Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday May 19th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Overwhelm : SWAMP
6 Perfectly : PAT
9 Scenery chewers : HAMS
13 “End of discussion” : CASE CLOSED
16 “Bike faster!” : PEDAL!
17 Kiefer Sutherland and Ashley Olsen each has one : TWIN SISTER
18 Tiny cake, maybe : EMOJI
19 Movers but not shakers, ideally : VANS
20 “Blade Runner” genre : NEO-NOIR
22 Go quickly : BOP
23 Window washing aids : CHERRY PICKERS
26 Advanced sci. class : AP CHEM
29 It carries a charge : ION
30 Confucian path : TAO
31 Three-sided pastry : SAMOSA
36 Plenty o’ : LOTSA
40 Memorable “Twilight Zone” feature : OPENING NARRATION
43 Upset with : MAD AT
44 Tchaikovsky’s “Souvenir de Florence,” e.g. : SEXTET
45 CPR pro : EMT
46 “Illmatic” rapper : NAS
48 ’90s White House Press Secretary Myers who wrote “Why Women Should Rule the World” : DEE DEE
50 Pressure that won’t quit : CHRONIC STRESS
57 Camping gear brand : REI
58 Internal airway : TRACHEA
59 Works on roofs, say : TARS
63 Canvas-angling device : EASEL
65 Sleights-of-hand with cups, or a hint to this puzzle’s circles : SHELL GAMES
67 Big name in labels : AVERY
68 Go through the wringer : SWEAT IT OUT
69 Actress Sedgwick : KYRA
70 Headphone jack letters : AUX
71 U. of Md. team : TERPS
DOWN
1 1970s-’80s sketch show : SCTV
2 “SNL” parody Baba __ : WAWA
3 Words that clarify spelling : AS IN
4 Good sort : MENSCH
5 Mac rivals : PCS
6 Baffling question : POSER
7 Fur tycoon : ASTOR
8 Super small : TEENY
9 Clothes line : HEM
10 Photoshop maker : ADOBE
11 Serious : MAJOR
12 Loses one’s footing : SLIPS
14 Football offense position : LINEMAN
15 Little bit : DROP
16 Prepares, in a way, as coffee : PERCOLATES
21 King Richard __ : III
24 With pause : HESITANTLY
25 Sheepshank, e.g. : KNOT
26 Elemental unit : ATOM
27 Dad : PAPA
28 Like Oberlin College since the 1830s : COED
32 Dosage amts. : MGS
33 Gender-neutral pronoun : ONE
34 Doo-wop horn : SAX
35 Works on walls : ART
37 Like a 25-Down : TIED
38 Vague amount : SOME
39 Chip in a pot, maybe : ANTE
41 Billionth: Pref. : NANO-
42 Remedied a distribution error : REDEALT
47 Dubbing title : SIR
49 Will focus : ESTATE
50 Loose floorboard sound : CREAK
51 Like anvils : HEAVY
52 Early __ : RISER
53 Mama of music : CASS
54 Sound that starts “around” : SCHWA
55 Brexit target org. : THE EU
56 Stretch out, maybe : RELAX
60 Don Juan’s love : AMOR
61 Do another stint : RE-UP
62 Former Mach 2 fliers, briefly : SSTS
64 Part of BCE : ERA
66 “Scram!” : GIT
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