Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday February 24th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 It may break and crash : WAVE
5 It has an eye on TV : CBS
8 Slightly open : AJAR
12 Sea that’s a victim of irrigation projects : ARAL
13 Water park feature : CHUTE
15 Heavyweight fight? : SUMO
16 Capital founded by Pizarro : LIMA
17 They may draft briefs : PARAS
18 Saloon door’s lack : KNOB
19 Civil War topper : KEPI
20 Tattoo joint? : ANKLE
21 Folklore monster : OGRE
22 Move furtively : SLINK
24 “Breaking Bad” org. : DEA
25 Verne who created Nemo : JULES
26 Dodger rival of shortstop Rizzuto : REESE
28 Bucket of bolts : CRATE
30 “Evita” narrator : CHE
32 Gummy bear ingredient : GELATIN
34 YouTube clip, for short : VID
37 Prefix with call : ROBO-
39 Meek : TIMID
40 Tubes on the table : ZITI
41 Sonicare rival : ORAL-B
43 Get into a stew? : EAT
44 One who digs hard rock : MINER
45 Wedding reception hiree : CATERER
47 Pressing : EXIGENT
49 Catch a bug, say : AIL
50 Energy unit : ERG
51 Loitering … or how 3-, 5-, 7- and 9-Down might be seen? : HANGING AROUND
58 Magic prop : WAND
59 Tech company that became a verb : XEROX
60 Source : ROOT
62 Harper’s Bazaar designer : ERTE
63 Absurd : INANE
64 Swear to be true : AVOW
65 Tap serving : BEER
66 California’s Point __ National Seashore : REYES
67 Cook Islands export : TARO
DOWN
1 Constitutional events : WALKS
2 Disney mermaid : ARIEL
3 Blood-drinking mammal : VAMPIRE BAT
4 “Seinfeld” regular : ELAINE
5 High light : CHANDELIER
6 Delta of “Designing Women” : BURKE
7 Spelunking sight : STALACTITE
8 Try to date : ASK OUT
9 Support for Tarzan : JUNGLE VINE
10 Love, to Luigi : AMORE
11 Judicial attire : ROBES
13 One working on bks. : CPA
14 Linguistic suffix : -ESE
23 It may be tapped : KEG
25 Fifth of 12, alphabetically: Abbr. : JAN
27 Place for shooting stars? : SET
29 Free (of) : RID
30 Shoe that’s full of holes : CROC
31 Dance that may involve a chair : HORA
33 Reddit Q&A session : AMA
35 Cal.-to-Fla. highway : I-TEN
36 Gossip : DIRT
38 Poisonous flowering shrub : OLEANDER
40 Terraced structure of ancient Mesopotamia : ZIGGURAT
42 Naval lockup : BRIG
44 Surrealist Joan : MIRO
46 Magical potion : ELIXIR
48 Persian king : XERXES
51 “__ Trigger”: Bugs Bunny cartoon : HARE
52 Stud fee, maybe : ANTE
53 Hawaiian goose : NENE
54 Anatomy book author Henry : GRAY
55 Five-star : A-ONE
56 Smoked salmon : NOVA
57 Cuckoo clock feature : DOOR
58 Baseball glove part : WEB
61 Vegas snake eyes : TWO
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