Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday October 29th, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 “The Name of the Game” pop quartet : ABBA
5 Driver’s lic. info : DOB
8 Nixed, at NASA : NO-GO
12 Back teeth : MOLARS
18 Adolescent : TEEN
19 Concessions purchase : COLA
20 Very, informally : UBER
21 Bright red liqueur : APEROL
22 Date night, or a midgame show starring Beyoncé instead of the coach’s nephew’s garage band? : BETTER-HALF TIME or BETTER HALFTIME
25 Stovetop piper : KETTLE
26 Still going : ACTIVE
27 Cappuccino topping : FOAM
28 Prophetic sign : OMEN
30 Pliable wood : YEW
31 English article : THE
32 “And so forth” abbr. : ETC
34 Bohr played by Kenneth Branagh in “Oppenheimer” : NIELS
37 Word with bright or big : IDEA
39 Giving up a lazy Saturday to clean up a beach at sunrise, or waking up to pancakes instead of gruel? : GREATER-GOOD MORNING or GREATER GOOD MORNING
45 Busy mo. for a 102-Across : APR
47 Weep : CRY
48 Brazilian berry : ACAI
49 Cancel : ANNUL
50 Ease of movement : FLUIDITY
53 Target : AIM AT
55 Food stamp org. : USDA
56 A chic gray bob and cat eye bifocals, or sleeping until noon and dancing until dawn? : LATER-LIFE STYLES or LATER LIFESTYLES
59 Classified : RATED
60 Ethically indifferent : AMORAL
61 Skip over : OMIT
62 Fast Amtrak train : ACELA
64 Took first place : WON
65 Underground systems : METROS
67 Fluffy craft supply : POMPOM
70 Writing tip? : NIB
73 Adventure game console : ATARI
75 Soy block : TOFU
76 “I am enough,” e.g. : MANTRA
78 Snouts : NOSES
80 Cardstock instead of newsprint, or the work of a wordy student? : LONGER-TERM PAPER or LONGER TERM PAPER
85 Feel (for) : ACHE
86 Spanish diacritic : TILDE
87 Meetings : SESSIONS
88 Bite noisily : CHOMP
90 Operatic icon : DIVA
91 Pub choice : ALE
92 Wolfed down : ATE
93 “The copy editor says this needs a capital letter,” or a judge saying “Not enough evidence” in a bass-baritone? : LOWERCASE DISMISSED or LOWER CASE DISMISSED
99 Flit : DART
100 Greek fabulist : AESOP
101 Wallach of “The Holiday” : ELI
102 Tax prep pro : CPA
105 Scolding sound : TSK
108 Spring : LEAP
110 2-Down, for one : TREE
112 Ready at a moment’s notice : ON CALL
114 “Girl on Fire” singer Keys : ALICIA
116 God’s rest on the seventh day, or forty winks on a bunk bed? : HIGHER-POWER NAP or HIGHER POWER NAP
120 Sharp grabbers : TALONS
121 Large barrel : DRUM
122 Fish caught in pots : EELS
123 Hippocratic __ : OATH
124 Orbital extreme : APOGEE
125 18-wheeler : SEMI
126 “Happy now?” : SEE
127 __ bargain : PLEA
DOWN
1 Up, in baseball : AT BAT
2 Canvas for many an arborglyph : BEECH
3 Midler of “Hocus Pocus” : BETTE
4 Against : ANTI
5 Play-__: Fun Factory clay : DOH
6 Norwegian saint : OLAF
7 Balderdash : BALONEY
8 Cappuccino topping, perhaps : NUTMEG
9 __-Wan Kenobi : OBI
10 Jewel : GEM
11 Cookie used to make Halloween bat-shaped treats : OREO
12 Manage with whatever’s available : MAKE DO
13 1968 to now, in professional tennis : OPEN ERA
14 “__ the games begin!” : LET
15 Highbrow : ARTY
16 Part : ROLE
17 Whole lot : SLEW
19 Heraklion’s island : CRETE
23 Eternally : EVER
24 Event where pies win ribbons : FAIR
29 “La Bohème” heroine : MIMI
33 Prickly plants : CACTI
35 Like fertile soil : LOAMY
36 Bolsa Chica State Beach’s locale, informally : SOCAL
38 Single-season bloom : ANNUAL
39 Actress Pam : GRIER
40 Take a shot at : TRY FOR
41 Promposal goal : DATE
42 Appliance that performs under pressure? : INSTANT POT
43 In the buff : NUDE
44 Happy : GLAD
45 Dollar alternative : ALAMO
46 Give ’em the old razzle-dazzle, say : PUT ON A SHOW
50 Weak spot : FLAW
51 Many Oscar contenders : DRAMAS
52 Not as well : ILLER
53 Sale caveat : AS IS
54 Hirsute cousin : ITT
57 Punk offshoot : EMO
58 Drain : SAP
59 Plots again : REMAPS
63 PR focus : COMMS
66 Ending at, casually : ‘TIL
67 Bioré target : PORE
68 Frequently, poetically : OFT
69 Oaty breakfast mix : MUESLI
71 Oscar nominee Dunne : IRENE
72 Xylophone parts : BARS
74 Abounded (with) : TEEMED
75 Journalist Koppel : TED
77 Water nymph : NAIAD
78 Salt formula : NACL
79 Nueve preceder : OCHO
81 Singer Redding : OTIS
82 “Love your skin” body brand : NIVEA
83 Woody area : GLADE
84 Actress Witherspoon : REESE
89 Nutty confection : PRALINE
90 __ mining : DATA
91 Current units : AMPERES
94 Fold : CREASE
95 Thin strips of land : ISTHMI
96 Irked : SORE
97 Loses speed : SLOWS
98 German article : EINE
102 Gondola waterway : CANAL
103 Tectonic __ : PLATE
104 First Greek letter : ALPHA
105 “Toodles” : TA-TA
106 Thwack : SLAP
107 2.2 lbs., roughly : KILO
109 Univ. conferrals : PHDS
111 Sport sword : EPEE
113 Trim, as a photo : CROP
115 Horologist’s piece : COG
117 Wrath : IRE
118 Orbit, e.g. : GUM
119 Fútbol cheer : OLE
