LA Times Daily Crossword October 21, 2018 Answers
By John Lampkin
The October 21, 2018 LA Times Daily Crossword crossword has 139 clues, and we've got answers for every one of them. Browse the full solution below — you can hover over the grid to highlight clue positions, or click any answer to learn more about the clue and its history.
Across
1.
Dropped-jaw stare
5.
Like loving caresses
12.
Audio units: Abbr.
15.
"The Americans" agcy.
18.
First name in erotica
20.
Place for a bootee
21.
Seedy motel, say
23.
Painting of an annoying bricklayer at work?
25.
Japan's emperor
26.
Like many forest roads
27.
Suffer
28.
Least obfuscated
29.
Football laterals, e.g.
30.
15th-century food-stained collectible?
33.
Beachcomber's pace
36.
Breezy and open
37.
Glance
38.
Chaotic mess
42.
Bot head?
43.
Harbor protector
45.
Dutch South Africans
46.
Fabulist's Cheer alternative?
48.
"Exodus" author
49.
Chickadee kin
50.
Undocumented Nepali?
51.
Peak in Thessaly
52.
Big D cager
53.
Annoy
54.
PC linkup
57.
Mexican mama bears
59.
Slip away
61.
Popular Oahu beach
63.
Dollar for a shot?
66.
"Hmm"
67.
Dollars for shots?
68.
Piles up
69.
Captain Hook's creator J.M. __
71.
Eight furlongs
73.
Erstwhile U.K. recording giant
74.
Kind of trading, briefly
75.
Sweet Sixteen org.
77.
With the bow, in music
80.
Of __ mind
81.
Qatar's capital
82.
"Snow White" witch's download?
84.
Refine, as ore
87.
Stick on the grill
88.
Beat it
89.
Jamaican hybrid fruits
90.
Fine-tune
91.
China-related prefix
92.
Irritates
94.
Mud, slop, pig, etc.?
98.
Mist and such
103.
Show great respect for, perhaps
104.
Mythical flapper
105.
Gulf of Guinea country
106.
Easy time
107.
Sailing maneuver to avoid a pirate's threat?
110.
City on the Elbe
111.
Morning paper, e.g.
112.
"Gymnopédies" composer
113.
French article whose singular form is "disconnected" from nine puzzle answers
114.
Newsroom VIPs
115.
Boot protectors
116.
Smartphone component
Down
1.
Full range
2.
"That's __!"
3.
Twists
4.
Their pockets aren't deep
5.
Dutch town
6.
Geological period
7.
Movement at a boring concert?
8.
Twin-but-not-Twins' city
9.
Half a fitness motto
10.
Freezer __
11.
Allow
12.
Window hanging
13.
Where brownies come together
14.
Wasp's weapon
15.
Disc golf "ball"
16.
More eccentric
17.
WSJ news bit
19.
Sets money aside
22.
What an X may mark
24.
Arm or chin follower
28.
Bios unread by their honorees
30.
Universal
31.
Endemic
32.
Neh. and Esth.
34.
Penalty callers
35.
Ric of The Cars
38.
Opinion
39.
French word in bios
40.
Home of Elaine, in Arthurian legend
41.
Forces fraudulently (upon)
43.
Vehicle hired to carry steeplechase horses?
44.
Tip for changing your answer?
45.
61-Across wear
47.
Cavalier "My bad"
49.
Emotional wounds
53.
Iconic WWII island, briefly
54.
Unlike idioms
55.
Going by, for short
56.
Tip for solving in ink?
58.
Not in class
60.
Mystery award
62.
"Constant Craving" singer
63.
Carousel item
64.
Broody rock genre
65.
Long-running forensic series
67.
Put more varnish on
69.
Owie
70.
Not out-of-bounds, as a ball
76.
Goals
78.
Cost-of-living no.
79.
Photo possibilities
80.
Bama rival
81.
Tightly packed
83.
Some leave you powerless
84.
Miss, say
85.
"Tartuffe" dramatist
86.
Foes
87.
Cute calendar subjects
91.
Caught
92.
"Blah, blah, blah," briefly
93.
Tel __
95.
Liszt work
96.
Middle Corleone brother
97.
Mezzo-soprano Anne __ von Otter
99.
Part of a flower
100.
Speak
101.
"Breaking Bad" toxin
102.
Benefits
105.
18-Across and family
106.
Cholesterol letters
107.
Tigers' home: Abbr.
108.
Vardalos of film
109.
Bread, for stew
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How many clues are in the LA Times Daily Crossword crossword from October 21, 2018?
The LA Times Daily Crossword crossword from October 21, 2018 contains 139 clues and answers.
The puzzle has 67 Across clues and 73 Down clues.
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The LA Times Daily Crossword crossword from October 21, 2018 was constructed by John Lampkin.
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