Here are the answers to L.A. Times Crossword puzzles Wednesday July 21 2021.
“Amen!” … or a hint to the start of four other long answers – ILLSECONDTHAT
“Dred” novelist – STOWE
“Kidding!” letters – LOL
“Start the music!” – HITIT
“The Black Cat” author – POE
“Told __!” – YOU
1974 musical based on a 1900 novel, with “The” – WIZ
2010 Barack appointee – ELENA
Ancient trio – MAGI
Associate with – TIETO
Belgian expressionist James – ENSOR
Bit of body ink – TAT
Black cat, to some – OMEN
Bothered a lot, with “at” – ATE
Braille is one – BINARYCODE
Burst forth – SPEW
Cabin or castle – ABODE
Camera letters – SLR
Carrier to Tokyo – ANA
Chard alternative – ZIN
Cheap – STINGY
Color – HUE
Cosmetician Adrien – ARPEL
Crude metals – ORES
Cue followers – ARS
Diamond Head locale – OAHU
Drop off for a bit – NAP
eBay offers – BIDS
Either Bush 43 daughter – TWINSISTER
Gaelic gal – LASS
Heart-y message? – LOVENOTE
Hoi __ – POLLOI
Idris of “Luther” – ELBA
JFK board data – ETAS
Journal’s end? – ESE
Lake formed by the Hoover Dam – MEAD
Language in which “w” and “y” are considered vowels – WELSH
Locker room powders – TALCS
Lox variety – NOVA
Meter preceder – ODO
Mine, in Montreal – AMOI
Modern customer support option – LIVECHAT
Mole, perhaps – DOUBLEAGENT
Numbs – BLUNTS
Olympic event featuring death spirals – PAIRSKATING
Pacific weather phenomenon – LANINA
Palindromic woman’s name – ANNA
Parrot – APE
Persuasive pieces – ESSAYS
Pizza pieces? – ZEES
Political pundit Peggy – NOONAN
Potterverse courier – OWL
Prepare to get up from one’s plane seat – UNBELT
Quite a lot – TONS
Reacts in fear, as a horse – REARSUP
Reason for a restart – UPDATE
Reveres – IDOLIZES
Risk-offsetting investments – HEDGES
Rival – VIE
Rolls of money – WADS
See 68-Across – PEKOE
Señora Perón – EVA
Small advantage – EDGE
Smokes, briefly – CIGS
Sooner State city – ENID
Spectrum maker – PRISM
Stun – DAZE
Sucker for a flame – MOTH
Upper limit – CAP
Vivid dye – AZO
Volleyball scoring unit – SET
Water whirled – EDDY
When tripled, “et cetera” – YADA
With 56-Down, type of black tea with another color in its name – ORANGE
Wonderstruck – AWED
__ hit: baseball single – ONEBASE
__ Savitskaya, first woman to perform a spacewalk – SVETLANA
__ Tomé and Príncipe – SAO
