Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday October 31st 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Leader who succeeded Muhammad : CALIPH
7 Tried to get home, say : SLID
11 Boiling state : IRE
14 Beliefs : ISMS
18 Keys on a piano : ALICIA
19 100 cents : EURO
20 “I, Claudius” role : NERO
22 Texter’s “Then again … ” : OTOH
23 Govern in Austin? : DIRECT TEXAS
25 Set of rules for a jury? : PANEL CODE
27 Sault __ Marie : STE
28 Throttle : CHOKE
29 Pretentious : LA-DI-DA
30 Anthem contraction : O’ER
31 Group name derived from the Dutch for “farmer” : BOERS
32 __ blanche : CARTE
33 Like crazy : MADLY
35 Graceful antelopes : IMPALAS
38 Volume subtitled “100 Good Excuses”? : BOOK OF DENIAL
40 Car bar : TIE-ROD
41 Bodies usually bigger than bays : GULFS
43 Mercury Theatre co-founder Welles : ORSON
44 Farm units : ACRES
45 Lawyer’s filing : BRIEF
46 “The Texan” star Calhoun : RORY
48 The Eagle, e.g. : LEM
51 Eric the Red’s son : LEIF
52 Comedian Shecky : GREENE
53 Currency exchange abbr. : USD
54 Mozart’s “__ Kleine Nachtmusik” : EINE
55 17.2-million-square-mile area : ASIA
57 __ metal: dark ’80s-’90s music genre : DEATH
59 Snakes’ weapons : FANGS
60 Party garb for one going as a pollution inspector? : EPA COSTUME
65 Historic period with a lot of risks? : CHANCES ERA
68 Bob of “Fuller House” : SAGET
69 Explode : BURST
71 Full of slime : OOZY
72 Breezed through : ACED
73 Animation frame : CEL
74 Family reunion attendee : NEPHEW
77 Botch : MUFF
81 “__ so you!” : IT’S
82 “No problem!” : SURE
83 Name of two presidents : ADAMS
84 Privilege : HONOR
85 Broadcaster : AIRER
88 A lot : SCADS
89 State bordering Baja : SONORA
90 Cube-shaped stones for a fireplace shelf? : MANTEL BLOCKS
94 Overly optimistic : BLUE-SKY
95 “Chicago Med” pro : ER DOC
96 Location : SITUS
97 Clamorous : NOISY
98 Color TV pioneer : RCA
99 H.S. exam for college credit : AP TEST
101 Brownish gray : TAUPE
102 Cacophony : DIN
105 Wizard’s communications device? : MAGE PHONE
107 Braided Greek cheese? : TWIST OF FETA
110 Biblical plot : EDEN
111 Blood type, briefly : O-NEG
112 Lash mark : WELT
113 Shade : NUANCE
114 Fit together compactly : NEST
115 Classified ad abbr. : EEO
116 Comply with : OBEY
117 Slow-moving mammals : SLOTHS
DOWN
1 Bounders : CADS
2 Settled (on) : ALIT
3 Euros replaced them : LIRE
4 Coolers? : ICE
5 Winds also called ottavinos : PICCOLOS
6 Result of keeping a cap on too long : HAT HEAD
7 Goes after : SEEKS
8 Elegance : LUXE
9 401(k) alternative : IRA
10 Big affairs : DOS
11 Out of gear : IN PARK
12 Entertain at bedtime, as a tot : READ TO
13 “Sixteen Tons” singer whose nickname is his birth state : ERNIE FORD
14 Games gp. : IOC
15 Waited, not always patiently : STOOD IN LINE
16 Roadster in the Henry Ford Museum : MODEL A
17 Crow with Grammys : SHERYL
21 Brit. lexicon : OED
24 High spots : TORS
26 Metal-threaded fabrics : LAMES
29 Golden Triangle country : LAOS
31 Shameless : BAREFACED
32 Eye-opening cupful : COFFEE
34 Spanish span : ANO
35 Emphatic type: Abbr. : ITAL
36 They actually prefer fruit and grains to cheese : MICE
37 “Frasier” actress Gilpin : PERI
38 Kitchen counter staple : BLENDER
39 Cocktail order : DRY
41 Coll. senior’s test : GRE
42 One-eighty : UIE
45 Cookout choice : BRAT
46 Babe with a bat : RUTH
47 Dept. of Labor arm : OSHA
49 Tech sch. alumnus : ENGR
50 Big butte : MESA
52 Base figs. : GIS
54 Fast bucks : EASY MONEY
56 Barfly : SOT
58 Represented oneself to be : ACTED AS
59 Casbah headgear : FEZ
60 Morales of “NYPD Blue” : ESAI
61 Agreement : PACT
62 Seemingly forever : AGES AND AGES
63 Lyft rival : UBER
64 Paragon of stubbornness : MULE
66 Denials : NOES
67 Dairy grazer : COW
70 Light fare : SNACKS
73 Street edging piece : CURBSTONE
75 Crash site? : PAD
76 Royal Navy initials : HMS
78 Pizzeria chain, familiarly : UNOS
79 Motorist’s decision point : FORK
80 Donnybrook : FRAY
82 Frites seasoning : SEL
84 Holiday guests, maybe : HOUSEFUL
86 1995 court VIP : ITO
87 Go over : RECAP
88 Cottontail’s tail : SCUT
89 They usually don’t have laces : SLIP-ONS
90 Mythical males with tails : MERMEN
91 Game keeper? : ARCADE
92 Homeowner, vis-à-vis the bank : LIENEE
93 Cooperstown’s lake : OTSEGO
94 Attack, as of an illness : BOUT
97 Foul : NASTY
100 Saigon soup : PHO
101 Word game piece : TILE
102 Bit of progress : DENT
103 Allergic reaction : ITCH
104 Dundee disagreements : NAES
106 Tolkien creature : ENT
107 Wee hour : TWO
108 Information source, with “the” : WEB
109 __ Schwarz : FAO
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