L.A. Times Daily – Oct 17 2016 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
“Doctor Zhivago” actor Omar |
SHARIF |
“Freeze!” |
HALT |
“I was with my girlfriend all night,” say |
ALIBI |
“Mockingbird” singer Foxx |
INEZ |
“Tall” story |
TALE |
“The Bridge on the River __” |
KWAI |
“The Wind in the Willows” croaker |
MRTOAD |
“__ Rae” |
NORMA |
“__ who?!” |
SEZ |
“__F!”: pre-weekend cry |
TGI |
’50s prez |
IKE |
Amateur night at a comedy club, e.g |
OPENMIKE |
Animated Internet file suffix |
GIF |
Approx. figure |
EST |
As far as the eye __ |
CANSEE |
Asian mushroom with an odd spelling |
SHIITAKE |
Ate |
HAD |
Breyers competitor |
EDYS |
Bungled |
MUFFED |
Close kin |
IMMEDIATEFAMILY |
Come into view |
EMERGE |
Crossed (out) |
XED |
Cupid’s mo |
FEB |
Dangerous current |
RIPTIDE |
Dating from |
ASOF |
Daughters’ brothers |
SONS |
Day, in Spain |
DIA |
Develop in the womb |
GESTATE |
Edited |
REDACTED |
Egg cells |
OVA |
Engineer Nikola |
TESLA |
Execs, or outfits hanging in their closets |
SUITS |
Exquisite |
SUPERB |
Extends, as a building |
ADDSTO |
Falsehood |
LIE |
Female pronoun |
SHE |
Fender damage |
DENT |
Football-like sport played with a disc |
ULTIMATEFRISBEE |
Clues |
Answers |
Gentle |
SOFT |
Goes on the offensive |
ATTACKS |
Golfer Aoki |
ISAO |
Help out |
ASSIST |
Homer Simpson’s wife |
MARGE |
Hrs. that begin when we “spring forward” |
DST |
Ironic change in destiny … and, literally, what happens in this puzzle’s circles |
TWISTOFFATE |
Jack of old Westerns |
ELAM |
Kareem’s former name |
LEW |
Life story, briefly |
BIO |
Meaty dish that would make Mary sad? |
LAMBSTEW |
Mogadishu native |
SOMALI |
No longer encumbered by |
RIDOF |
Nobelist Wiesel |
ELIE |
Noir film temptress |
FEMMEFATALE |
On a scale of one to __ |
TEN |
Packed up for shipping |
INABOX |
Padre’s hermano |
TIO |
Part of a tennis match |
SET |
Radio band-switching switch |
AMFM |
Rock’s Jethro __ |
TULL |
Same-as-above marks |
DITTOS |
Solidifies |
GELS |
Sporty sunroof |
TTOP |
Storm relief org |
FEMA |
Stun with a gun |
TASE |
Suffix with Siam |
ESE |
Tenants |
RENTERS |
Therapeutic ointment |
BALM |
Thurman of “Kill Bill” |
UMA |
Transition slowly |
EASEIN |
Triple __: liqueur |
SEC |
Unfortunate event |
MISHAP |
Whodunit reason |
MOTIVE |
Writing implement |
PEN |
Year, in Spain |
ANO |
__ Angeles |
LOS |
__ out a living |
EKES |