Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday March 23rd 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Insult : SLUR
5 Golden fruit that, legend has it, started the Trojan War : APPLE
10 Heat in “The Heat” : COPS
14 First-rate : A-ONE
15 Stands at lectures : PODIA
16 Like some hygiene : ORAL
17 Midas stock item : MUFFLER ASSEMBLY
20 Slept noisily : SNORED
21 Period in office : TERM
22 Leered at : OGLED
23 Left surreptitiously : STOLE AWAY
28 Beatty and Kelly : NEDS
29 “Walking in Memphis” Grammy winner Marc : COHN
30 Bill for svc. rendered : INV
31 Berry who played Storm in “X-Men” : HALLE
33 Israeli or Arab : SEMITE
36 Simple New England houses : CAPE COD COTTAGES
40 From dawn to dusk : ALL DAY
41 ’90s candidate __ Perot : H ROSS
42 Buzzer in a swarm : BEE
43 Half-moon tide : NEAP
44 Office fill-in : TEMP
48 Gobble up : SCARF DOWN
52 “Wherefore art thou” guy : ROMEO
53 Weighty Kuwaiti? : EMIR
54 Girl-asks-guy dances, informally : SADIES
55 Director’s “We’re done for today, people” … and hint to the start of 17-, 23-, 36- and 48-Across : THAT’S A WRAP, FOLKS
60 Bequest beneficiary : HEIR
61 Linney of “Ozark” : LAURA
62 “Blue” or “White” African river : NILE
63 “This is __ a test” : ONLY
64 Matches audio to video, e.g. : SYNCS
65 Verbalizes : SAYS
DOWN
1 Lover of Delilah : SAMSON
2 Airport waiting area : LOUNGE
3 Prepare to use, as a lawn chair : UNFOLD
4 Updated, as a Web page : REFRESHED
5 Mimicked : APED
6 For, to Fernando : POR
7 “Get a room!” evoker, initially : PDA
8 Sonny who lost to Clay in 1964 : LISTON
9 Portraitist’s prop : EASEL
10 City-state separator : COMMA
11 Globe : ORB
12 Pay or pen follower : -PAL
13 Foxy : SLY
18 Captained : LED
19 “She desires to speak with you … __ you go to bed”: “Hamlet” : ERE
23 Realtor’s favorite sign : SOLD
24 2010s cooking-themed talk show : THE CHEW
25 Kristen of “Bridesmaids” : WIIG
26 Required wager : ANTE
27 The “Y” of YSL : YVES
29 Be saccharine : CLOY
32 Here, in Havana : ACA
33 Octagonal sign : STOP
34 Short aliens? : ETS
35 Extinct elephants : MASTODONS
36 Uber competitors : CABS
37 “Match Game” host Baldwin : ALEC
38 Earnest request : PLEA
39 Algerian port : ORAN
43 Land with fjords : NORWAY
45 Clarke who played Daenerys on “Game of Thrones” : EMILIA
46 Sheepishly : MEEKLY
47 Deputized bands : POSSES
49 Second attempt : RETRY
50 Radio settings : FMS
51 Circular dashboard devices : DIALS
52 U.K. fliers : RAF
54 Restorative resorts : SPAS
55 Albeit, briefly : THO’
56 Barnyard layer : HEN
57 Disturb : AIL
58 Operate : RUN
59 Pendulum path : ARC
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