Here are the answers to L.A. Times Crossword puzzles Monday May 3 2021.
“Tarzan” creator’s monogram – ERB
“What’s __ about?” – THIS
“Whooping” bird – CRANE
*Bowling alley’s “start over” device – RESETBUTTON
*Dilapidated car – RUSTBUCKET
*High-fiber cereal with dried fruit – RAISINBRAN
*Unscrupulous 19th-century tycoon – ROBBERBARON
1974 pension plan legislation – ERISA
African antelope – ELAND
Anglo-__ – SAXON
Angry feeling – IRE
Assures, as a win – ICES
ATM maker – NCR
Attention-getting whisper – PSST
Bee Gees surname – GIBB
Belgian river – YSER
Bellicose Greek god – ARES
Body trunks – TORSI
Bony-looking Halloween costume – SKELETON
Bull or ram – MALE
Butts, in slang – TUSHES
Cellular messenger – RNA
Cling wrap brand – SARAN
Closing words? – OBIT
Cooked just right – DONE
Crazy Eights cousin – UNO
Curved molding – OGEE
Dec. 25 – XMAS
Discourage – DETER
Early Olds auto – REO
Fiber source – ROUGHAGE
Formally commend, as for bravery – CITE
Fuel-eating cars – GASHOGS
Huge star in Cygnus – DENEB
Irregularly sharp-edged – JAGGED
Is hurting – AILS
It measures rpm – TACH
Item sold in reams – PAPER
Jai __: court game – ALAI
Late evening, informally – NITE
Lhasa __: Tibetan dogs – APSOS
Listening organ – EAR
Lively Irish dance – REEL
Lode load – ORE
London lavs – LOOS
Lump of clay, say – GLOB
Man’s name that’s a green fruit spelled backwards – EMIL
Mark Harmon CBS series – NCIS
Monster’s loch – NESS
More than suggested – URGED
Musical pause – REST
Nevada city – ELKO
Open-handed hit – SLAP
Osbourne of heavy metal – OZZY
Parsley or sage piece – SPRIG
Persistent noise – DIN
Personifies – EMBODIES
Planetary shadow – UMBRA
Poker strategies – RAISES
Quench, as thirst – SLAKE
Ray Charles’ genre, and a hint to the answers to starred clues – RANDB
Rifle range rounds – AMMO
See 2-Down – DERN
Sommer of “A Shot in the Dark” – ELKE
Sophisticated and charming – DEBONAIR
Students’ play period – RECESS
Taunting cry – JEER
The “D” in FDA – DRUG
The “Z” in ZIP Code – ZONE
Tree branch – LIMB
Two-masted vessel – KETCH
Tyke on a trike – TOT
Very excited – AROUSED
With 42-Down, Best Supporting Actress Oscar winner in “Marriage Story” – LAURA
Word often seen before “shoppe” – OLDE
__ Dhabi – ABU
__ suit: ’40s apparel – ZOOT
__-Z: classic Camaro – IROC
