L.A. Times Daily – Aug 8 2021 Crossword Solution
L.A. Times Daily – Aug 8 2021
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” author Loos | ANITA |
| “The Cocktail Party” playwright | ELIOT |
| “The Day the Earth Stood Still” actress Patricia | NEAL |
| “__ quam videri”: 35-Down motto | ESSE |
| *”A Clockwork Orange” antihero | ALEX |
| *Aconcagua’s range | ANDES |
| *Biblical possessive | THY |
| *Closely match | PARALLEL |
| *Dangerous strain | ECOLI |
| *Gene variant | ALLELE |
| *Ghost | PHANTASM |
| *It’s next to nothing | ONE |
| *Norse mythology battle used as the subtitle of a 2017 “Thor” film | RAGNAROK |
| *Place abuzz with activity | APIARY |
| *Put on the books | ENACT |
| *Sarah of “Suits” | RAFFERTY |
| *Slip through the cracks | OOZE |
| *Take by force | HIJACK |
| *Traffic stoppers | BRAKES |
| *Wine ingredient? | LONGI |
| 1994 A.L. batting champ Paul | ONEILL |
| 1994 Olympic gold medalist skater Baiul | OKSANA |
| 1994 rival of Nancy | TONYA |
| A-line line | SEAM |
| Absinthe flavoring | ANISE |
| Agatha Christie’s “The __ Murders” | ABC |
| Allegro non __: fast, but not too fast | TROPPO |
| Anchorage for a galleon | COVE |
| Appraise | RATE |
| Attract | DRAWIN |
| Bananas or nuts | LOONY |
| Basic card game | WAR |
| Bench warmer? | BOTTOM |
| Benefit | AVAIL |
| Big name in movies? | IMAX |
| Bishopric cousin | CANONRY |
| Blind segment | SLAT |
| Blood lines | VEINS |
| Body with arms? | TROOP |
| Boston-based sportswear giant | REEBOK |
| Brando role in 1978’s “Superman” | JOREL |
| Bruce Wayne lives in one | MANOR |
| Business for many Amazon explorers? | ETAIL |
| Canapé spread | PATE |
| Carpe __ | DIEM |
| Circle ratios | PIS |
| Clumsy boats | ARKS |
| Conditionally let out | PAROLE |
| Cool | HIP |
| Cornfield sight | STALK |
| Critical layer | OZONE |
| Cutting-edge brand? | ATRA |
| Daredevil’s stock-in-trade | PERIL |
| Defies authority | REBELS |
| Derby, perhaps | RACE |
| Diamond pro | UMP |
| Diamonds, in slang | ROCKS |
| Egg-shaped | OVOID |
| Elon University st | NCAR |
| Fast time | LENT |
| Fermented honey drink | MEAD |
| Fine-tuned | TWEAKED |
| Fog modifier | DENSE |
| From square one | ANEW |
| Fulfilled | KEPT |
| Gas pump fractions | TENTHS |
| Go back over | RETRACE |
| Goddess with a throne headdress | ISIS |
| Grooves made by a saw | KERFS |
| Gun | REVUP |
| Half a Balkan country | BOSNIA |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Half the taijitu symbol | YANG |
| Hotshot | ACE |
| Iditarod terminus | NOME |
| Insignificant | MERE |
| JFK arrival, once | SST |
| Junk bond rating | CCC |
| Key of Schubert’s “Trout Quintet” | AMAJOR |
| Keys | ISLES |
| Krypton, but not Tatooine | ELEMENT |
| Like aftershave after a shave | BRACING |
| Location | PLACE |
| Magnum stopper | CORK |
| Mann of ‘Til Tuesday | AIMEE |
| Mark down, maybe | RELABEL |
| Means of access | DOOR |
| Merry-go-round tune | LILT |
| Mideast leader | EMIR |
| Minty c*cktail | JULEP |
| Monetary “p” | PENCE |
| Mountain nymph | OREAD |
| Musician Redbone | LEON |
| Ocasek of the Cars | RIC |
| On pins and needles | EDGY |
| Oval-shaped wind | OCARINA |
| Part of A.D | ANNO |
| Pigment used in rustproof primer paints | REDLEAD |
| Pointless | INANE |
| Poli-__ | SCI |
| Polished | URBANE |
| Prefix with -aholic | CHOC |
| Problematic to the max | THORNIEST |
| Product with lots of shapes … or what each of four black squares effectively is? | ANIMALCRACKER |
| Put out | EMITTED |
| Race distance | MILE |
| Racer Yarborough | CALE |
| Red dessert wine | PORT |
| Rib-tickler | JOKE |
| Ringling Brothers brother | OTTO |
| Roasting rod | SPIT |
| Roasts, in a way | KIDS |
| Rounding phrase | ORSO |
| Samurai lacking a master | RONIN |
| Security problem | LEAK |
| Sent raspberries to? | JEERED |
| Shrink | ANALYST |
| Sky-high gp | USAF |
| South American river with a crocodile namesake | ORINOCO |
| Started up again | RESUMED |
| Stayed | LIVED |
| Stone set alone | SOLITAIRE |
| Sundae alternatives | CONES |
| Superheroes always have them | NEMESES |
| Text letters often in blue | URL |
| They come with strings attached | YOYOS |
| They’re seen among the reeds | OBOISTS |
| Time co-founder | LUCE |
| Traditional koa wood product | UKULELE |
| Tribal emblem | TOTEM |
| Tried hard | STRIVEN |
| Triple __: liqueur | SEC |
| Umbrella component | RIB |
| Unworthy of | BENEATH |
| Vientiane native | LAO |
| Washington city where Olympic skiers Phil and Steve Mahre were born | YAKIMA |
| Winning game after game | ONATEAR |
| Winter Palace resident | TSAR |
| World Cup “Way to go!” | OLE |
| WWII weapon | STEN |
| Yitzhak’s predecessor | GOLDA |
| __ donna | PRIMA |
| __ officer | NAVAL |