Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday October 17th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Check alternative : PAYPAL
7 Sacred beetle : SCARAB
13 Tijuana pair : DOS
16 It can be natural : GAS
19 Creed in Rocky films : APOLLO
20 Winter melon : CASABA
21 MPG-testing org. : EPA
22 Wordsworth work : ODE
23 Attorneys’ firm offering : LEGAL SERVICES
25 “Day __”: 1965 hit : TRIPPER
27 Way out : EXIT
28 Put on a pedestal : DEIFY
29 With no one behind you : DEAD LAST
30 Capital NW of Boston : OTTAWA
33 Secure at the pier : LASH
34 Pooch in pictures : ASTA
35 Backtalk : LIP
38 Potential soldier : ARMY RECRUIT
42 Storage unit : BYTE
43 In hot water : UP A TREE
45 Prefix with gender : TRANS-
46 Sorento or Soul : KIA
47 Cocktail party snacks : CANAPES
48 Tommy who teamed with Cheech : CHONG
49 Queen’s “__ One Bites the Dust” : ANOTHER
53 “Cool, dude!” : I DIG IT
54 Drumstick : CHICKEN LEG
56 Buckeyes of the Big Ten : OSU
57 Handy sack : COT
58 Sham sawbones : QUACK
59 Lubricate : OIL
60 Church recess : APSE
61 Bird voiced by Rowan Atkinson in “The Lion King” : ZAZU
63 Road annoyances : BUMPS
64 Complete : TOTAL
66 Navy NCOs : CPOS
67 Oodles : A LOT
68 Thor Heyerdahl craft : RA I
69 Auspices : AEGIS
70 Pool tool : CUE
71 “Little Birds” author Anaïs : NIN
72 Provider of much change : COIN RETURN
75 Cracker-__: homespun : BARREL
78 Everlasting : ETERNAL
80 Deliver a stem-winder, say : ORATE
81 Snake oil, allegedly : PANACEA
82 Multivolume set in the reference sect. : OED
83 African capital : CAIRO
84 Veteran on the briny : OLD SALT
85 Green Bay Packers coach LaFleur : MATT
87 Chatty Cathy is one : TALKING DOLL
90 Deli choice : RYE
91 Many opera highlights : SOLI
92 “National Velvet” author Bagnold : ENID
93 Site of a major part of the Bible? : RED SEA
95 Mid-20th-century First and Second Lady : PAT NIXON
97 Shoulder wrap : SHAWL
99 Snippet of dialogue : LINE
103 Hold back : INHIBIT
104 Scrapyard commodity … and what’s hidden in the nine other longest puzzle answers : RECYCLED METAL
108 Charge : FEE
109 Infant suffix : -ILE
110 Alphabetically first U.S. national park : ACADIA
111 Catholic devotion : NOVENA
112 OTC drug agency : FDA
113 __ Plaines: Chicago suburb : DES
114 Homer, in baseball lingo : GO DEEP
115 Tarzan, e.g. : APEMAN
DOWN
1 Ashen : PALE
2 High point : APEX
3 “Smarter than the average bear” bear : YOGI
4 “Republic” philosopher : PLATO
5 Word with caps or clear : ALL
6 Spanish article : LOS
7 Off-the-wall : SCREWY
8 Pricey delicacy : CAVIAR
9 “Keep dreaming” : AS IF
10 Risqué : RACY
11 Former Japanese prime minister : ABE
12 __-relief : BAS
13 Abhor : DETEST
14 Part of OWN : OPRAH
15 Common word in a novel’s dialogue : SAID
16 Overtake : GO PAST
17 “__ Fideles” : ADESTE
18 Maker of iComfort mattresses : SERTA
24 Mingo portrayer on “Daniel Boone” : ED AMES
26 Dabble in : PLAY AT
29 Where many speeches come from : DAIS
31 La Brea attraction : TAR PIT
32 Brand similar to Spam : TREET
33 Fencing maneuver : LUNGE
35 ’60s White House daughter : LUCI
36 Apple offering : IPAD
37 N.W.A’s debut single : PANIC ZONE
39 Focus of some committees : ETHICS
40 Bit of stoneware : CROCK
41 Arrange in sequence : RANK
42 Library sect. : BIOG
44 Retire at home, say? : TAG OUT
46 Solemn sound : KNELL
48 Lad : CHAP
49 Bit of checkpoint deception : ALIAS
50 Coal train component : HOPPER CAR
51 Exxon, once : ESSO
52 Feels bad about : RUES
54 Seasoning in Indian cuisine : CUMIN
55 At lunch, say : NOT IN
58 California state bird : QUAIL
60 TLX autos : ACURAS
61 Western writer Grey : ZANE
62 Came down : ALIT
63 In __ daylight : BROAD
64 Ancient German : TEUTON
65 Storybook fiend : OGRE
69 Vintage video game name : ATARI
70 Symbol of a year, perhaps : CANDLE
72 Tech news site : C|NET
73 Explorer Amundsen : ROALD
74 Estrada of “CHiPs” : ERIK
75 Calls at home : BALLS
76 Hard to grasp : EELY
77 Running behind : LATE
79 Helix-shaped pasta : ROTINI
81 Curly-haired pet : POODLE
83 Genesis brother : CAIN
85 Sounded like the wind : MOANED
86 Tennis great Gibson : ALTHEA
87 Govt. securities : T-NOTES
88 __ Mansion, NYC mayor’s residence : GRACIE
89 Lizard feature : DEWLAP
91 Calvin’s spaceman alter ego, in comics : SPIFF
92 Force to leave : EXILE
94 Motrin alternative : ALEVE
96 Footnote abbr. : IBID
97 Whole bunch : SCAD
98 “Nothing lived in him but fear and hatred” : HYDE
100 List member : ITEM
101 Family nickname : NANA
102 Flair : ELAN
104 Common cleaning supply : RAG
105 Tourism opening : ECO-
106 Target of a cheek swab : DNA
107 Common cleaning supply : MOP
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