19 Dec 21, Sunday, LA Times Crossword Answers

19 Dec 21, LA Times Crossword Solutions

19 Dec 21, LA Times Crossword Answers Across

  • 1 Make a face, perhaps : SCULPT
  • 7 Tab on old cash registers : NO SALE
  • 13 Tarkington tween : PENROD
  • 19 Disagreeable : ORNERY
  • 20 Brunch fare : OMELETS
  • 22 Like zebras and donkeys : EQUINE
  • 23 __ pin: metal fastener : COTTER
  • 24 They know their stuff : SAVANTS
  • 25 Plants with flavorful and irritating varieties : SUMACS
  • 26 Sweaters in King Arthur’s court? : KNITS OF THE ROUNDTABLE (from “Knights of the Round Table”)
  • 29 “Ciao!” : SEE YA!
  • 30 Shiraz’s country : IRAN
  • 31 PC shortcut key : ALT
  • 32 Earth goddess : GAEA
  • 34 Offshore retreat for comedians? : THE ISLE OF WIT (from “The Isle of Wight”)
  • 43 NL West team : PADRES
  • 47 Thing thrown from a tree? : SHADOW
  • 48 Hotel selection : ROOMS
  • 49 Director Kazan : ELIA
  • 50 Clog (up) : STOP
  • 53 Amsterdam’s Anne Frank House, e.g. : MUSEUM
  • 56 Swindle : ROOK
  • 57 “Best ever” acronym : GOAT
  • 58 Harsh-smelling : ACRID
  • 60 Spectrum maker : PRISM
  • 62 Query to a U.K.-focused think tank? : GOT ANY MORE BRIT IDEAS? (from “got any more bright ideas?)
  • 68 Pic, in Peru : FOTO
  • 69 Buffalo QB Josh : ALLEN
  • 70 Utah ski resort : ALTA
  • 72 Altered the revealing side of a dress? : MADE A SLIT ADJUSTMENT (from “made a slight adjustment”)
  • 80 Work with pupils : TEACH
  • 81 Mazda two-seater : MIATA
  • 82 Adverb for Descartes : ERGO
  • 83 Police force acronym : SWAT
  • 86 Venue for the premiere of Handel’s “Water Music” : THAMES
  • 90 Genesis casualty : ABEL
  • 91 Come across : MEET
  • 92 Capital of Yemen : SANA’A
  • 94 Allows access : LETS IN
  • 96 Diner counter array : STOOLS
  • 98 Siblings who produce court orders? : WRIT BROTHERS (from “Wright Brothers”)
  • 101 Tusked beast : BOAR
  • 103 Like the lower half of the Polish flag : RED
  • 104 Allows access, poetically : OPES
  • 106 Major appliances : OVENS
  • 111 Dieters’ interim report on smaller-sized clothes? : WE HAVE JUST BEGUN TO FIT (from “we have just begun to fight”)
  • 119 March : PARADE
  • 120 Out of the loop : UNAWARE
  • 121 Prison with a Greek eponym : ATTICA
  • 122 Worshipper : ADORER
  • 123 Lead off : GO FIRST
  • 124 Kitchen gadget : PEELER
  • 125 Defy : RESIST
  • 126 Biological quintet : SENSES
  • 127 Members of the genus Vipera : ADDERS

19 Dec 21, LA Times Crossword Answers Down

  • 1 Saves, with “away” : SOCKS …
  • 2 Pot boiler in “Macbeth” : CRONE
  • 3 Remove, as a knot : UNTIE
  • 4 Female driver Ortiz of “Fast & Furious” films : LETTY
  • 5 Augur : PRESAGE
  • 6 Rookie : TYRO
  • 7 Cosa __ : NOSTRA
  • 8 Missouri River city : OMAHA
  • 9 Ordinal for Uranus : SEVENTH
  • 10 Bygone fruit spray : ALAR
  • 11 Longtime TV host who gives automotive advice in “Popular Mechanics” : LENO
  • 12 Caesar’s penultimate words : ET TU
  • 13 Mortar partner : PESTLE
  • 14 Congo line? : EQUATOR
  • 15 More than cold : NUMB
  • 16 Currency of 30-Across : RIAL
  • 17 In the distant past : ONCE
  • 18 __ Arc, Arkansas : DES
  • 21 Common ID : SSN
  • 27 Quaint word of revulsion : FIE!
  • 28 South Asian lentil dish : DAL
  • 33 Evaluate : ASSAY
  • 35 Sam-I-Am offering : HAM
  • 36 Rutgers URL ending : EDU
  • 37 Android alternative : IOS
  • 38 Won all the games : SWEPT
  • 39 Official note from the boss : FORMAL MEMO
  • 40 What beaux do : WOO
  • 41 Texter’s letters for two cents? : IMO
  • 42 “That’s unfortunate” : TSK
  • 43 Simon who played Scotty in 2009’s “Star Trek” : PEGG
  • 44 Distant : ALOOF
  • 45 Unicellular alga : DIATOM
  • 46 Onomatopoeic rapping : RAT-A-TAT-TAT
  • 47 Notebook type : SPIRAL
  • 51 Network for film buffs : TCM
  • 52 Gold in La Paz : ORO
  • 54 Sch. near Providence : URI
  • 55 Term starter : MID-
  • 59 Chopped liver purveyor : DELI
  • 61 Something taken on a bus : SEAT
  • 63 Transfer point : NODE
  • 64 Sammie with crunch : BLT
  • 65 Twenty quires : REAM
  • 66 Bay of Bengal’s ocean : INDIAN
  • 67 Sound system : STEREO
  • 71 Madonna companion, in much art : ANGEL
  • 73 Put away : EAT
  • 74 Dresden “Drat!” : ACH!
  • 75 Word on old tablets : SHALT
  • 76 Hook partner : JAB
  • 77 The VW Amarok, e.g. : UTE
  • 78 __ fresca: pico de gallo : SALSA
  • 79 Little ones : TOTS
  • 83 Bismarck-to-Tucson dir. : SSW
  • 84 Journalist Hemingway’s assignment : WAR
  • 85 Singer DiFranco : ANI
  • 87 “No big deal” : MEH!
  • 88 Summer at the Sorbonne : ETE
  • 89 Bygone geopolitical abbr. : SSR
  • 93 Wears down : ABRADES
  • 95 Meteorological lines : ISOBARS
  • 97 Put on display, with “out” : TROTTED …
  • 99 Go back : REVERT
  • 100 Dedicated verse : ODE
  • 101 Engenders : BEGETS
  • 102 Brutus Buckeye is its mascot: Abbr. : OSU
  • 105 Intrinsically : PER SE
  • 107 Made an official choice : VOTED
  • 108 IRS option : E-FILE
  • 109 More amiable : NICER
  • 110 Marquee names : STARS
  • 111 Enjoy the kiddie pool : WADE
  • 112 Cupid analog : EROS
  • 113 Sreenivasan of PBS News : HARI
  • 114 Oft-corked container : JUG
  • 115 Chicago pizzeria franchise, familiarly : UNO’S
  • 116 Security source : SAFE
  • 117 Hotel bed request : TWIN
  • 118 Valley with vintners : NAPA
  • 119 Course goal for many : PAR

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