Here are the answers to L.A. Times Crossword puzzles Wednesday October 20 2021.
“Friendly Skies” co – UAL
“Hair” styles – AFROS
“Macbeth” role – HAG
*”Dilbert,” e.g – COMICSTRIP
*Give the go-ahead from the control tower – CLEARFORTAKEOFF
*Lawn mower’s spot – GARDENSHED
*Slapstick slipper? – BANANAPEEL
*Well-worn, as carpets – THREADBARE
10-time MLB All-Star – ICHIRO
Actress Blakley – RONEE
Air rifle ammo – BBS
Atlanta-to-Miami dir – SSE
Atlas box – INSET
Ballpoint, e.g – PEN
Barrie’s nonconformist pirate – SMEE
Behind – DUFF
Belfry hangers – BATS
Big time – ERA
Bro or sis – SIB
Broadcasting – ONAIR
Bunt on a scorecard – SAC
Campus VIP – PROF
Chair part – ARM
Chewy candy – LICORICE
Common awards word – BEST
Cooling rocks – ICE
Core concepts – GISTS
Cunning – SLY
Danger – PERIL
Dating letters – BCE
Desert partly in northern China – GOBI
Diddley and Peep – BOS
Entr’__ – ACTE
Film noir protagonist – ANTIHERO
Follow closely – DOG
Forrest’s shrimp-loving friend – BUBBA
Fowl pole – ROOST
French sea – MER
Giant among speakers – BOSE
Greek Mars – ARES
Groovy – FAB
i follower – POD
In vogue – CHIC
Internet connection – MODEM
Kenan Thompson is its longest-tenured cast member, briefly – SNL
Least distant – NEAREST
Like fishhooks, usually – BARBED
Loads from lodes – ORES
Loi maker – SENAT
Lose interest in – TIREOF
Marine steering mechanisms – FINS
Mariners’ park, familiarly and formerly – SAFECO
Metz milk – LAIT
Minn. college – STOLAF
Mont Blanc summer – ETE
Online money – ECASH
Oven pan – ROASTER
Overly fussy, say – ANAL
Patronize, as a restaurant – EATAT
Periodic table items – ELEMENTS
Put a thin cut in – SLIT
Remove, as clothing … and a hint to the ends of the answers to starred clues – DOFF
Russo of “Tin Cup” – RENE
Scoville __: chili pepper heat measurement – UNIT
Steamed – IRATE
Stuff thrown overboard – JETSAM
Suggested, flavorwise – TASTEDOF
Swiss Miss product – COCOA
Tap site – KEG
Tiny – ITSY
To and __ – FRO
To the __: maximally – HILT
Triangular sails – JIBS
URL ending of a 37-Across – EDU
Uses a bucket in a boat – BAILS
Uses Pledge, say – DUSTS
Writer Harte – BRET
__ Elton John – SIR
