L.A. Times Daily – Jan 11 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| “Fire” bugs |
ANTS |
| “He loves me” piece |
PETAL |
| “I warned you!” |
SEE |
| *Light, friendly punch |
LOVETAP |
| *Mattress support |
BOXSPRING |
| *Slapstick slipping cause |
BANANAPEEL |
| *Wishful lifetime agenda |
BUCKETLIST |
| Affectionate greetings |
KISSES |
| Agenda bullets |
ITEMS |
| Attributive menu words |
ALA |
| Backup strategy |
PLANB |
| Beating around the bush |
VAGUE |
| Blue Ribbon beer |
PABST |
| Bourgogne and Chablis |
VINS |
| Bugs and Jags |
AUTOS |
| Capital of Ghana |
ACCRA |
| Capital on the Seine |
PARIS |
| Carve in stone |
ETCH |
| Chisholm Trail city |
WACO |
| Club used for chipping |
IRON |
| Common koi habitat |
POND |
| Currier’s colleague |
IVES |
| Egg cell |
OVUM |
| Essence |
CRUX |
| Flight-related prefix |
AERO |
| Footnote “p” |
PAGE |
| General Mills brand |
CHEX |
| Gothic fiction author Rice |
ANNE |
| Grab from the grill, as a hot dog |
TONG |
| Gym specimen |
STUD |
| Humdinger |
LULU |
| In working order |
USABLE |
| Knuckleheads |
DOLTS |
| Leafy veggie baked for chips |
KALE |
| Leans slightly |
TILTS |
| Leave rolling in the aisles |
SLAY |
| Longstocking of kiddie lit |
PIPPI |
| Look __: investigate |
INTO |
| Macaroni shape |
ELBOW |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Marble cake pattern |
SWIRL |
| Marked, as a ballot |
EXED |
| Martial arts schools |
DOJOS |
| Mine extracts |
ORES |
| Modern mil. treaty violation |
NTEST |
| NBA great Shaquille |
ONEAL |
| Nesting site, perhaps |
EAVE |
| Obligation |
DUTY |
| Old Turkish title |
PASHA |
| Otherworldly |
ALIEN |
| Palm Pilot, e.g., briefly |
PDA |
| Parisian partings |
ADIEUS |
| Pic to click |
ICON |
| Poetry Muse |
ERATO |
| Potato bag |
SACK |
| Publicizes aggressively |
HYPES |
| Quick message |
NOTE |
| Red, in roulette |
ROUGE |
| Rod in a grill |
SPIT |
| Sermon topic |
SIN |
| Short- or long-sleeved tops |
TEES |
| Sitter’s handful |
IMP |
| Sitter’s handful |
BRAT |
| Skinny fish |
EELS |
| Sneaks a look |
PEEKS |
| Sounding like one has a cold |
NASAL |
| Spoken for |
TAKEN |
| Spots for airline magazines … and, literally, what the first words of the answers to starred clues can all have |
SEATBACKS |
| Stereotypical “Dahling!” speaker |
SNOB |
| Stevenson title doctor |
JEKYLL |
| Storybook brute |
OGRE |
| Tracks down |
LOCATES |
| Typical Hitchc*ck role |
CAMEO |
| Vintage soda |
NEHI |
| Washday woe |
SPOT |
| What some missiles seek |
HEAT |
| When the big hand is on two |
TENPAST |
| Withdraw gradually |
WEAN |
| WWII espionage gp |
OSS |