Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday April 28th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Kid around : JEST
5 Abacus unit : BEAD
9 Promote heavily : PUSH
13 Fever with chills : AGUE
14 “I do” site : ALTAR
16 “A Death in the Family” Pulitzer winner : AGEE
17 Word with head or meal : BONE-
18 Supply chain intermediary : WHOLESALER
20 Public transit commuter’s nightmare : BUS LINE STRIKE
22 Blow up : ERUPT
24 “¿Cómo __?” : ESTA
25 Some systems pros: Abbr. : EES
26 Mal de __ : MER
27 Beaujolais, e.g. : RED
30 Bird on a court : LARRY
32 Access point indicator on many streets : MANHOLE COVER
37 Pretentious with a paintbrush, say : ARTY
38 Hindu teacher : SWAMI
39 “Mamma Mia!” group : ABBA
43 Have fun on a diamond : PLAY BASEBALL
46 Shopping __ : SPREE
49 High-__ monitor : RES
50 Meadowland : LEA
51 Arg. neighbor : URU
52 Withdraw by degrees : WEAN
56 Make sense : ADD UP
58 Acting affectedly … and, based on what can go with the three parts of 20-, 32- and 43-Across, this puzzle’s title : PUTTING ON AIRS
62 Kind of fortitude : INTESTINAL
63 Copied : APED
66 __-do-well : NE’ER
67 Arduous jobs : SLOGS
68 “La maja desnuda” artist : GOYA
69 Old Norse poetic work : EDDA
70 Canadian gas : ESSO
71 Plant support : STEM
DOWN
1 Poke : JAB
2 Alter __ : EGO
3 Like one who got careless at the beach : SUNBURNT
4 Get set to drive : TEE UP
5 Scold, with “out” : BAWL
6 K-12, for short : ELHI
7 Make amends : ATONE
8 Lowlands : DALES
9 Late-night TV pioneer : PAAR
10 Harder to watch : UGLIER
11 Catcher of the Golden Snitch, in Quidditch : SEEKER
12 Rejection of religious dogma : HERESY
15 Remainder : REST
19 Like an old joke : STALE
21 Houston MLBer : ‘STRO
22 Stone or Watson : EMMA
23 Raise : REAR
28 “Frozen” snow queen : ELSA
29 Like morning grass : DEWY
31 Many an Omani : ARAB
33 Pre-release buzz : HYPE
34 Dry 27-Across, briefly : CAB
35 Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan __ : OMAR
36 Gripping device : VISE
40 Hairless area : BALD SPOT
41 Veal cordon __ : BLEU
42 Swim __: do one full pool circuit : A LAP
44 Lamb Chop creator Shari : LEWIS
45 Actor Morales : ESAI
46 Lying face-up : SUPINE
47 Spruced up, as a spruce : PRUNED
48 Groovy? : RUTTED
53 Middle-earth tree creatures : ENTS
54 Deft : AGILE
55 They’re forbidden : NO-NOS
57 They’re boring : DRAGS
59 Trillion: Pref. : TERA-
60 Scolds to death : NAGS
61 Too : ALSO
64 Set one’s sights on : EYE
65 Beaver’s project : DAM
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