Here are the answers to L.A. Times Crossword puzzles Monday March 17, 2021.
“I like it” – NEATO
“Murder by __”: 1976 Neil Simon spoof film – DEATH
“Watch __ space” – THIS
“What’s __ is prologue”: “The Tempest” – PAST
“You can give me an answer tomorrow” – SLEEPONIT
“__ cost you!” – ITLL
*”I sussed that out a while ago” – THENOSEKNOWS
*Family dinner reservation request, perhaps – TABLEFORFOUR
*Generous reward – HANDSOMESUM
Aerie newborn – EAGLET
Agreement – DEAL
Assurance after putting a Band-Aid on a boo-boo – ALLBETTER
Author’s representative – AGENT
Back in style – RETRO
Bigger than big – HUGE
Bistro pour – WINE
Breakfast grain – OAT
Chewy Hershey candy – ROLO
Christmas candle scent – PINE
Club that may be flipped with joy – BAT
Cut loose – DROP
Cut off – SNIP
Dept. phone number – EXT
Designer Saarinen – EERO
Didn’t dillydally – SPED
Eat (up) – SNARF
Embraces – ADOPTS
Farm fittings – YOKES
Former space station – MIR
Gliding ballet step – CHASSE
Grow older – AGE
Highest point in an orbit – APOGEE
Intel seeker – SPY
Inventory tracking method for a CPA – FIFO
Jedi Grand Master – YODA
Knee-deep (in) – AWASH
Large jazz combos – OCTETS
Like Camembert – CREAMY
Like corned beef – CURED
Like some serious flaws – FATAL
Lit __ – CRIT
Mammal at an aquarium – OTTER
Many a character on HBO’s “Euphoria” – TEEN
Namesake of a Venice basilica – STMARK
Northeast Corridor express train – ACELA
Obama daughter – SASHA
Old Roman road – ITER
One-named “Body Party” singer – CIARA
Paper package – REAM
Park carriage, or one pushing it – STROLLER
Pierre’s “fin,” to Peter – END
Plot – CONSPIRE
Put in a bibliography – CITED
Qualified – ABLE
Quickness – HASTE
Receptive – OPEN
Renaissance fair rides – STEEDS
Retreated on the same trail … and what each answer to a starred clue has? – DOUBLEDBACK
Romance – WOO
Salami choice – GENOA
Sand transporter – PAIL
Scintilla – IOTA
Sicilian peak – ETNA
Skater Midori – ITO
Slim advantage – EDGE
Sweet Japanese rice cake – MOCHI
Taj Mahal feature – DOME
Tennis icon Arthur – ASHE
VFW member – EXGI
Vientiane people – LAO
Warhol’s “Campbell’s Soup Cans,” e.g – POPART
Wears down – ERODES
Winter coaster – SLED
Work __: moral belief – ETHIC
__ al-Fitr: end-of-Ramadan feast – EID
__TV: reality channel – TRU
