L.A. Times Daily – Dec 23 2018
Published in L.A. Times Crossword. Tags: ERROL, FIST, NASAL, UTAH.
| Clues | Answers |
| “… and your little dog, too!” dog | TOTO |
| “I’m with you” | METOO |
| “Mandatory Fun” parodist, familiarly | WEIRDAL |
| “Mr. Blue Sky” band | ELO |
| “On the Bus With Rosa Parks” poet Dove | RITA |
| “Scarface” setting | MIAMI |
| “Such a pity” | SOSAD |
| “The Black Cat” author | POE |
| “The Thin Blue Line” director Morris | ERROL |
| “Three Coins …” fountain | TREVI |
| “Uh-uh!” | IWONT |
| “Wish Tree” artist | ONO |
| “Ya think?” | NODUH |
| ’60s-’70s veep | AGNEW |
| *Bending over backward, say | ANXIOUSTOPLEASE |
| *Chances that slipped away | LOSTOPPORTUNITIES |
| *Former Chilean dictator | AUGUSTOPINOCHET |
| *Often the best choice, in retrospect | FIRSTOPTION |
| *Ristorante appetizers | ANTIPASTOPLATTERS |
| *Swindlers | FASTOPERATORS |
| *True view | HONESTOPINION |
| 2008 TARP beneficiary | AIG |
| Actress Gilbert | SARA |
| Autobahn winter hazard | EIS |
| Baking amts | TSPS |
| Bet money an “all in” player can’t win | SIDEPOT |
| Biblical builder | NOAH |
| Big bargain | STEAL |
| Bigelow alternative | TETLEY |
| Bird hangout | NEST |
| Bonkers | LOONY |
| Boot the ball | ERR |
| Bowling pin wood | MAPLE |
| Bring down | LOWER |
| Butterfingered | INEPT |
| Capital on a fjord | OSLO |
| Catcher’s place | HOME |
| Classic grape sodas | NEHIS |
| Court dividers | NETS |
| Divide fairly | PRORATE |
| Dough | MOOLA |
| Dove’s digs | COTE |
| Earthshaking event | SEISM |
| Editor’s retraction | STET |
| Emergency menu | HELP |
| First name in exploration | AMERIGO |
| Flake or Duckworth: Abbr | SEN |
| Four: Prefix | TETR |
| Frees | LETSLOOSE |
| Fruit-flavored frozen treat | OTTERPOP |
| Fulda tributary | EDER |
| Gate datum: Abbr | ETD |
| Gets ready | PREPS |
| Giant among low-cost carriers: Abbr | SWA |
| Gin flavor | SLOE |
| Gives someone a hand | CLAPS |
| Good times | UPS |
| Graphic top | TEE |
| Griller’s flipper | SPATULA |
| Hearing range | EARSHOT |
| Hearty pastry | MEATPIE |
| Hornets, e.g | WASPS |
| Jackson 5 member | TITO |
| Just __ bit | AWEE |
| Kings Peak state | UTAH |
| Lady on stage | GAGA |
| Lead-in to girl or boy | ATTA |
| Leaning type: Abbr | ITAL |
| Like a typical O. Henry story | IRONIC |
| Like comfy slippers | SOFT |
| Links hero, familiarly | ARNIE |
| Loafer’s quality | INERTIA |
| Lombardy’s capital | MILAN |
| Long story | SAGA |
| Luau souvenirs | LEIS |
| Make an ad spicier, say | SEXITUP |
| Man with a code | MORSE |
| Masters Tournament weekend groupings | TWOSOMES |
| Medicare prescription drug section | PARTD |
| Menial laborer | PEON |
| Mexican month | ENERO |
| Much of Eastern Eur., once | SSRS |
| Nagano-based printer giant | EPSON |
| Nicholas, for one | TSAR |
| Non-neutral atom | ION |
| Noteworthy stretches | ERAS |
| One of the original Warner Bros | SAM |
| One often includes a colon | EMOTICON |
| Opposite of exo- | ENTO |
| Overhead rumblers | ELS |
| Packed away | EATEN |
| Place on a pedestal | ADORE |
| Place to tie up | PIER |
| Platform site: Abbr | STN |
| PlayStation handheld game | VITA |
| Poker great Ungar | STU |
| Princess Charlotte, to Harry | NIECE |
| Pronoun for a princess | SHE |
| Provide fake cover for, e.g | ABET |
| Punch deliverer | FIST |
| Qtr.-ending month | SEP |
| Raid targets | PESTS |
| Ramallah-based org | PLO |
| Reason to challenge an out call | LATETAG |
| Red or army follower | ANT |
| Romance novelist Hilderbrand | ELIN |
| Salinger character who says to the story narrator, “I don’t think I shall tell you my full name” | ESME |
| Sherpa, usually | NEPALI |
| Shower unit? | RAINDROP |
| Showy wrap | BOA |
| Sleeper agent | MOLE |
| Slights | SNUBS |
| Slip past | ELUDE |
| Spiteful | RANCOROUS |
| Sports radio host Patrick | DAN |
| Sporty car roof | TTOP |
| Stage coach Hagen | UTA |
| Surreal ending? | IST |
| Take no side | ABSTAIN |
| Tended tots | SAT |
| Texas MLBer | STRO |
| They can yield immediate results | SPOTTESTS |
| Think tank nuggets | IDEAS |
| Those, in Tabasco | ESOS |
| Tibetan monks | LAMAS |
| To be, to Benoît | ETRE |
| Tough’s territory | TURF |
| Trash | RUIN |
| Tricky bit | GAG |
| Tuckered out | SPENT |
| Twangy-sounding | NASAL |
| Twitter forwards, on Twitter | RTS |
| Type of jam in Sacher tortes | APRICOT |
| Type of well | ARTESIAN |
| Unwelcome giveaways | SPOILERS |
| Venomous vipers | ASPS |
| Visit briefly … and a hint to the answers to starred clues | STOPIN |
| Way to go: Abbr | DIR |
| Windows forerunner | MSDOS |
| __ Blue: old laundry soap | RINSO |
| __ song | FORA |
| __ voce: softly | SOTTO |