L.A. Times Daily – Mar 27 2018
Published in L.A. Times Crossword. Tags: AAH, Annie Proulx, Brokeback Mountain, Persian Gulf, SLALOM, WEDGED.
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| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| “All right, so long” | OKBYE |
| “Before I forget,” in texts | BTW |
| “Friends” episode, now | RERUN |
| “Hold the Hellmann’s” | NOMAYO |
| “Holy smokes!” | MANALIVE |
| “I’ll take that as __” | ANO |
| “Let’s see here … “ | WELLNOW |
| “My Generation” rock band | THEWHO |
| “On the Beach” novelist Shute | NEVIL |
| “Say __”: doctor’s directive | AAH |
| “See ya” | TATA |
| “You can say that again!” | ANDHOW |
| “You can say that again!” | YESYES |
| “You think anyone cares about MY opinion?” | WHATDOIKNOW |
| “You win” | ILOSE |
| “__ show time!” | ITS |
| Achy | SORE |
| Acted without restraint | RANWILD |
| Boatload (of) | WHOLESLEW |
| Buy time | STALL |
| Caramel-filled candy | ROLO |
| Change from five stars to three, say | RERATE |
| Christmas season | YULE |
| City near Tulsa | ENID |
| Crammed (into) … and, when aptly hyphenated, like 18-, 24-, 39-, 52- and 58-Across | WEDGED |
| Descends suddenly | SWOOPS |
| Designer Gucci | ALDO |
| Drink with jam and bread, in song | TEA |
| Drop by, colloquially | STOPONIN |
| Drops on the grass | DEW |
| Easy-to-scam people | SAPS |
| Evergreens shrubs | YEWS |
| Exasperating | IRKSOME |
| Eye-of-newt concoction | WITCHESBREW |
| Finish | END |
| Foxy | SLY |
| Full-size cars of the 1960s-’80s | FORDLTDS |
| Get some rays | BASK |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Gives the go-ahead | ALLOWS |
| Glasses and goggles | EYEWEAR |
| Groundbreaking invention? | HOE |
| Guthrie of folk | ARLO |
| HBO miniseries “Big Little __” | LIES |
| Kauai garland | LEI |
| Kissy-kissy | SMOOCHY |
| Kitty sounds | MEWS |
| Lobster eater’s protection | BIB |
| Longtime “Today” co-host Couric | KATIE |
| Lustrous white gem | OPAL |
| Manufacture | MAKE |
| Marry | WED |
| Mother in Calcutta | TERESA |
| Myanmar, once | BURMA |
| Nocturnal birds | OWLS |
| Not 1-Down | AWAY |
| Ophthalmologist’s concern | MYOPIA |
| Overall concept of the universe | WORLDVIEW |
| Overused, as jokes | OLD |
| Persian Gulf ships | OILERS |
| Protein-building acid | AMINO |
| Quarterback Manning | ELI |
| Radical ’60s campus gp | SDS |
| Scent | ODOR |
| Sense of self | EGO |
| Shade tree | ELM |
| Some big dos | FROS |
| Stanley Cup org | NHL |
| Texter’s #1 pal | BFF |
| The “F” element in CFC | FLUORINE |
| Thomas __ Edison | ALVA |
| U.S. House member | REP |
| Used to be | WAS |
| Visiting the area | INTOWN |
| Weak, excuse-wise | FLIMSY |
| Wood strip | SLAT |
| Zigzag ski event | SLALOM |