L.A. Times Daily – February 20 2019
Published in L.A. Times Crossword. Tags: ALIVE, DDE, MISDO, SENATOR.
| Clues | Answers |
| ’50s political monogram | DDE |
| ‘Downton __’: PBS show | ABBEY |
| ‘Freeze!’ | STOP |
| ‘Gimme a __’ | SEC |
| ‘Haven’t the foggiest’ | BEATSME |
| ‘On Language’ columnist | SAFIRE |
| ‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice’ composer | DUKAS |
| ‘Told you’ | SEE |
| 10-time NBA All-Star Jason | KIDD |
| Adapter letters | ACDC |
| Affleck of ‘Gone Girl’ | BEN |
| Alleviate traffic on, perhaps | WIDEN |
| Alternative to fries | TOTS |
| Analogous (to) | AKIN |
| Anonymous Jane | DOE |
| Bamboo lover | PANDA |
| Barely enjoy the pool? | SKINNYDIP |
| Cafeteria worker’s cover | HAIRNET |
| Canadian fliers | GEESE |
| Coffee break time | TEN |
| Commonly injured knee part, briefly | ACL |
| Condescending one | SNOOT |
| D.C.’s Pennsylvania, e.g | AVE |
| Delicate handling | TACT |
| Does impressions of | APES |
| Dramatic opening? | ACTI |
| Drive the getaway car, say | ABET |
| Early smartphone | TREO |
| Educator Montessori | MARIA |
| Exactly right | DEADON |
| First Homeland Security secretary | RIDGE |
| First sign of fall | LIBRA |
| Firstborn | ELDEST |
| Foul up | MISDO |
| Gaping mouths | MAWS |
| Govt.-backed bond | TNOTE |
| Grazing groups | HERDS |
| Just above average | CPLUS |
| Korean automaker | KIA |
| Language of Pakistan | URDU |
| Large goblet | CHALICE |
| Let up | EASE |
| Many an emailer | AOLER |
| MDW : Midway :: __ : O’Hare | ORD |
| Mercury astronaut Grissom | GUS |
| Military expert, say | STRATEGIST |
| Milk source | UDDER |
| Named, briefly | IDED |
| Nobelist Wiesel | ELIE |
| Official mandate | EDICT |
| One in a hundred? | SENATOR |
| One side of Hispaniola | HAITI |
| One way to ride a horse | SIDESADDLE |
| Ouzo flavoring | ANISE |
| Parlor piece | SETTEE |
| Partner of 29-Down | CIO |
| Partner of 30-Down | AFL |
| Peyton Manning’s four? | ENS |
| Place | SITE |
| Rank above cpl | SGT |
| Remote choice | TVCHANNEL |
| Riverbank residue | SILT |
| Rose’s Broadway beau | ABIE |
| Saintly glows | HALOS |
| Sault __ Marie | STE |
| School uniform part, perhaps | SKIRT |
| Script fraction | LINE |
| Shop talk | LINGO |
| Small plateaus | MESAS |
| States in an outdated atlas: Abbr | SSRS |
| Stereotypical pooch | FIDO |
| Still in contention | ALIVE |
| Sun Devils’ rival | UTES |
| Talk oneself up | BOAST |
| They turn litmus paper red | ACIDS |
| Thoroughly enjoy | EATUP |
| Train stopping at every sta | LOC |
| Typical MLB pitching alignment, and a hint to this puzzle’s circles | FIVEMANROTATION |