L.A.Times Crossword Corner

On the Home Stretch .  The circles are needed for today's puzzle.  A circle is progressively added to each theme answer to slowly spell ...

Theme: Celebrity Coupling - An "in language" pairing is reimagined with the first word representing a famous person and the seco...

Theme: Check your inventory - You can't SELL what you don't HAVE. 17A. *Sing on key : CARRY A TUNE 40A. *Try, with "...

Theme: Where there's smoke... - The reveal word is split open and bookends the theme entries. 17A. *Motorist's headache : F L ...

Theme:   Something you find on a fish .  No, not FINS or GILLS.  Think more musically - no, not even Vince Gill - and the reveal will make...