Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday April 8th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 #1 Toto song that mentions the Serengeti : AFRICA
7 Whittling, for one : CRAFT
12 Wavy patterns in some op art : MOIRES
13 Cool one’s feet at streamside, say : DANGLE
14 Attempted coup participants : CO-CONSPIRATORS
17 Stretching muscles : TENSORS
18 Iowa State city : AMES
20 Many an 18th-century painter : ROCOCO ARTIST
24 Low-quality : POOR
26 CFO’s degree : MBA
27 Intelligence org. : NSA
28 Form close ties (with) : BOND
29 “Let’s have at it!” : GAME ON
32 Point : AIM
33 Circle segment : ARC
34 Palm fruit … or what the creator of this puzzle’s theme apparently is? : COCONUT or COCO NUT
35 __ dog : TOP
36 Classic Pontiac : GTO
37 Not moving : AT REST
38 Desires : YENS
39 Bellows of “The Agency” : GIL
40 Dessert order : PIE
41 Flower holders : BEDS
42 Environmentally concerned : ECO-CONSCIOUS
47 Old Venetian judge : DOGE
48 Catching a glimpse of : ESPYING
51 Source of an organic fiber : SILKWORM COCOON
56 Most cunning : SLIEST
57 When Rome wasn’t built? : IN A DAY
58 Weighty reading : TOMES
59 Guiding principles : TENETS
DOWN
1 Film lover’s TV option : AMC
2 Pay, as a bill : FOOT
3 It may be fried or puffed : RICE
4 Piece of rebar, essentially : IRON ROD
5 Suppress, in a way : CENSOR
6 Part of NAACP: Abbr. : ASSOC
7 Jaguar, e.g. : CAR
8 Genetic molecule : RNA
9 Actor’s rep. : AGT
10 Parade staple : FLOAT
11 Closed : TERMINATED
13 Data storage medium : DISC
15 Country club employee : PRO
16 Stretches on a couch? : SESSIONS
19 Some can be used forever–but only once : STAMPS
21 Signs : OMENS
22 In the neighborhood of : ABOUT
23 Overblown critique : RANT
24 Elaborate entryways : PORTICOS
25 Physician wearing a pink ribbon, perhaps : ONCOLOGIST
28 Like potato chips, often : BAGGED
29 Showed up : GOT IN
30 Farm measures : ACRES
31 Curly slapper : MOE
34 Crime boss : CAPO
38 “That’s well within my abilities” : YES I CAN
41 How to receive a freebie, perhaps : BUY ONE
43 Yo-Yo strings? : CELLO
44 Official doc. : CERT
45 Belief system : ISM
46 In the previously mentioned work, briefly : OP CIT
49 Connection point : NODE
50 Initialism for Tom Brady, according to most : GOAT
52 2000s toon heroine __ Possible : KIM
53 Tiny : WEE
54 CIA predecessor : OSS
55 Finger Lakes locale: Abbr. : NYS
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