L.A. Times Daily - Sunday Sep 5 2021 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 L.A. Times Daily - Sep 5 2021 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
"... to say the __"	LEAST
"Boy, am I dumb!"	DUH
"Knives Out" filmmaker Johnson	RIAN
"Peaceful Easy Feeling" group, with "The"	EAGLES
"Ready Player One" hero Wade __	WATTS
"The Odd Couple" couple, e.g	ROOMIES
"The Simpsons" creator Groening	MATT
'50s prez	IKE
53-Across, to Merkel	ERDE
Asteroids producer	ATARI
Attribute	ASCRIBE
Basic bruise treatment	ICEPACK
Biblical bloomer [Princess 2]	EASTERLILY
Blowup aid	TNT
Blue __: Dory's species	TANG
Brown shade	UMBER
Budding star's big moment	DEBUT
Byzantine architecture features	DOMES
Capital on the Nile	CAIRO
Chinese culinary general	TSO
Cola __	WARS
Common stained glass element	LEAD
Cong. meeting	SESS
Convenient, like some winter resorts	SKIIN
Core values	IDEALS
Courage	SPINE
Darth Vader accessory	CAPE
Direct approach	BEELINE
Economic divisions	SECTORS
Ed with Emmys	ASNER
El Al's home: Abbr	ISR
Eldest of the "Little Women"	MEG
Encouraging word?	ATTA
Energetic type	PISTOL
Film noir plot device	AMNESIA
Final Four game	SEMI
Florence's river	ARNO
Food wrapped in silk	CORN
Former Labor secretary Elaine	CHAO
Freaking out	STRESSING
Friendly opening?	ECO
Gadgets with teeth	COMBS
Got under control	TAMED
Groups of problem-solving specialists [Princess 1]	TIGERTEAMS
Guitarist Paul	LES
H.S. bigwigs	SRS
Had the nerve	DARED
Hindu princess	RANI
Immortal football coach Amos Alonzo __	STAGG
Ineffective pitcher's fate, in baseball lingo [Villain 2]	GETTINGTHEHOOK
Infuriate	RILE
Invite to one's home	ASKOVER
It's often made up in advance	MIND
Jaye's "The Crying Game" role	DIL
John Irving's "A Prayer for __ Meany"	OWEN
Julep garnish	SPRIG
Kids' building materials [Sidekick 1]	TINKERTOYS
Knickknack	TCHOTCHKE
Last Oscars host	KIMMEL
Like a few hours after midnight	WEE
Like talent, many say	INNATE
Longtime ABC News anchor [Hero, 1]	PETERJENNINGS
Look forward to	AWAIT
Lorelei et al	NYMPHS
Lost for now	MISLAID
Luanda's land	ANGOLA
Mardi Gras city, informally	NOLA
Marvel supersoldier [Villain, 1]	CAPTAINAMERICA
Matching pair	SET
Menu selections	ENTREES
Messi's uniform number	TEN
Metro stop: Abbr	STA
Model Sastre	INES
Most favorable	OPTIMAL
Mystiques	AURAS
Nancy Drew series author	KEENE
Nastase of tennis	ILIE
NBAer-cum-rap star	ONEAL
Nose wrinklers	ODORS
Note taker	STENO
Novel category	ROMANCE
Nutmeg spice	MACE
Nuts seen in bars	CASHEWS
Off-road vehicle	TRAILBIKE
Oktoberfest quaff	BIER
Old AT&T rival	GTE
Old cereal box stats	RDAS
Old dagger	SNEE
Old Tokyo	EDO
One of eight Yankee World Series victories	SWEEP
One-hit wonder [Hero 2]	FLASHINTHEPAN
Org. concerned with flight risks	TSA
Org. for netmen	ATP
Original Dungeons & Dragons co	TSR
Oscar winner Redmayne	EDDIE
P.O. box item	LTR
Per __	ANNUM
Physical exam letters	LDL
Piece of work	TASK
Pip's love interest in "Great Expectations"	ESTELLA
Place for a slam dunk	MIDAIR
Prefix with Pen	EPI
Put back	RESTORE
Rapper Stanley Burrell, familiarly	HAMMER
Ready to drive	TEED
Reef formation	ATOLL
Regional flora and fauna	BIOTA
Renaissance artist __ Angelico	FRA
Result of a drip, at times	ICICLE
Rice and wheat	GRASSES
Robin Roberts' show, initially	GMA
Santa signal [Sidekick 2]	SLEIGHBELL
Sch. with the mascot SuperFrog	TCU
Script writer	PEN
Slanted page	OPED
Soldier's helmet	TINHAT
Something for two, in song	TEA
Soon, to a bard	ANON
Sounds of thunder	PEALS
Synthetic resin used in paint	ALKYD
Take __: snooze	ANAP
Terpsichore : dance :: __ : love poetry	ERATO
Theoretically	ONPAPER
They may be reserved	TABLES
Third of eight	EARTH
Toast starter	HERES
Too big for one's own good	OBESE
Touched down	ALIT
Types	MODES
Union member?	SPOUSE
Up to	UNTIL
Violinist __ Frank	PAMELA
Wanders about	ROVES
Wasted	PLASTERED
Wrath	IRE
Yankee quipper?	BERRA
Yeshiva grad	JEW
__ lane	HOV
__ libre: poetry form	VERS
__ perpetua: Idaho motto	ESTO