Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday September 5th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Gadgets with teeth : COMBS
6 Most favorable : OPTIMAL
13 Nuts seen in bars : CASHEWS
20 Look forward to : AWAIT
21 Direct approach : BEELINE
22 Theoretically : ON PAPER
23 Longtime ABC News anchor [Hero, 1] : PETER JENNINGS
25 “The Odd Couple” couple, e.g. : ROOMIES
26 Menu selections : ENTREES
27 Old Tokyo : EDO
28 Per __ : ANNUM
29 One of eight Yankee World Series victories : SWEEP
32 P.O. box item : LTR
34 Final Four game : SEMI
37 “Ready Player One” hero Wade __ : WATTS
41 Marvel supersoldier [Villain, 1] : CAPTAIN AMERICA
47 Asteroids producer : ATARI
48 Byzantine architecture features : DOMES
49 Mardi Gras city, informally : NOLA
50 Jaye’s “The Crying Game” role : DIL
51 Novel category : ROMANCE
53 Third of eight : EARTH
55 Basic bruise treatment : ICE PACK
58 Santa signal [Sidekick 2] : SLEIGH BELL
60 Biblical bloomer [Princess 2] : EASTER LILY
62 Physical exam letters : LDL
63 Mystiques : AURAS
64 Org. for netmen : ATP
65 Had the nerve : DARED
66 Regional flora and fauna : BIOTA
68 Wanders about : ROVES
71 Convenient, like some winter resorts : SKI-IN
74 Blowup aid : TNT
77 Courage : SPINE
79 Sch. with the mascot SuperFrog : TCU
82 Kids’ building materials [Sidekick 1] : TINKERTOYS
85 Groups of problem-solving specialists [Princess 1] : TIGER TEAMS
88 Film noir plot device : AMNESIA
89 Types : MODES
91 Attribute : ASCRIBE
92 Robin Roberts’ show, initially : GMA
93 Take __: snooze : A NAP
95 Up to : UNTIL
97 Toast starter : HERE’S …
98 Ineffective pitcher’s fate, in baseball lingo [Villain 2] : GETTING THE HOOK
102 Nose wrinklers : ODORS
103 Common stained glass element : LEAD
104 Org. concerned with flight risks : TSA
105 “… to say the __” : LEAST
108 Yankee quipper? : BERRA
111 Old AT&T rival : GTE
114 Economic divisions : SECTORS
119 Lost for now : MISLAID
122 One-hit wonder [Hero 2] : FLASH IN THE PAN
125 Pip’s love interest in “Great Expectations” : ESTELLA
126 Put back : RESTORE
127 Nancy Drew series author : KEENE
128 Rice and wheat : GRASSES
129 Invite to one’s home : ASK OVER
130 Oscar winner Redmayne : EDDIE
DOWN
1 Darth Vader accessory : CAPE
2 John Irving’s “A Prayer for __ Meany” : OWEN
3 “The Simpsons” creator Groening : MATT
4 Oktoberfest quaff : BIER
5 Freaking out : STRESSING
6 Too big for one’s own good : OBESE
7 Script writer : PEN
8 Messi’s uniform number : TEN
9 Nastase of tennis : ILIE
10 It’s often made up in advance : MIND
11 Luanda’s land : ANGOLA
12 Guitarist Paul : LES
13 Food wrapped in silk : CORN
14 Soon, to a bard : ANON
15 Union member? : SPOUSE
16 Rapper Stanley Burrell, familiarly : HAMMER
17 Prefix with Pen : EPI-
18 Like a few hours after midnight : WEE
19 H.S. bigwigs : SRS
24 Yeshiva grad : JEW
28 Florence’s river : ARNO
30 Friendly opening? : ECO-
31 Violinist __ Frank : PAMELA
33 Soldier’s helmet : TIN HAT
35 Place for a slam dunk : MIDAIR
36 Result of a drip, at times : ICICLE
37 Cola __ : WARS
38 Reef formation : ATOLL
39 Got under control : TAMED
40 Off-road vehicle : TRAIL BIKE
42 Sounds of thunder : PEALS
43 Original Dungeons & Dragons co. : TSR
44 Touched down : ALIT
45 Nutmeg spice : MACE
46 Synthetic resin used in paint : ALKYD
48 Budding star’s big moment : DEBUT
52 Former Labor secretary Elaine : CHAO
54 Something for two, in song : TEA
56 53-Across, to Merkel : ERDE
57 Wasted : PLASTERED
59 Terpsichore : dance :: __ : love poetry : ERATO
61 Julep garnish : SPRIG
67 Model Sastre : INES
69 NBAer-cum-rap star : O’NEAL
70 __ libre: poetry form : VERS
71 Immortal football coach Amos Alonzo __ : STAGG
72 Last Oscars host (2018) : KIMMEL
73 Like talent, many say : INNATE
75 Lorelei et al. : NYMPHS
76 Chinese culinary general : TSO
77 Note taker : STENO
78 Energetic type : PISTOL
80 Capital on the Nile : CAIRO
81 Brown shade : UMBER
83 “Knives Out” filmmaker Johnson : RIAN
84 Blue __: Dory’s species : TANG
86 Knickknack : TCHOTCHKE
87 Cong. meeting : SESS
90 “Boy, am I dumb!” : DUH
94 Encouraging word? : ATTA
96 ’50s prez : IKE
99 They may be reserved : TABLES
100 Core values : IDEALS
101 “Peaceful Easy Feeling” group, with “The” : EAGLES
106 Ed with Emmys : ASNER
107 Matching pair : SET
109 Infuriate : RILE
110 Old cereal box stats : RDAS
112 Piece of work : TASK
113 __ perpetua: Idaho motto : ESTO
115 Ready to drive : TEED
116 Slanted page : OP-ED
117 Hindu princess : RANI
118 Old dagger : SNEE
119 Eldest of the “Little Women” : MEG
120 El Al’s home: Abbr. : ISR
121 Metro stop: Abbr. : STA
122 Renaissance artist __ Angelico : FRA
123 __ lane : HOV
124 Wrath : IRE
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