L.A. Times Daily – Jul 26 2018
Published in L.A. Times Crossword. Tags: ACAI, EIDER, PAPAWS, SPINNER, Star Trek, STOOGE, TARN.
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| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| “A Prayer for __ Meany”: John Irving novel | OWEN |
| “O wad some Pow’r the giftie __ us”: Burns | GIE |
| “Saving Private Ryan” event | DDAY |
| “Star Trek” rank: Abbr | ENS |
| 5’7″ Webb, shortest to win the NBA Slam Dunk Contest | SPUD |
| About 1.3 cubic yards | STERE |
| Act like | APE |
| Antioxidant berry in smoothies | ACAI |
| Bacteria in undercooked meat | ECOLI |
| Bad-mouths | ASPERSES |
| Ball beauties | BELLES |
| Barbecue favorite | SPARERIBS |
| Beef | GRIPE |
| Bikini blast | NTEST |
| Bochco series | LALAW |
| Bonanza contents | ORE |
| Bursts | POPS |
| City on the Aire | LEEDS |
| Cloud | BLUR |
| Convened | SAT |
| Cooked fruit dessert … and a cryptic hint to the start of 17-, 31- and 38-Across | STEWEDPEARS |
| Counterpart of “a” | ALPHA |
| Decline to recline? | STAYUP |
| Dominant states | SUPERPOWERS |
| Downed a sub? | ATE |
| Expels | SPEWS |
| Feast where the Haggadah is read | SEDER |
| Fishing lure | SPINNER |
| Flips, in a way | RESELLS |
| Give a makeover | REDO |
| Goes after | SEEKS |
| Hardened | INURED |
| Held closely (to) | ADHERED |
| Hip-hop artist who narrates Netflix’s “The Get Down” | NAS |
| Hurdle for Hannibal | ALP |
| Informer | STOOLPIGEON |
| Innocent-looking | WIDEEYED |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Larry McMurtry’s “The Last Picture __” | SHOW |
| Latin stars | ASTRA |
| Led | SPEARHEADED |
| Less experienced | RAWER |
| Let up | EASE |
| Like Cognac casks | OAKEN |
| Loosey-__ | GOOSEY |
| Make confetti of | RIPUP |
| Manage (for oneself) | FEND |
| Many a Bon Appétit subscriber | FOODIE |
| Melonlike tropical fruit | PAPAWS |
| Mike and __: fruity candy | IKE |
| Most affectionate | FONDEST |
| Mountain lake | TARN |
| Name on a 1945 bomber | ENOLA |
| Not just “a” | THE |
| Org. that awards the Spingarn Medal | NAACP |
| Pang | THROE |
| Part of mpg | PER |
| Personal quirk | TIC |
| Peter, Paul and Mary: Abbr | STS |
| Plant-eating scarab beetles | CHAFERS |
| Plump | ROTUND |
| Quilt filler | EIDER |
| Reduces, as spending | PARESDOWN |
| Sentence shortener | PAROLE |
| Slapstick trio member | STOOGE |
| Spartan | BARE |
| Suffix with glob | ULE |
| Syst. of cars on tracks | RRS |
| Tablet download | EBOOK |
| Tap output | ALE |
| Tea go-with | SCONE |
| Valuable deposit | LODE |
| You might hear music on it | HOLD |
| __ Alley | TINPAN |
| __-watch | BINGE |