Here are the answers to L.A. Times Crossword puzzles Tuesday October 12 2021.
“Ditto” – ASAMI
“Inferno” poet – DANTE
“Rebel Without a Cause” co-star – NATALIEWOOD
“She loves you” followers, in song – YEAHS
“Speed Racer” genre – ANIME
“Stop stalling!” – DOIT
’70s tennis star Ilie – NASTASE
Act in concert – UNITE
Admiral’s rear – AFT
Angle calculations – SINES
Approached aggressively – RANAT
Aromatic closet-lining wood – CEDAR
Bag-checking org – TSA
Bar passer, briefly – ATT
Barbecue draw – AROMA
Barbershop sound – SNIP
Bit of antiquity – RELIC
BYU or NYU – SCH
Chicago winter hrs – CST
Child minder – NANNY
Circus closing? – ESS
Clock sound – TICK
Collector’s goal – SET
Court case – TRIAL
Crosses by wading – FORDS
Crude carrier – OILTANKER
De La Garza of “FBI” – ALANA
Desk chair feature – SWIVEL
Disfigure – MAR
Downed – ATE
Dramatic descents, and a hint to each set of circles – TAILSPINS
Escaping-steam sound – HISS
Fertilizer compound – NITER
Fifth of a musical series – SOL
Gem set by itself – SOLITAIRE
Gen-__ – XER
Good thing to spend with one’s kids – QUALITYTIME
Hikers’ flasks – CANTEENS
Hodgepodges – OLIOS
Internet acronym – URL
Island garland – LEI
It’s quite a blast – HTEST
It’s useless to argue with one – KNOWITALL
Janet Yellen’s field: Abbr – ECON
Juice buy – QUART
Kaka’ako crooner – DONHO
Lachrymose – TEARY
Latin bears – URSAE
Legal thing – RES
Less lax – STERNER
Like a stunt pilot’s maneuvers – AERIAL
Like starfish – RAYED
Notable biblical birth – NATIVITY
Old nuclear agcy – AEC
Part of an act – SCENE
Physicians’ org – AMA
Pigeon shelters – COTES
Predicament – FIX
Prenatal test, informally – AMNIO
Punctuational symbol of completeness – DOTTEDI
Scary “2001” computer – HAL
Serena’s sister – VENUS
Sign of success – VEE
Skylit courts – ATRIA
Spreads used instead of butter – OLEOS
Statesman with an eponymous jacket – MAO
Step on it, quaintly – HIE
Swaying hip-hop dance – NAENAE
Time to remember – ERA
Tour de France saison – ETE
Twist in pain – WRITHE
Two fins – TENSPOT
U.S. ID issuer – SSA
Verbal nudge – PSST
What may be before now? – ERE
Word before heart or heed – TAKE
Yossarian’s “Catch-22” tentmate – ORR
__ chain – FOOD
