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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
