L.A.Times Crossword Corner

 Theme: A Tale of Tails. The circled letters combine to make a 4 letter word that can follow TAIL and make a new in -the-language word or p...

 Theme: I GET A ROUND.  The first word of each theme entry homophonically represents a factor in the formula for the circumference of a circ...

 Theme: Measure Four Measure.  The circled letters in the answers to the starred clues spell various units of measurement.  But, as we shall...

Theme: It's the unifier -  FAILURE TO LAUNCH .   At my age, I think of this as an unsuccessful attempt in rocketry.  But the modern usag...

div> Theme:  Each theme clue today is the same word, in search of different ways of expressing its meaning.  This is called a definitio...