L.A. Times Daily – Aug 12 2016 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
“… bombs bursting __” |
INAIR |
“Angie Tribeca” airer |
TBS |
“Carefree Highway” singer |
GORDONLIGHTFOOT |
“Cut that out!” |
DONT |
“Do or do not. There is no try” speaker |
YODA |
“Fidelio” jailer |
ROCCO |
“Given the circumstances … “ |
ASITIS |
“More or less” equivalent |
ISH |
“No more procrastinating!” |
TODAY |
“The Teflon Don” |
GOTTI |
’50s-’60s civil rights activist |
EVERS |
26-Down sound |
HONK |
38-Down source |
HORN |
Attendance count |
NOSES |
Back into a corner, in a way |
TREE |
Baja bear |
OSA |
Baron Cohen’s Kazakh journalist |
BORAT |
Bends with the breeze |
SWAYS |
Casual wear biggie |
LEE |
Censor’s target |
SWEARWORD |
City SSW of Wichita, KS |
ENIDOK |
Clued in |
AWARE |
Code word |
DAH |
Con |
ANTI |
D-backs, on scoreboards |
ARI |
Debatable power |
ESP |
Device that debuted in Detective Comics in 1942 |
BATSIGNAL |
Discouraging words |
PANS |
Dramatic start |
ACTI |
Eastern noodle |
UDON |
Finishes a task, and a hint to hidden words in this puzzle’s four other longest answers |
GOESTHEDISTANCE |
First name in jazz |
ETTA |
Florida’s Port St. __ |
LUCIE |
Free ride |
PASS |
Golfer McIlroy |
RORY |
Grin |
BREAKINTOASMILE |
High pts |
MTS |
Holy __ |
GRAIL |
Clues |
Answers |
Hyatt competitor |
OMNI |
In base eight |
OCTAL |
Informal British address |
GUV |
Island on which much of “Jaws” was filmed |
MARTHASVINEYARD |
Knack |
ART |
Like tightrope walkers |
AGILE |
Many a prof |
PHD |
Methodology word |
HOW |
Obscure |
BEFOG |
One with a stay-at-home job? |
UMP |
Org. concerned with securing crowns |
ADA |
Paradises |
EDENS |
Passes over |
OMITS |
Paycheck abbr |
FICA |
Penn. neighbor |
WVA |
Period |
ERA |
Phased-out Apple messaging software |
ICHAT |
Physics Nobelist Schrödinger |
ERWIN |
Place to rule |
ROOST |
Playground comeback |
ARESO |
Quaint words of resolve |
BYGUM |
Questionable |
IFFY |
Read the riot act |
BASTE |
Respectful rural response |
YESM |
Santa __, California |
ANA |
SEALs’ org |
USN |
Sean of “Rudy” |
ASTIN |
Seasoned cookers |
WOKS |
Small power sources |
AAAS |
Soft slip-on |
MOC |
Source of opera financing |
ANGEL |
Strapped |
FEELINGTHEPINCH |
Test that examines fetal DNA, briefly |
AMNIO |
They have their orders |
NUNS |
Two piece? |
DUET |
Up to, in ads |
TIL |
What might make a ewe turn? |
BAA |
__ pitch |
SALES |