Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday October 5th 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Street in London home to many medical offices : HARLEY
7 Charles known as the “Angry Man of Jazz” : MINGUS
13 Cold spells : ICE AGES
15 Like most drafts : UNSENT
16 “Hang on” : JUST A SEC
18 Pose : STANCE
19 Duck : AVOID
20 Admit : COP TO
22 Get some sun : TAN
23 Get too much sun : BURN
24 “No kidding!” : TRULY
25 Guinness order : PINT
26 Ready : SET
27 Large venue : ARENA
28 Song birds? : SWANS
29 Serious scratch : PRETTY PENNY
31 Poutine kin : CHEESE FRIES
32 Comes full circle? : WRAP AROUND
33 Second-most populous urban area of the Tibetan Plateau : LHASA
34 Primary rte.? : US-ONE
35 Ask sincerely : BEG
38 A in Kindergarten : EINE
39 Like some accents : ACUTE
40 Adidas rival : FILA
41 Sound of disapproval : TSK
42 Shorts’ lack : KNEES
43 John whose Civil War trilogy was adapted as a miniseries starring Patrick Swayze : JAKES
44 “Don’t bother” : SKIP IT
46 Star witness? : SIDEKICK
48 Moderate : GENTLE
49 International understanding : ENTENTE
50 Instruments that are difficult to donate, ironically : ORGANS
51 Help : ASSIST
DOWN
1 Garments similar to mantillas : HIJABS
2 Contacts company : ACUVUE
3 Sandals, e.g. : RESORT
4 Mass medium : LATIN
5 “Zounds!” : EGAD
6 Pitcher’s aim? : YES
7 Dank : MUSTY
8 Digging : INTO
9 PRISM org. : NSA
10 Plants whose roots flavor angostura bitters and Aperol : GENTIANS
11 Eerie : UNCANNY
12 Surgical tubes : STENTS
14 Ingredient omitted from a recipe, perhaps : SECRET SAUCE
17 Retaliates, in a way : COUNTERSUES
21 Do some sole searching : PLAY FOOTSIE
24 Arborist’s concerns : TREES
25 Trounced, as a n00b : PWNED
27 Corncake that may be filled with queso : AREPA
28 One making bank in Paris? : SEINE
29 Moon unit : PHASE
30 Dried plum : PRUNE
31 Revolutionary activity? : CRANKING
32 Hair of the dog : WHISKER
33 “It’s that time” : LET’S GO
35 Midriff-baring suit : BIKINI
36 Chooses : ELECTS
37 Flood insurance? : GASKET
39 They’re paid to play : ANTES
40 Mountebanks : FAKES
42 Brick oven : KILN
43 Takes off : JETS
45 Org. that publishes Our Children magazine : PTA
47 Father figurer : DNA
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