L.A. Times Daily - Wednesday August 18 2021 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 L.A. Times Daily - Aug 18 2021 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
'Black-ish' network	ABC
'Chicago' showgirl	ROXIE
'MacArthur Park' songwriter Jimmy	WEBB
'Pass the __'	SALT
'Tiny Alice' dramatist	ALBEE
Acrobat maker	ADOBE
Asti product	VINO
Bit of hardware	SCREW
Classic name in shoes	MCAN
Corpulent	OBESE
Crave, e.g	WANT
Detest	ABHOR
Didn't stop behind in time	REARENDED
Dover and Edwards, e.g., briefly	AFBS
Edsel and 'Ishtar,' e.g	FLOPS
Elementary math subject	FRACTIONS
Family nickname	SIS
Fault	BLAME
Forget about	OMIT
Goes after	SEEKS
Gossipy Hopper	HEDDA
Grand Canyon animal	BURRO
Hearty entrée	STEW
High-quality investment	BLUECHIPSTOCK
Hold (onto)	LATCH
Horror film director Craven	WES
Inferior in quality	CHEAP
It's not a bear	KOALA
Ka __: southernmost Big Island point	LAE
Kalamazoo-to-Cincinnati dir	SSE
King or queen, perhaps	PIECE
Legal conclusion?	ESE
Longtime game show that features stunts and a time limit	BEATTHECLOCK
Lose it	BLOWONESSTACK
Lounge around	LOLL
Maker of BILLY bookcases	IKEA
Managed	RAN
Megahits, and what the interior letters of 20-, 33- and 43-Across effectively are?	BLOCKBUSTERS
Michael of 'SNL'	CHE
Month in printemps	MAI
More angry	SORER
Morning moisture	DEW
Muscat native	OMANI
Musical endings	CODAS
Not as tanned	PALER
Only even prime number	TWO
Order to go	SCAT
Ore source	SEAM
Parlor art, briefly	TAT
Part of 46-Across	EAST
Pax __	ROMANA
Quiet	STILL
Rachel Maddow's network	MSNBC
Résumés, for short	CVS
Router button	RESET
Singing the praises of	EXTOLLING
Spell	HEX
Sported	HADON
State as fact	ASSERT
Strong taste	TANG
Summer hrs. at Augusta National	EDT
Temple mascot Hooter T. __	OWL
Tenth word of the National Anthem	LIGHT
Texter's 'Yikes!'	OMG
Thins, for instance	OREOS
Tightly connected	CLOSEKNIT
U-shaped river bend	OXBOW
Used up	SPENT
Volcano apex	CONE
Weaken	EBB
Website help sect	FAQ
Wings with rooms	ELLS
Wynonna's mother	NAOMI
__ kick: tricky football ploy	SQUIB
__ pay	NET
__ Spiegel	DER