Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday September 19th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Part of a sea urchin’s diet : KELP
5 Rest of the afternoon : SIESTA
11 “Beat it!” : SCAT!
15 Big first for babies : STEP
19 Wellsian race : ELOI
20 “Life of Pi” director : ANG LEE
21 “Boo’d Up” singer __ Mai : ELLA
22 Mani mate : PEDI
23 *Hotel convenience : PARKING GARAGE
25 Manicurist’s assortment : NAIL FILES
27 Beholden : INDEBTED
28 George who plays Stokes on “CSI” : EADS
30 Minneapolis’ Target Center, e.g. : ARENA
31 Roger of “Cheers” : REES
32 Stand : BEAR
34 Hotel offerings : SUITES
37 Cat’s attention-getter, maybe : PAW
40 *Address essential details : GET DOWN TO BRASS TACKS
45 Caspian feeder : URAL
47 Novelist Rita __ Brown : MAE
48 Pitcher John on three different MLB championship teams : LACKEY
49 Bonanza find : ORE
50 Scholars : LITERATI
54 Roofing support : RAFTER
55 Really cool : EPIC
56 *Wannabe lawyer’s milestone : PASSING THE BAR
59 Most clever : SLICKEST
61 Brian of rock : ENO
62 Evening affairs : SOIREES
63 NYC congresswoman, in headlines : AOC
64 Saint-Saëns’s “__ Macabre” : DANSE
66 Paid informer : FINK
67 EPA-banned chemicals : PCBS
71 Swing site : PORCH
75 RN workplaces : ERS
77 Nantucket arrivals : FERRIES
79 “… __ he drove out of sight”: Moore : ERE
80 Board game bonus : FREE SPIN
85 *Keep one’s identity secret, say : STAY UNDER COVER
87 Big name in chips : LAY’S
88 Enmity : ANIMUS
90 Place for an anchor : NEWSCAST
91 Denver-to-Omaha dir. : ENE
92 Eyepiece : OCULAR
93 Reverence : AWE
95 Kid’s retort : AM SO!
96 *Prepare emotionally for, as something unpleasant : STEEL ONESELF AGAINST
102 What “/” may mean : PER
103 Prepared for cooking, as corn : HUSKED
104 Consort of Psyche : EROS
105 Yours, to Yvette : A TOI
107 Carry away : ELATE
109 Biblical scribe : EZRA
111 Exhibits unease, maybe : STAMMERS
115 Harbormaster’s chart : TIDE TABLE
118 Miami Sound Machine and others, and a hint to this puzzle’s circled letters : BACKUP BANDS
121 On deck, perhaps : ASEA
122 High-tech workers : BOTS
123 Words from behind a door, maybe : IN HERE!
124 Blue hue : CYAN
125 Go on : LAST
126 Acronym on a protective vest : SWAT
127 Battery terminals : ANODES
128 Back talk : SASS
DOWN
1 Visored French cap : KEPI
2 Brio : ELAN
3 Byron’s title : LORD
4 Stingy sort : PIKER
5 Important coastal drainage river in South Carolina : SANTEE
6 Swallow : INGEST
7 “Good grief!” : EGAD
8 35mm camera type : SLR
9 Leaves in a cup : TEA
10 Sea at one end of the Dardanelles : AEGEAN
11 Texter’s button : SEND
12 Stand-up types : CLASS ACTS
13 “Aladdin” prince : ALI
14 1960s chess champ Mikhail : TAL
15 Ornamental shrub : SPIREA
16 Astronomer’s tool : TELESCOPE
17 Fall place : EDEN
18 Galileo’s birthplace : PISA
24 “__ your pardon” : I BEG
26 Like many rich foods : FATTY
29 School room encouraging creativity : ART LAB
32 Fancy neckwear : BOA
33 Dolly, for one : EWE
35 “Family Matters” nerd : URKEL
36 Spain’s peninsula : IBERIA
37 Mashed, as oranges : PULPED
38 Grande dame of pop : ARIANA
39 Doyle’s narrator : WATSON
41 Composer Shostakovich : DMITRI
42 Big galoot : OAF
43 Singer Kristofferson : KRIS
44 Breakaway group : SECT
46 Arles article : LES
51 Choir supports : RISERS
52 Mayo is in it : ANO
53 “Hooray, the weekend!” : TGIF!
54 Dorm figs. : RAS
55 Big name in kitchenware : EKCO
57 Chick magnet? : HEN
58 Distressed cry : EEK!
60 Thickets : COPSES
65 Goes out with : SEES
67 One in a pod : PEA
68 Call out : CRY
69 Asian sultanate : BRUNEI
70 Cosecant’s reciprocal : SINE
72 Overhaul : REVAMP
73 Game stick with a net : CROSSE
74 Jamie of “Bosch” : HECTOR
76 “In the Bedroom” Oscar nominee : SPACEK
77 Some mil. bases : FTS
78 One of eight Eng. kings : EDW
80 Beat it : FLEE
81 Carry on : RANT
82 Antiglare wear : EYESHADES
83 Occupied : IN USE
84 Alexandria’s area : NILE DELTA
85 One often seen in curls : SURFER
86 TV pioneer : RCA
89 __ de mer : MAL
92 Attack : ONSET
93 Back : AGO
94 Is no longer : WAS
97 Best at putting things away? : OUTEAT
98 World’s largest peninsula : ARABIA
99 Mother of note : NATURE
100 Middle ear bone : STAPES
101 Archaeological find : TOMB
106 Apple varieties : IMACS
107 List-ending abbr. : ET AL
108 Three-time WNBA MVP __ Leslie : LISA
110 Gusto : ZEST
111 List of appts. : SKED
112 “Only Time” songwriter : ENYA
113 Old food label nos. : RDAS
114 IRS IDs : SSNS
116 Sit-up targets : ABS
117 Fiddle stick : BOW
119 Taylor of fashion : ANN
120 Sulu portrayer John : CHO
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