Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday September 8th 2019, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 “Righteous!” in the ’90s PHAT
5 Capital of Turkey LIRA
9 Speed deterrents BUMPS
14 Like cried-over milk SPILT
19 Apiece EACH
20 Fever with chills AGUE
21 Caver’s cry? UNCLE
22 Vaughan of jazz SARAH
23 Kiss during a nature walk? TRAIL BUSS
25 Showy parrot MACAW
26 Muse for Shelley ERATO
27 Protein-building acid AMINO
28 Matter basics ATOMS
30 First-year law student ONE L
32 Has __: knows someone AN IN
33 Optimist’s words I CAN
35 Window installer’s course of instruction? PUTTY TRAINING
38 Jam component? STUCK CAR
42 Creator of Horton the Elephant SEUSS
43 __ Paulo SAO
44 Life’s work CAREER
45 Largish chamber group OCTET
47 Part-time player SEMI-PRO
51 __ standstill AT A
52 Rich kid in “Nancy” comics ROLLO
54 Charles Goodyear, notably? RUBBER BARON
57 Breather LUNG
59 Hurled weapons BOLAS
61 Breaks down ROTS
62 LiMu ___: bird in Liberty Mutual TV ads EMU
63 Tiny dividers AMOEBAE
65 Strikes lightly TAPS ON
68 Soothes : EASES
70 Eccentric who has status in the community? NUT WITH STANDING
74 Quaker in the woods ASPEN
77 Like most pretzels SALTED
78 Porcupines and prairie dogs RODENTS
82 Arthur of “The Golden Girls” BEA
83 Thriller writer Hoag TAMI
85 Four-door, usually SEDAN
87 Court filing SUIT
88 Big galoot serving as first mate? CAPTAIN SLUG
93 Site of Hercules’ first labor NEMEA
95 Self-esteem EGO
96 Promising young actress STARLET
97 Café container TASSE
99 Narrow shard SLIVER
101 Its Jun. 2019 additions include “bae” and “yeesh” OED
102 Cook-off dish CHILI
104 Dent in the hockey arena’s protective shield? PUCK MARK
106 Cesar Millan specialty? PUP PSYCHOLOGY
111 Linguist Chomsky NOAM
112 Deposed Iranian despot SHAH
113 Quod __ demonstrandum ERAT
114 Daggers of old SNEES
116 Shore thing for a sailor? LEAVE
120 Hanna-Barbera’s __ Doggie and Doggie Daddy AUGIE
122 Cybercurrency E-CASH
124 Measure of complacency? SMUG INDEX
126 Cornered, in a way TREED
127 British county SHIRE
128 Domus Aurea builder of 64-68 AD… NERO
129 Not mad SANE
130 Flippant SASSY
131 Calcutta wraps SARIS
132 Good name for a tuxedo cat OREO
133 Defib specialists EMTS
DOWN
1 Animal rights gp. PETA
2 Damage HARM
3 Three-syllable berry ACAI
4 Skating no-no THIN ICE
5 Black __ LAB
6 Spiny lizard IGUANA
7 Auto body concern RUST
8 Greek fabulist AESOP
9 Misleading lead BUM STEER
10 Article in Spain’s El Mundo UNA
11 Feud group MCCOYS
12 Infiltrators PLANTS
13 Betsy Ross, notably SEWER
14 Lincoln-to-Topeka dir. SSE
15 What “strikes deep,” in Stephen Stills’ “For What It’s Worth” PARANOIA
16 Tabriz native IRANI
17 Language for the Masses? LATIN
18 Barely-there beachwear THONG
24 Gym storage LOCKER
29 Is required to MUST
31 Some beams LASERS
34 Circus swinger ACROBAT
36 “Swan Lake” skirt TUTU
37 Two-syllable foot IAMB
38 Milan’s La __ SCALA
39 Stride pianist Art TATUM
40 Seventh planeta URANO
41 Wad in a pocket ROLL
46 Formal jacket feature COATTAIL
47 Ready to proceed SET
48 JFK but not SFO… PRES
49 “La Dolce Vita” setting ROME
50 Responsibility ONUS
53 MGM co-founder LOEW
55 Expands BROADENS
56 City on the Rhine BONN
58 Code carrier GENE
60 Satirist Mort SAHL
64 Carl’s Jr. bread BUN
66 L.A. setting PST
67 Notre Dame figs. STES
68 Terminate END
69 A month of Sundays AGES
71 Schools of thought ISMS
72 Apothecary’s weight DRAM
73 “Rhinoceros” playwright IONESCO
74 Basics ABCS
75 Politician’s pursuit SEAT
76 Bearded Smurf PAPA
79 New, in Nicaragua NUEVA
80 Clemson athlete TIGER
81 Baby carrier? STORK
83 Colorful tee TIE-DYE
84 Tiny farm worker ANT
86 Thought-provoking DEEP
89 Prizes on the mantel TROPHIES
90 Brewpub orders ALES
91 Gas or elec. UTIL
92 Rainy day wear GALOSHES
94 Acid neutralizer ALKALI
98 Symptom SIGN
100 Colossal IMMENSE
102 Cuban dance CHA-CHA
103 Gasbag’s bagful? HOT AIR
105 On the fence UNSURE
106 H.S. exams PSATS
107 “Star Trek” officer who famously kissed Kirk in 1968 UHURA
108 Novelist’s output PAGES
109 Pungent salad green CRESS
110 __ question YES/NO
115 Retired, as a prof. EMER
117 Rock’s Queen + __ Lambert ADAM
118 Let off steam VENT
119 Former flames EXES
121 Big name in ice cream EDY
123 Indian title SRI
125 Half a musical doll? GOO
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