSOR
57 Chews like beavers : GNAWS
60 “I __ noticed” : HADN’T
62 Change for a ten : ONES
64 Drop the ball : ERR
65 Bird rarely on the wing : RATITE
67 Pitt URL ending : EDU
68 Toys”R”Us giraffe mascot : GEOFFREY
71 Epithet for Henry Ford? : FATHER OF THE RIDE
76 Stayed to the bitter end : SAW IT OUT
79 NBA impossibility : TIE
80 Hide out : LIE LOW
84 Sushi bar order : AHI
85 Company named for the exaggerated height of its tallish bottles : NEHI
87 Bowling headache : SPLIT
90 “Crazy” vocalist : CLINE
91 Mountain gap : NOTCH
94 Blood bank fluids : SERA
96 Blackthorn fruit : SLOE
97 FD employee : EMT
98 Magnate : TYCOON
100 Advice for runners’ practice sessions? : RACE YOURSELVES
105 Feeling guilty : ASHAMED
107 Ducks org. : NHL
108 Frozen Four org. : NCAA
109 Tough goings : SLOGS
110 Like some promises : EMPTY
114 Swan dive revelation : ARMPIT
118 Expected result : NORM
120 Cause for a claim : LOSS
123 Not as relaxed : TENSER
125 Smeltery input : ORE
126 French star : ETOILE
128 Powerful fall cleanup tools? : HYDRAULIC RAKES
132 Having a twist : IRONIC
133 Bug, for one : INSECT
134 Gets back to business : REOPENS
135 Sorrowful tune : LAMENT
136 Free-for-all : MELEE
137 Red Sea land : ERITREA
DOWN
1 Mother of Isaac : SARAH
2 First-class : PRIMO
3 Totaled : RAN TO
4 Reindeer cousin : ELK
5 Japan’s Mount __ : ASO
6 Disobedient : DEFIANT
7 Org. concerned with youth substance abuse : SADD
8 Ramble on : PRATE
9 Egyptian site of a historic 1799 discovery : ROSETTA
10 NFL passing stat : ATT
11 Nuevo y uno : DIEZ
12 Bat prefix : ACRO-
13 Spicy food truck items : TAMALES
14 Had some 13-Down : ATE
15 Purplish veggie : RED ONION
16 TV weather promo about a storm threat? : RAIN TEASER
17 Biblical twin : ESAU
18 Entertainment center sites : DENS
20 Actor Morales : ESAI
23 Iraq War weapon: Abbr. : IED
28 Vinyl revival items: Abbr. : LPS
31 Low USMC rank : PFC
32 MLB Hall of Famer Brock : LOU
34 Family guys : SONS
36 Bar on a truck : AXLE
38 Chef’s creation : DISH
40 Cavern phenomenon : ECHO
42 [Bo-ring!] : SNORE
43 Absorbent fabric : TERRY
44 Many an MIT grad : ENGR
45 Lawless role : XENA
46 Coup d’__ : ETAT
47 Routing word : VIA
48 Respected figure : ELDER
49 Concerto finale, perhaps : RONDO
50 Depend : HINGE
55 Poetic contraction : NE’ER
58 Hot spot service : WI-FI
59 ER demand : STAT
61 Research university with a Boston campus : TUFTS
63 Agronomist’s concern : SOIL
66 School near Windsor : ETON
69 Org. created by the 1933 Banking Act : FDIC
70 Sense : FEEL
72 Shades : HUES
73 Early number? : ETHER
74 Buzzed : TIPSY
75 Familiar greeting : HELLO
76 Fall mall hiree : SANTA
77 Ship-to-ship greetings : AHOYS
78 Quarters for a spell caster? : WITCH’S ROOM
81 Actor Schreiber : LIEV
82 “I’m buying!” : ON ME
83 Moistens : WETS
86 Country whose name ends in the same three letters as its capital : IRAN
88 Debtor’s note : IOU
89 Gull relative : TERN
92 Lynn’s father worked in one : COAL MINE
93 Primate genus : HOMO
95 Pain pill target : ACHE
99 Ignore : NEGLECT
101 Provider of shade : ELM TREE
102 Harder to get : SCARCER
103 Corn unit : EAR
104 Fast flight : LAM
106 U.K. military award : DSO
111 Goal of an accord : PEACE
112 Flanged fastener : T-NUT
113 Fashion initials : YSL
115 __ face : POKER
116 Peace goddess : IRENE
117 “The Gondoliers” bride : TESSA
118 Playwright Simon : NEIL
119 Sierra’s “other” : OTRA
121 Carpenter’s wedge : SHIM
122 “Auld Lang __” : SYNE
124 Cork’s home : EIRE
127 Maya __, Vietnam Veterans Memorial designer : LIN
129 ISP option : DSL
130 French king : ROI
131 Just right : APT
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