Here are the answers to L.A. Times Crossword puzzles Friday October 29 2021.
“La Dolce Vita” co-star – EKBERG
“Roll Tide” school – BAMA
“__ of the Needle”: Ken Follett novel – EYE
Asthma sufferer’s relief – INHALER
Bad-mouth – DIS
Banned pollutants, for short – PCBS
Battle tactic – SIEGE
Certain war hero – AIRACE
Check for accuracy – VET
Come down – ALIGHT
Command – DICTATE
Common newspaper nickname – TRIB
Deans, professors and undergrads? – UPEOPLE
Descendants of Muhammad, in Shi’ism – IMAMS
Down – BLUE
Draw – TIEGAME
Duds – GARB
Easter Island, to natives – RAPANUI
Ebert’s partner in the 2000s – ROEPER
Fictional spread near Jonesboro – TARA
Filling in for rapper Cardi? – SPELLINGB
Flooded with – AWASHIN
Fox competitor – ABC
Frank McCourt memoir – TIS
Govt. security – TBILL
Guided – STEERED
Irritate – GNAWAT
It’s usually higher on the hwy – MPG
Kid stuff – SNAP
Library ID – ISBN
Macedonian’s neighbor – SERB
Mag for execs – INC
Mediocre bakery item in home ec class? – CBISCUIT
Meir contemporary – EBAN
Muss – RUMPLE
Narwhal feature – TUSK
Nos. averaging 100 – IQS
On the __: famous – MAP
Ones who take too much advantage of a privilege, e.g – ABUSERS
Pageant held in Memphis in 2020 – MISSUSA
Passionate – AVID
Piles – HEAPS
Put in the ground – PLANTED
Qajar dynasty’s domain – PERSIA
Rock with bands – AGATE
Rural skyline feature – SILO
Safari sight – GNU
Said, “She was with me all day,” say – ALIBIED
Sailor’s emergency container – BAIL
Sailor’s pronoun – SHE
Sails force? – FLEET
Scottish refusal – NAE
Scrape, say – MAR
Serious observance – RITE
Started to overtake, with “on” – GAINED
Stuff of legends – LORE
Submits a racy version of a film to the MPAA? – CHANCESR
Three-way joint – TEE
Times to call, in ads – AFTS
Tool for the jungle – MACHETE
Trouble at the family rec center? – YBOTHER
Two-time loser to Ike – ADLAI
Water color – AQUA
Watercolor user – ARTIST
Weaken – SAP
Wilt – SAG
Win over – ENAMOR
Witness – SEE
Won’t leave alone – NAGS
Word in a recipe – ADD
Work unit – ERG
Worker, informally – PROLE
Working hard to find, with “up” – SCARING
Wound up – TENSE
Zippo – NIL
__ ballerina – PRIMA
__ Montoya, “The Princess Bride” role – INIGO
__-a-brac – BRIC
