L.A.Times Crossword Corner

Theme:   Placee your bets.  That's what it mens to ANTE UP.  But to UP THE ANTE means something quite different, as we shall soon see. ...

Theme: The Pressure Is On!   Here we have an unusual theme where the entries are united by something that happens to them.  Let's start ...

Theme:  Try 4-7-8 breathing . Today we have a clever and unusually constructed puzzle by our own dear C.C., with a split unifier, and vertic...

heme: STRINGING ALONG or FACING THE MUSIC, or FEELING PLUCKY .  The last word of in the language phrases is repurposed to suggest a guitar...

Theme:  Conductor's Conduct or Overbearing at the Opera or Tyranny from the Pit .   In-the-language phrases are repurposed as harsh ins...