L.A. Times Daily – Dec 24 2017 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
“Be silent,” in music |
TACET |
“Delta of Venus” author |
NIN |
“My man!” |
BRO |
“My man!” |
DUDE |
“The Mary Tyler Moore Show” newsman |
TED |
*”Hail to thee, blithe Spirit!” poet |
PERCYBYSSHESHELLEY |
*1985 #1 hit for Paul Young |
EVERYTIMEYOUGOAWAY |
*Criminal justice supervisor |
PROBATIONOFFICER |
*Get worse, with no way to stop |
SPINOUTOFCONTROL |
*Nero Wolfe title that plays on the start of an old adage |
WHERETHERESAWILL |
16th-century date |
MDL |
1965 King arrest site |
SELMA |
2017 World Series champ |
ASTRO |
A little lower? |
CALF |
Adept |
PRO |
Agree to |
GRANT |
All the time |
ALOT |
Amber __ |
ALE |
André Previn’s adopted daughter |
SOONYI |
Anime cousin |
MANGA |
Any minute, old-style |
ANON |
Arles article |
UNE |
Arles assents |
OUIS |
Assist |
AID |
Assume as fact |
POSIT |
Author Martin |
AMIS |
Back in the bay |
ASTERN |
Baking supplies |
YEASTS |
Ballade’s final stanza |
ENVOI |
Batted |
WASUP |
Bed board |
SLAT |
Big name in shoes |
MCAN |
Bit of work |
ERG |
Bone head? |
OSTE |
Boo relative |
HISS |
Book with a lock |
DIARY |
Break off |
CEASE |
Bury |
INTER |
Change the decor of |
REDO |
Church contribution |
OFFERING |
Cold War initials |
USSR |
Comet’s path |
ORBIT |
Common conjunction |
NOR |
Company whose German pronunciation has two syllables |
PORSCHE |
Complete |
ENTIRE |
Composer of the short piano pieces “Le Yachting” and “Le Golf” |
SATIE |
Cozy corner |
NOOK |
Cracker topper |
BRIE |
Creek croaker |
TOAD |
Cries of support |
OLES |
Decked out |
CLAD |
Declaim |
ORATE |
Deeply engrossed |
RAPT |
Delhi wrap |
SARI |
Deluxe |
LAVISH |
Dentist’s directive |
FLOSS |
Devotee |
BUFF |
Do serious damage to |
SCAR |
Dope |
INFO |
Dovetail |
MESH |
Drifted gently |
WAFTED |
Dundee disagreements |
NAES |
Ear specialist’s science |
OTOLOGY |
Eats or drinks |
HAS |
Elementary particle |
ATOM |
Fling |
AFFAIR |
Formally approve |
RATIFY |
Go around in circles |
EDDY |
Goes up and down |
YOYOS |
Golf shot |
STROKE |
Clues |
Answers |
Ham it up |
EMOTE |
Hanker |
ACHE |
Hard thing to kick |
HABIT |
Healthful retreats |
SPAS |
Heat unit |
THERM |
Hockey’s Bobby et al |
ORRS |
How Steven Wright jokes are spoken |
DRYLY |
Hwy |
RTE |
In the Aegean |
ASEA |
Inquisitive-sounding letter |
WYE |
Israel’s Golda |
MEIR |
Israeli desert |
NEGEV |
It’s usually just before dessert |
ENTREE |
Kept in barrels, maybe |
AGED |
Kind of acid in proteins |
AMINO |
Knighted English composer |
ELGAR |
Like Beethoven, late in life |
DEAF |
Like early Elvis albums |
MONO |
Long-billed wader |
CURLEW |
Looked like a wolf? |
OGLED |
Many a retired racehorse |
SIRE |
Massachusetts motto opener |
ENSE |
Maxim that applies to pairs hiding together in the answers to starred clues |
OPPOSITESATTRACT |
Medical center |
CLINIC |
Moral obligations |
OUGHTS |
Needle point? |
NORTH |
Notched, as a maple leaf |
EROSE |
Once uncool sort who’s now sort of cool |
NERD |
Oral health org |
ADA |
Paper size: Abbr |
LTR |
PD ranks |
SGTS |
Perry of fashion |
ELLIS |
Piña colada garnish? |
TILDE |
Placing side by side |
APPOSING |
Poetic foot |
DACTYL |
Pop |
SODA |
Pretenses |
FACADES |
Quaker in the woods |
ASPEN |
Rail commonly found in water? |
SORA |
Saturn vehicles? |
UFOS |
See 2-Down |
LINE |
Sensation before a delivery |
LABORPAIN |
Sheltered in the Aegean |
ALEE |
Shortened, as a dict |
ABR |
Slate or Salon |
EMAG |
Sleep like __ |
ALOG |
Specialty |
METIER |
Stop on the Turin-Genoa railway |
ASTI |
Suffix with Caesar |
EAN |
Sword handles |
HILTS |
Symbols of thinness |
WAFERS |
Tarzan’s realm |
APEDOM |
Texter’s “seize the day” |
YOLO |
Thirst (for) |
YEARN |
Tilter’s tool |
LANCE |
Transmute |
MORPH |
Trunks |
TORSI |
Tube, so to speak |
TVSET |
Upper, in Ulm |
OBER |
Victory symbol |
LAUREL |
Wages |
PAY |
Winding-road sign image |
WAVYARROW |
With 13-Across, write (to) |
DROPA |
Word coined by writer Capek |
ROBOT |
Wrinkly dog |
SHARPEI |
Wrinkly fruit |
UGLI |
Yves’ ink |
ENCRE |
[Not a typo] |
SIC |
__ Dictionary |
URBAN |
__-up: hybrid musical piece |
MASH |