Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday August 8th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Race distance : MILE
5 Shrink : ANALYST
12 Traditional koa wood product : UKULELE
19 “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” author Loos : ANITA
21 Unworthy of : BENEATH
22 Started up again : RESUMED
23 __ officer : NAVAL
24 Bishopric cousin : CANONRY
25 Like aftershave after a shave : BRACING
26 1994 A.L. batting champ Paul : O’NEILL
28 *Wine ingredient? : LONG I
29 *Sarah of “Suits” : RAFFERTY
30 Pigment used in rustproof primer paints : RED LEAD
32 Blood lines : VEINS
34 Bananas or nuts : LOONY
37 Monetary “p” : PENCE
38 Diamonds, in slang : ROCKS
43 Rib-tickler : JOKE
46 Oval-shaped wind : OCARINA
48 Benefit : AVAIL
49 *Slip through the cracks : OOZE
50 *Traffic stoppers : BRAKES
51 Junk bond rating : CCC
54 Yitzhak’s predecessor : GOLDA
55 Allegro non __: fast, but not too fast : TROPPO
57 Umbrella component : RIB
58 Problematic to the max : THORNIEST
60 Gas pump fractions : TENTHS
61 Fermented honey drink : MEAD
64 Mountain nymph : OREAD
65 World Cup “Way to go!” : OLE
66 Product with lots of shapes … or what each of four black squares effectively is? : ANIMAL CRACKER
70 Poli-__ : SCI
73 Absinthe flavoring : ANISE
74 A-line line : SEAM
75 Bench warmer? : BOTTOM
77 Stone set alone : SOLITAIRE
81 Basic card game : WAR
83 1994 Olympic gold medalist skater Baiul : OKSANA
84 __ donna : PRIMA
85 Triple __: liqueur : SEC
86 *Take by force : HIJACK
88 *”A Clockwork Orange” antihero : ALEX
89 Keys : ISLES
90 South American river with a crocodile namesake : ORINOCO
92 Clumsy boats : ARKS
93 Tribal emblem : TOTEM
94 Minty cocktail : JULEP
96 Gun : REV UP
98 Daredevil’s stock-in-trade : PERIL
99 Put out : EMITTED
104 *Closely match : PARALLEL
109 *Aconcagua’s range : ANDES
114 Conditionally let out : PAROLE
115 Winning game after game : ON A TEAR
116 They’re seen among the reeds : OBOISTS
118 Samurai lacking a master : RONIN
119 Go back over : RETRACE
120 Superheroes always have them : NEMESES
121 They come with strings attached : YO-YOS
122 Fine-tuned : TWEAKED
123 Krypton, but not Tatooine : ELEMENT
124 Canapé spread : PATE
DOWN
1 Bruce Wayne lives in one : MANOR
2 Pointless : INANE
3 Stayed : LIVED
4 Business for many Amazon explorers? : ETAIL
5 Agatha Christie’s “The __ Murders” : ABC
6 “The Day the Earth Stood Still” actress Patricia : NEAL
7 Part of A.D. : ANNO
8 Musician Redbone : LEON
9 Half the taijitu symbol : YANG
10 Tried hard : STRIVEN
11 *Biblical possessive : THY
12 Polished : URBANE
13 Grooves made by a saw : KERFS
14 Sky-high gp. : USAF
15 Time co-founder : LUCE
16 Mideast leader : EMIR
17 Fast time : LENT
18 On pins and needles : EDGY
20 *Gene variant : ALLELE
27 Vientiane native : LAO
29 Ocasek of the Cars : RIC
31 Means of access : DOOR
33 *Put on the books : ENACT
35 Elon University st. : NCAR
36 Washington city where Olympic skiers Phil and Steve Mahre were born : YAKIMA
37 Circle ratios : PIS
38 *Norse mythology battle used as the subtitle of a 2017 “Thor” film : RAGNAROK
39 Egg-shaped : OVOID
40 Racer Yarborough : CALE
41 Roasts, in a way : KIDS
42 Blind segment : SLAT
43 Brando role in 1978’s “Superman” : JOR-EL
44 Critical layer : OZONE
45 Fulfilled : KEPT
47 Defies authority : REBELS
49 Ringling Brothers brother : OTTO
50 Half a Balkan country : BOSNIA
52 Prefix with -aholic : CHOC-
53 Magnum stopper : CORK
56 *Ghost : PHANTASM
59 Boston-based sportswear giant : REEBOK
62 Hotshot : ACE
63 Attract : DRAW IN
67 Goddess with a throne headdress : ISIS
68 Insignificant : MERE
69 Key of Schubert’s “Trout Quintet” : A MAJOR
70 Cornfield sight : STALK
71 Sundae alternatives : CONES
72 Big name in movies? : IMAX
73 Mann of ‘Til Tuesday : AIMEE
76 Winter Palace resident : TSAR
77 Roasting rod : SPIT
78 Rounding phrase : OR SO
79 Merry-go-round tune : LILT
80 *Dangerous strain : E COLI
82 Derby, perhaps : RACE
86 Cool : HIP
87 Anchorage for a galleon : COVE
91 Mark down, maybe : RELABEL
92 *Place abuzz with activity : APIARY
94 Sent raspberries to? : JEERED
95 Text letters often in blue : URL
97 Diamond pro : UMP
98 Location : PLACE
100 Body with arms? : TROOP
101 1994 rival of Nancy : TONYA
102 “The Cocktail Party” playwright : ELIOT
103 Fog modifier : DENSE
104 Red dessert wine : PORT
105 From square one : ANEW
106 Appraise : RATE
107 Cutting-edge brand? : ATRA
108 Security problem : LEAK
110 Iditarod terminus : NOME
111 Carpe __ : DIEM
112 “__ quam videri”: 35-Down motto : ESSE
113 WWII weapon : STEN
116 *It’s next to nothing : ONE
117 JFK arrival, once : SST
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