L.A. Times Daily – Feb 3 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues | Solutions |
|---|---|
| “It’s __ cause” | ALOST |
| “The Hairy Ape” playwright | ONEILL |
| “u r a riot!” | LOL |
| *Airport pickup | RENTACAR |
| *Breaking point | LASTSTRAW |
| *Hiker’s pouch | FANNYPACK |
| *History book chart | TIMELINE |
| *Infant’s dietary prohibition | SOLIDFOOD |
| *Modest garment | MIDISKIRT |
| *Where deliveries may be left | DOORSTEP |
| *Words of admonishment | DONTDOIT |
| Absent-minded, to a Brit | SCATTY |
| Adorn in relief | EMBOSS |
| Afternoon social | TEA |
| Authoritarian figure | CZAR |
| Bad guy | MEANIE |
| Balderdash | ROT |
| Belt maker’s tool | AWL |
| Brief arguments | SETTOS |
| Buck’s mate | DOE |
| California’s Big __ | SUR |
| Can’t stand | DETEST |
| Chair part | ARM |
| Cordial with a licorice-like flavor | ANISETTE |
| Cramp, say | SPASM |
| Didn’t hit the books? | FAILED |
| Discontinued depilatory | NEET |
| Divided terr | DAK |
| Excitement | ADO |
| Exposes to the cops | RATSON |
| Extra-play qtrs | OTS |
| First three of ten digits | AREACODE |
| Flight coordinators: Abbr | ATC |
| Front-of-bk. list | TOC |
| Get some rays | BASK |
| Giant | TITAN |
| Groceries quantity | BAG |
| Had to have | NEEDED |
| Have yet to pay | OWE |
| Clues | Solutions |
|---|---|
| Hit the books | STUDY |
| In neutral | IDLING |
| Influenced by, in recipes | ALA |
| It has its highs and lows | TIDE |
| Jackson 5 brother | TITO |
| July baby, maybe | LEO |
| Light cigar wrapper | CLARO |
| Like the bull in the Chicago Bulls’ logo | RED |
| Many a text | MESSAGE |
| Menagerie | ZOO |
| Minimally | ATAD |
| Musical sequence found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues | SCALE |
| NFC South team | ATL |
| Opposite of paleo- | NEO |
| Part of a ring | ARC |
| Part of rpm | PER |
| Part of rpm: Abbr | MIN |
| Pitcher Hershiser | OREL |
| Poetic tribute | ODE |
| Prefix with scope | PERI |
| Prone to avarice | GREEDY |
| Red-coated cheese | EDAM |
| Skid row regular | WINO |
| State with conviction | ASSERT |
| Storm winds | GALES |
| Sun Devils of the Pac-12 | ASU |
| Swimmer Torres with 12 Olympic medals | DARA |
| Temporary wheels | LOANER |
| Tenant | LESSEE |
| Text alternative | |
| Volunteer’s offer | ILLGO |
| Voting no | ANTI |
| Weather condition in the final scene of “Casablanca” | FOG |
| Where it originally was | INSITU |
| Whipped cream amount | GLOB |
| Wine lover’s prefix | OENO |
| Yes or no follower | SIRREE |
| __ peanuts | ROASTED |
| __ point: embroidery stitch | PETIT |