Here are the answers to L.A. Times Crossword puzzles Friday July 23 2021.
“Old” language that gave us “blunder” – NORSE
“Open 9 __ 5” – TIL
“The Music Man” setting – IOWA
“Who, me?” – MOI
“Will it play in __?”: vaudeville phrase – PEORIA
1945 “Big Three” meeting site – YALTA
Abbas’ gp – PLO
Appearances – MIENS
Apple core? – SEED
Articulate – UTTER
Attend to a spill – MOPUP
Audibly grieve – SOB
Big name in audio systems – BOSE
Big name in foil – ALCOA
Birthplace of St. Francis – ASSISI
Bit of fiction – MYTH
Bleed (for) – ACHE
Blind date? – MYSTERYMEET
Brute’s rebuke – ETTU
Build – ERECT
Calf-length skirt – MIDI
Cesar Millan’s gift? – THEHEELINGTOUCH
Comforting affirmation – ICARE
Company abbr – INC
Consequently – THUS
Conviction – FAITH
Cosmetic surgery procedure – FACELIFT
Customizable Nintendo persona – MII
Deal with creases – IRON
Distant – ALOOF
Doomed biblical city – SODOM
Double vision? – TWINPEEKS
E and FG, in sports – STATS
Extra NFL periods – OTS
Fabric with metallic threads – LAME
Feast on 44-Across – LUAU
Films partly made in stages – OATERS
First and __ – TEN
Flying Solo – HAN
Funny Fields – TOTIE
Group’s belief – TENET
Have on, to a Brit – FOOL
His-and-hers concert souvenir? – TEEFORTWO
Holds dear – VALUES
Improve – AMEND
Infielder in a comedy routine – WHO
Is beholden to – OWES
Items often checked – COATS
Japanese car whose name means “reward” in early German – MIATA
Joins, as a team – YOKES
Letters before a view – IMHO
Much urban housing: Abbr – APTS
Musical E equivalent – FFLAT
NYC art district – SOHO
Old times – PASTS
On fire – HOT
Original “King Kong” film studio – RKO
Poppycock – HOKUM
Pot pie veggie – PEA
Pound product – POEM
Provide generously, as one’s time – GIVEOF
Puts an edge on – WHETS
Quakers in Colorado? – ASPENS
Recipe directive – STIR
Related – AKIN
Revlon cosmetics brand – ALMAY
See 36-Down – OAHU
Star over Paris – ETOILE
Starts to fight – HASAT
Supreme monarchs – EMPERORS
Texans’ neighbors – OKIES
Texas HQ of Frito-Lay – PLANO
Triage areas, briefly – ERS
What EEE signifies? – NOSMALLFEET
When a classic film gunfight started – ATNOON
WWII carrier – LST
