L.A. Times Daily – Oct 5 2016 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
“Baby __”: 2008 Fey/Poehler comedy |
MAMA |
“Law & Order” gp |
NYPD |
“Law & Order: __” |
SVU |
“Master of None” star __ Ansari |
AZIZ |
“The World Factbook” org |
CIA |
*1997 movie partly set on a plane called the Jailbird |
CONAIR |
*Britannica, e.g |
REFERENCEWORK |
*E! talk show focused on celebrity outfits |
FASHIONPOLICE |
*High-speed skiing event, familiarly |
SUPERG |
*Project with many obstacles |
UPHILLTASK |
Academic leader in NBC’s “Community” |
DEAN |
Angst-filled rock genre |
EMO |
Annexation |
SEIZURE |
Author Kesey |
KEN |
Bridge table quorum |
FOUR |
Capital of Belarus |
MINSK |
Cellphone self-pic of a group, slangily |
WEFIE |
Chinese zodiac animal |
RAT |
Copycat |
MIMIC |
Couldn’t sit still, say |
PACED |
Course where tangents are relevant |
TRIG |
Cover story |
ALIBI |
Cutting |
AXING |
Deg. for a suit |
MBA |
Discipline |
TRADE |
Discriminatory, as in hiring |
SEXIST |
Disembarked |
ALIT |
Exxon, once |
ESSO |
Forced absence |
EXILE |
Get |
SEE |
Giggly Muppet |
ELMO |
Gp. with mail trucks |
USPS |
Green land? |
ERIN |
Handy “Mr.” |
FIXIT |
Honk |
BEEP |
Inexact fig |
EST |
It often comes to those who wait |
TIP |
Kind of tax |
ESTATE |
Clues |
Answers |
Leaderless |
TIED |
Leading characters in “Mork & Mindy”? |
EMS |
Ligament kin |
TENDON |
Like Cain, of Abel |
JEALOUS |
Like some classroom aids |
VISUAL |
Lo __: noodle dish |
MEIN |
Longest reigning Brit. monarch |
ELIZ |
Lustful look |
LEER |
Make things right |
ATONE |
Miner’s matter |
ORE |
Monotony |
TEDIUM |
Morsel |
ORT |
Mosque-goer’s deity |
ALLAH |
N.Y. airport since 1963 |
JFK |
Neighbor of Venezuela |
GUYANA |
One of seven in “Jabberwocky” |
STANZA |
Pet adoption org |
SPCA |
Poker challenge |
IRAISE |
Popular mall jewelry store |
ZALES |
Printed scorecard numbers |
PARS |
Put on a pedestal |
DEIFIED |
Rapa __: Easter Island |
NUI |
Shabbat celebrant |
JEW |
Smells |
ODORS |
Stir-fry pan |
WOK |
Strengthen |
GIRD |
Tacks on |
ADDS |
Team up … or, literally, what the last words of the answers to starred clues can do |
JOINFORCES |
Terra __ |
FIRMA |
Threw a fit |
RAGED |
To and __ |
FRO |
Vacation abode |
CABIN |
Vacuum effect |
SUCTION |
Volcanic fallout |
ASH |
Went (on) monotonously |
DRONED |
Wheels for a star |
LIMO |
__ Grey tea |
EARL |
__ Yousafzai, sharer of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize |
MALALA |