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LA Times UP
Clues | Answers |
1 Number with 101 digits | GOOGOL |
7 Tenerife, por ejemplo | ISLA |
11 Oft-torn knee pt. | ACL |
14 Prisoner | INMATE |
15 Speak indistinctly | SLUR |
16 Fish eggs | ROE |
17 Cardiology implants | STENTS |
18 Song for one | SOLO |
19 “That tastes go-o-o-od” | MMM |
20 Work on one’s abs, say | TONE |
21 *Hot point | SHABU-SHABU (Hot pot) |
24 Broccoli part | STEM |
26 Psyched | EAGER |
27 *Main event | MOTHER’S DAY (Ma event) |
33 Wine category | REDS |
34 Disciplines | AREAS |
35 Hoped | WISHED |
37 Cross piece? | PEN |
38 Patti with a plaque on the Apollo Theater’s Walk of Fame | LABELLE |
41 Rank in judo | DAN |
44 Within the realm of possibility | DOABLE |
46 Future oak | ACORN |
48 Bakery worker | ICER |
50 *Chain-chain-chain | CUBAN DANCE (Cha-cha-cha) |
53 Mushroom with a honeycomb-like top | MOREL |
55 Burst of wind | GUST |
56 *Rhino | PI FOLLOWER (Rho follower) |
60 “¿Cómo __ usted?” | ESTA |
64 “It’s __-brainer!” | A NO |
65 European automaker | AUDI |
66 Benders | SPREES |
68 Lav | LOO |
69 Hard-to-break plates | |
70 Van Gogh’s “The Potato __” | EATERS |
71 Fitting | APT |
72 Princess Anne, to Prince William | AUNT |
73 Stop by unannounced, and how to make the starred clues match their answers? | DROP IN |
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Clues | Answers |
1 Crux | GIST |
2 Not fooled by | ONTO |
3 Portentous sign | OMEN |
4 Elephant-headed god | GANESHA |
5 Mel in the Baseball Hall of Fame | OTT |
6 Secondary | LESSER |
7 Emmy nominee Rae | ISSA |
8 Messy type | SLOB |
9 Doozy | LULU |
10 Came up | AROSE |
11 1998 Michael Bay disaster film | ARMAGEDDON |
12 Systematically searched (through) | COMBED |
13 Animals found only in Madagascar | LEMURS |
22 Letters for the Royal Navy | HMS |
23 Rabbit’s larger cousin | HARE |
25 Inventor Nikola | TESLA |
27 Document with a key | MAP |
28 Vein contents | ORE |
29 Novice | TENDERFOOT |
30 Dorky type | DWEEB |
31 Feel poorly | AIL |
32 Designer bag monogram | YSL |
36 Chairs | HEADS |
39 “The View” network | ABC |
40 __-ray disc | BLU |
42 Rainbow shape | ARC |
43 San Diego-to-Palm Springs dir. | NNE |
45 Sweet sandwich | OREO |
47 Indulge | CATER TO |
48 Zambezi Valley antelope | IMPALA |
49 Like many laundromats | COIN-OP |
51 “Just a number,” so some say | AGE |
52 Breastfed | NURSED |
54 Alpaca kin | LLAMA |
57 Island banquet | LUAU |
58 Norse god of war | ODIN |
59 Droop | WILT |
61 Ooze | SEEP |
62 Garr of “Tootsie” | TERI |
63 Org. | ASSN |
67 Nice round number? | PAR |