Here are the answers to L.A. Times Crossword puzzles Friday November 6, 2020.
“Alas!” prompter – WOE
“Building a Mystery” singer McLachlan – SARAH
“Do you and I need to clear the air?” – AREWEOK
“Funny thing is … ” – ODDLY
“I __ thought of that” – HADNT
Aleve rival – ANACIN
Awesome, slangily – THEBOMB
Bees behind bars? – PENALCOLONY
Bo’s’n boss – CAPN
Bothers – HASSLES
Brainstorming session output – IDEAS
Conan’s network – TBS
Cook of comedy – DANE
Czech track legend Zátopek – EMIL
Derriere – TUSH
Director Reiner – ROB
Dish with arborio rice – RISOTTO
Dutch cheeses – EDAMS
Fish with experience? – OLDSCHOOL
Fixture in some no-parking zones – HYDRANT
Former Supreme Court first name – RUTH
Garden nuisance – APHID
GE rival – AMANA
Hägar the Horrible’s wife – HELGA
Helped through a tough time, with “over” – TIDED
Hole goal – PAR
Home to the Ogden Raptors of MiLB – UTAH
Hurt in a ring – GORED
If – INCASE
Inland Asian sea – ARAL
iPod model – NANO
Italian bacon – PANCETTA
Like difficult push-ups – ONEARM
Lions in the city? – CIVICPRIDE
Loan fig – APR
Long time to wait, facetiously – EON
Luke and Leia’s mother – PADME
Clues – Answers
Med. condition with repetitive behavior – OCD
Minibike kin – MOPED
Miranda __ of “Homeland” – OTTO
Narc’s find – PCP
NBA great Robertson nicknamed “The Big O” – OSCAR
Novel ending? – ETTE
One kept on a child at the pool – EYE
Paper with Money and Life sections – USATODAY
Pats gently – DABS
Persepolis ruins locale – IRAN
Prickly plants – CACTI
Protection org. since 1970 – OSHA
Public town park – COMMON
Pulitzer-winning author Lurie – ALISON
Put on ice – CHILL
Really get to – RANKLE
Red-carpet brand – PRADA
Scold harshly – RAILAT
Seafarers – TARS
Show-offs – HOTDOGS
Slangy sweeties – BAES
Spring – LEAP
Starr man – RINGO
Take out, as a vampire – SLAY
Thurman in films – UMA
UFO fliers, presumably – ETS
USC athlete – TROJAN
Wasp nest sites – EAVES
Whales on the run? – ESCAPEPOD
White __ – NOISE
Wile E. Coyote weapons – ANVILS
Willamette River capital – SALEM
Withdraw, with “out” – OPT
Wolves with a clean lair? – VACUUMPACK
Zen riddle – KOAN
__ bath – MUD
__ party – PAJAMA
