Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday January 3rd 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Movers, but hopefully not shakers : VANS
5 Hawkeye’s title workplace : M*A*S*H
9 Global warming word : MELT
13 Stumbling block : SNAG
17 “Are you hurt?” response : I’M OK
18 Soprano showpiece : ARIA
19 Far from clueless : AWARE
21 It’s not a bear : KOALA
22 Advice to an aspiring preacher? : SPEAK OF THE DEVIL
25 Gives the boot : OUSTS
26 Give a lift : ELATE
27 Finger-wagging word : SHAME
28 It’s nothing to Caesar : NIHIL
30 Star sometimes eclipsing Venus? : SERENA
32 Esteem to the extreme : IDOLIZE
35 Support for wind energy? : MAST
39 Advice to an aspiring organizer? : DON’T THROW IT ALL AWAY
44 NFL’s Falcons : ATL
47 Vatican farewell : CIAO
48 Messy place : STY
49 Fictitious : MYTHIC
50 Dalai Lama’s former home : LHASA
53 China’s Zhou __ : ENLAI
56 “Watch me do this!” : HERE I GO
57 Advice to an aspiring journalist? : DON’T FORGET TO WRITE
62 Head of MI6? : LOO
63 2020, for many : ORDEAL
64 “I know! I know!” : OOH OOH
65 Philly Ivy : PENN
66 Middle schooler, probably : PRETEEN
70 Prairie howlers : COYOTES
73 Collars, as a perp : NABS
76 Zoom lens? : WEBCAM
78 Seyfried of “Big Love” : AMANDA
82 “We __ Farmer’s, bum ba dum bum bum bum bum” : ARE
83 Advice to an aspiring ballet dancer? : LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP
88 Salts, say : SEASONS
90 Govt. security : T-NOTE
91 Unexpected mug shot feature : SMILE
92 Bring into harmony : ATTUNE
93 Exec concerned with hacking : CIO
96 “__ girl!” : ATTA
98 First name in supervillains : LEX
99 Advice to an aspiring history professor? : THERE’S NO FUTURE IN IT
105 Simple meteorological tool : VANE
106 Treater’s adamant words : I INSIST
107 Rap caps, perhaps : DO-RAGS
111 Breaks down : WEEPS
113 Cosmic comeuppance : KARMA
117 Devoid of any pleasure : NO FUN
118 Aim high : GO BIG
121 Advice to an aspiring stationer? : PUSH THE ENVELOPE
125 Speed skater Ohno : APOLO
126 Some fitness ctrs. : YMCAS
127 Hawaiian seafood salad : POKE
128 Tolkien trilogy, initially : LOTR
129 Radio piece : DIAL
130 Kindle display : E INK
131 Ruth’s sultanate? : SWAT
132 Greens in regulation, e.g. : STAT
DOWN
1 Tools with jaws : VISES
2 Quite big enough : AMPLE
3 Musical deficiency : NO EAR
4 Got by on one’s reputation alone, perhaps : SKATED
5 Red Warhol subject? : MAO
6 Canine chorus : ARFS
7 Evil sci-fi order : SITH
8 LOL, verbalized : HA HA
9 Used what was available : MADE DO
10 Sheep related to you? : EWE
11 Head of MI6? : LAV
12 Holy threesome : TRINITY
13 The one : SOUL MATE
14 “Old Town Road” rapper Lil __ X : NAS
15 PC shortcut key : ALT
16 Teslas don’t need it : GAS
20 “My Fair Lady” lady : ELIZA
21 Japanese garden fish : KOI
23 Lotto cousin : KENO
24 Gulf States bigwig : EMIR
29 Ram’s protection : HELMET
31 Mandela’s org. : ANC
33 Painful sequence : OWS
34 Illuminated : LIT
36 For a bit : AWHILE
37 Vietnam War hot spot : SAIGON
38 Mogul : TYCOON
40 Cake level : TIER
41 Drink mix made famous by NASA : TANG
42 Tiger’s target : HOLE
43 Harp relative : LYRE
44 Big name in footwear : ALDO
45 Son of Odin : THOR
46 Touch down : LAND
51 Dance moves : STEPS
52 Nowhere close : AFAR
54 Right this minute : AT ONCE
55 Olympic skating medalist Midori : ITO
56 Kermit’s greeting : HI-HO
58 Praise for a torero : OLE
59 “You can’t be serious” : OH, C’MON
60 Seek the affections of : WOO
61 Rob __ : ROY
65 One of a biblical 150 : PSALM
67 Jefferson bills : TWOS
68 “OMG, a mouse!” : EEK
69 Ease up : EBB
71 Eastern “way” : TAO
72 Birds that boom and grunt : EMUS
73 Channel that provided coverage of the New Horizons Pluto flyby : NASA TV
74 Respectful singer? : ARETHA
75 Taken down : BEATEN
77 Back on the boat : AFT
79 Scientist __ deGrasse Tyson : NEIL
80 View from a hill : DALE
81 Top of a hill : APEX
83 Like the Texas flag’s star : LONE
84 Baby’s outfit : ONESIE
85 Crowd eruption : ROAR
86 Rock ending? : -ETTE
87 Mountain legend : YETI
89 “You betcha!” : SURE WILL
93 Take over or take in : CONSUME
94 Hypotheticals : IFS
95 Yes, to Yves : OUI
97 “Your point is?” : AND?
100 Chilly : NIPPY
101 Finger-wagging sound : TSK TSK
102 Four Corners state : UTAH
103 Skye of “Say Anything…” : IONE
104 Fishes, in a way : TROLLS
108 On, as Sherlock’s game : AFOOT
109 Sanjay of CNN : GUPTA
110 Hägar’s dog : SNERT
112 Film director’s challenge : EGO
114 Gym set : REPS
115 “May I have some tuna, please?” : MEOW
116 “My Way” lyricist : ANKA
118 Wander (about) : GAD
119 Big name in nail polish : OPI
120 Slithery squeezer : BOA
122 Bio or chem : SCI
123 Frenemy of Lando : HAN
124 Lab coat checker? : VET
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