Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday October 30th 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Supermodel Banks : TYRA
5 Ritalin target: Abbr. : ADHD
9 The real deal : LEGIT
14 Zig or zag : VEER
15 Darling : DEAR
16 Many a resident of the Fertile Crescent : IRAQI
17 Treadmill setting : PACE
18 Gumbo ingredient : OKRA
19 So last year : PASSE
20 Chiles near the top of the Scoville scale : GHOST PEPPERS
23 Plant anchor : ROOT
24 Cornea locale : EYE
25 Concealed : HID
28 _ and reel : ROD
30 One of a set needed for a monopoly in Monopoly : DEED
33 Landform generally bigger than a gully but smaller than a valley : RAVINE
35 Curved path : ARC
36 Hard-boiled hors d’oeuvres : DEVILED EGGS
38 Ernie’s bestie : BERT
40 Halloween night, to All Saints’ Day : EVE
41 “Hot Girl Summer” rapper Megan _ Stallion : THEE
42 Citrus with red pulp : BLOOD ORANGE
47 Not close : FAR
48 “Honest!” : I SWEAR
49 Arise (from) : STEM
50 Gallery collection : ART
51 Fictional coach Lasso : TED
52 Light touch : TAP
54 Pine for : MISS
56 Gordon Ramsay cooking competition that sounds like it should involve 20-, 36-, and 42-Across? : HELL’S KITCHEN
61 Off the cuff : AD-LIB
64 Comparable (to) : AKIN
65 Word on an Irish passport : EIRE
66 Small crown : TIARA
67 Casserole pasta : ZITI
68 Eggy seasonal drinks : NOGS
69 Taxi fare calculator : METER
70 Primatology subjects : APES
71 Grandson of Adam : ENOS
DOWN
1 Common sitcom rating : TV-PG
2 “Sure,” informally : YEAH
3 Feature of a 2023 women’s volleyball match at Nebraska’s Memorial Stadium : RECORD CROWD
4 Playground retort : ARE SO
5 Rescued dog, e.g. : ADOPTEE
6 Hockey feint : DEKE
7 Symbol on an Irish passport : HARP
8 Hang, as a curtain : DRAPE
9 Watch what one says? : LIP-READ
10 Notable times : ERAS
11 Neon or xenon : GAS
12 Educ. testing data : IQS
13 Deadlock : TIE
21 Welker’s “Meet the Press” predecessor : TODD
22 Brontë’s “Jane ” : EYRE
25 Haute couture : HIGH FASHION
26 Ready to go : IN GEAR
27 Climate for Utah’s “Mighty Five” national parks : DESERT
28 Protein in a traditional paella : RABBIT
29 Vague warning : OR ELSE
31 At any point : EVER
32 Prima donnas : DIVAS
34 Nov. honoree : VET
37 Pre-Easter period : LENT
39 the line : TOE
43 Baked snack with dried fruit : DATE BAR
44 Spoken : ORAL
45 Some June babies : GEMINIS
46 Give off : EMIT
53 Public square : PLAZA
55 Part of an act : SCENE
56 Put on the payroll : HIRE
57 Button that plays the next song on a playlist : SKIP
58 Toy on a string : KITE
59 Thus : ERGO
60 Loch __ monster : NESS
61 20s dispenser : ATM
62 Stop working, as a battery : DIE
63 Long. counterpart : LAT
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