L.A. Times Daily – Aug 15 2018
Published in L.A. Times Crossword. Tags: ALMA, Mardi Gras, MASK, TGIF, TSAR, UPPER.
L.A. Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Solutions – Aug 15 2018 Wednesday
| Clues | Answers |
| “About the author” pieces | BIOS |
| “Bring on the weekend!” | TGIF |
| “Danny and the Dinosaur” author Hoff | SYD |
| “Dear Yoko” dedicatee | ONO |
| “Right you are!” | YESSIREE |
| “Silly me!” | DOH |
| __ trader | MERCHANT |
| Activate, as a mobile app | TAP |
| Actor Sharif | OMAR |
| Afore | ERE |
| Annuls | REVOKES |
| Artist ErtE’s real name | ROMAIN DE TIRTOFF |
| Baritone Chou in the opera “Nixon in China” | ENLAI |
| Beats Electronics co-founder, familiarly | DRE |
| Birdbrain, or an extinct bird | DODO |
| Birdbrained | DAFT |
| Brought to mind | EVOKED |
| Bruins star Phil, to fans | ESPO |
| Bunk with a ladder | UPPER |
| Coup d’__ | ETAT |
| Disney head Robert | IGER |
| Early stage of life | EMBRYO |
| Firecracker that doesn’t crack | DUD |
| Foodie | GOURMET |
| Go bad | ROT |
| Good manners | RULY BEHAVIOR |
| Hammett dog | ASTA |
| Hosp. areas | ERS |
| Icelandic literary work | EDDA |
| In fun | SPORTIVELY |
| Kinda-sorta | ISH |
| Left on board? | PORT |
| Like a baker’s hands | FLOURY |
| Limo bar | AXLE |
| Mardi Gras wear | MASK |
| Medium for van Gogh | PAINT |
| Mexican gold | ORO |
| Michigan city or college | ALMA |
| Monopoly deed abbr. | AVE |
| Musically monotonous | ONENOTE |
| Natural emollient | ALOE |
| Org. with lanes | PBA |
| PD alert | APB |
| Prepare, as plans | DRAWUP |
| Put in the overhead bin | STOW |
| Real peach | GEM |
| Regular vehicle maintenance suggested by this puzzle’s circles | TIRE ROTATION |
| Rode (around) | TOOLED |
| Rust and lime | OXIDES |
| Sch. with a Shreveport campus | LSU |
| Scrap | ORT |
| Share (in) | TAKEPART |
| Shifted (for oneself) | FENDED |
| Slangy turnarounds | UIES |
| Small change | PENNY |
| Spring cleaning may lead to them | GARAGE SALES |
| Summer top | HALTER |
| Take care of | SEETO |
| The aughts, for one | DECADE |
| The guy for ewe | RAM |
| They’re fed at curbside | METERS |
| Thin sword | EPEE |
| Understand | SEE |
| Upscale apartment feature | TERRACE |
| Vanderbilt of fashion | GLORIA |
| Vegas game | KENO |
| Violinist’s supply | ROSINS |
| Volcanic event | ERUPTION |
| Way to move funds | WIRE TRANSFER |
| Wee hour | ONE AM |
| Wine list heading | REDS |
| Winter Palace resident | TSAR |
| Working hard | TOILING |
| Zero | AUGHT |