Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday October 7th 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Feature of most debit cards : CHIP
5 Missing sections : GAPS
9 Flower in a chain : DAISY
14 Sitarist Shankar : RAVI
15 Norwegian capital : OSLO
16 Heroic knight of medieval Spain : EL CID
17 Newspaper opinion piece : EDITORIAL
19 Appearances : MIENS
20 Chicago’s Italian beef, for one : STEAK SANDWICH
22 Distress call : SOS
23 Staple : upholsterer’s tool : GUN
24 Timeworn : AGE-OLD
27 New Yorker who’s the youngest woman to serve in Congress, familiarly : AOC
28 Curly coif : AFRO
30 Mahal : TAJ
31 Human rights lawyer Clooney : AMAL
34 Pronouns on a towel set, in some families : HIS AND HERS
37 “Can’t you get anyone else?” : MUST I
39 Early web portal : MSN
40 Figure out : SOLVE
41 La Jolla sch. with a top-ranked surf team : UC SAN DIEGO
44 Exam for jrs. : PSAT
45 Feminine pronoun : SHE
46 Penny : CENT
47 Driver’s one-eighty : U-IE
49 West Coast nabe known for Chicano culture : EAST LA
51 Addams cousin : ITT
52 Informal promise of payment : IOU
55 Metaphor for constant, unpredictable change, or the pattern made by this puzzle’s circles : SHIFTING SANDS
59 Sing a lullaby, perhaps : CROON
61 House key that can be memorized : ENTRY CODE
62 Language of runes : NORSE
63 Land unit : ACRE
64 Ballpark level : TIER
65 “Rudolph the Red-__ Reindeer” : NOSED
66 Demonstrate : SHOW
67 Some 35mm cameras : SLRS
DOWN
1 Easy-to-grow herb in the mustard family : CRESS
2 “You _ be there” : HAD TO
3 Wall-climbing vines : IVIES
4 Bread often cut into triangles : PITA
5 Neil who has been a Supreme Court justice since 2017 : GORSUCH
6 From Japan, e.g. : ASIAN
7 Think ahead : PLAN
8 Gavel banger’s word : SOLD
9 Beings who are part deity, part human : DEMIGODS
10 Jazz great Coltrane : ALICE
11 Businesses that face liquidation every year? : ICE HOTELS
12 Transgression : SIN
13 Gridiron distances: Abbr. : YDS
18 “Take it away!” : OK GO
21 Caution : WARN
25 Butterfly stage : LARVA
26 Dance party mix : DJ SET
27 Utah ski resort : ALTA
28 Valuable item : ASSET
29 Rattlesnake tooth : FANG
31 Entertain : AMUSE
32 Very, in Spanish : MUCHA
33 Property tax calculators : ASSESSORS
35 “Sign me up!” : I’M IN
36 Optimistic feeling : HOPE
38 In the mood : INCLINED
42 Like many Gallaudet students : DEAF
43 Got too big for : OUTGREW
48 “The _-bitsy spider … ” : ITSY
50 The ones over there : THOSE
51 Opening words : INTRO
52 How smoked oysters may be packed : IN OIL
53 More weird : ODDER
54 Operators : USERS
56 Bigelow products : TEAS
57 Fraction of a foot : INCH
58 Plays a role : ACTS
59 “This Morning With Kasie Hunt” channel : CNN
60 Joey of kid-lit : ROO