Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the March 24th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Concerning : AS FOR
6 Letters replacing a list : ETC
9 Afternoon snooze : NAP
12 Nighttime party : SOIREE
14 Soccer tiebreaker, perhaps : SHOOT-OUT
17 County on the English Channel : SUSSEX
18 Canyon namesake of dry California winds : SANTA ANA
19 Tree with elastic wood : ASH
20 *Matches with known outcomes : FIXED FIGHTS
22 Hi-__ TV : DEF
23 What “X” may mean : TEN
24 Music center? : ESS
25 Dennis the Menace, for one : IMP
28 Beloved : DEAR
30 Monk’s title : FRA
33 Cultural setting : MILIEU
36 Black and blue? : BERRIES
39 H or O, in H2O : ELEMENT
41 Contrasting ornaments : SET-OFFS
42 Roald Dahl title heroine : MATILDA
43 Submitted, as a manuscript : SENT IN
44 Kvetching sounds : OYS
45 Weakens : EBBS
48 Give voice to : SAY
49 __ Lingus : AER
51 Partner in a 2020 peace agreement with Isr. : UAE
53 Quite a ways away : FAR
56 *Music group’s lead violinist, casually : FIRST FIDDLE
61 Anger : IRE
62 Imagining : IDEATING
63 Photo taken backwards? : SELFIE
65 Marine Corps motto, briefly, and a hint to the answers to starred clues : SEMPER FI
66 Thrills : ELATES
67 General on a menu : TSO
68 Fair-hiring letters : EOE
69 Flair : STYLE
DOWN
1 Syrian leader : ASSAD
2 W.C. Fields persona : SOUSE
3 *Fast-food alternatives to burgers : FISH FILETS
4 RN workplaces : ORS
5 Sailing danger : REEF
6 Ancient mystic : ESSENE
7 Jazz trumpeter Jones : THAD
8 Meeting group : CONFEREES
9 Biblical boater : NOAH
10 Bee, to Opie : AUNT
11 School orgs. : PTAS
13 Leave : EXIT
15 Name seen on one’s way to the penthouse? : OTIS
16 License plates : TAGS
21 Marked on a ballot : XED
26 “La Bohème” role : MIMI
27 Banana covering : PEEL
29 Hunk’s pride : ABS
30 *Like half a chance : FIFTY-FIFTY
31 APR-reducing loan : REFI
32 Pt. of AAA : ASSN
33 Office notice : MEMO
34 “Now __ me down to sleep … ” : I LAY
35 Being severely criticized : UNDER FIRE
37 Numbered rds. : RTES
38 Novelist Jaffe : RONA
40 Diner check : TAB
46 Aussie parrot, briefly : BUDGIE
47 Mournful : SAD
49 33-Down demand, perhaps : ASAP
50 Luncheon end? : -ETTE
52 “… or __!” : ELSE
54 Cartoon mermaid : ARIEL
55 Actress Witherspoon : REESE
56 Punch deliverer : FIST
57 March time : IDES
58 San __: Italian resort : REMO
59 Recon target : INFO
60 Sniggler’s catch : EELS
64 Map line: Abbr. : LAT
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