Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday May 21st 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Bill collectors? : TILLS
6 “Get back to us” letters : RSVP
10 Not much : A TAD
14 Elitist : SNOOT
15 Resort WNW of Breckenridge : VAIL
16 ’80s-’90s group, informally : GEN-Y
17 Assorted caustic solutions? : PACK OF LYES
19 Very bright : NEON
20 Some snowmobiles : SKI-DOOS
21 2018 CVS Health acquisition : AETNA
22 Type units : ENS
23 Receiving annoying questions? : GETTING WHYS
26 Buccaneer’s buds : MATEYS
28 Mil. category : NCO
29 Vitals checker, briefly : EMT
30 Letters seen between * and # : OPER
31 Prized smokes : CUBANS
34 Agreements just between us? : PRIVATE AYES
38 Got on the board : SCORED
39 Mineral hardness scale : MOHS
42 Singer/songwriter __ Mia : PIA
45 Jungfrau, e.g. : ALP
46 Soap dish? : TV IDOL
48 Quick and unexpected exits? : IMPULSE BYES
52 Sisters pop duo __ & AJ : ALY
53 Con artist’s aide : SHILL
54 With a sound mind : LUCIDLY
56 Romeo or Juliet : TEEN
57 Pretense of being a brute? : TOUGH GUISE
60 Doomed boat in “Jaws” : ORCA
61 Longtime syrup brand : KARO
62 Celebs : NAMES
63 Look the wrong way? : LEER
64 Space balls? : ORBS
65 Power-saving mode : SLEEP
DOWN
1 Five-mL medicine dose : TSP
2 Just like that : IN A SNAP
3 Rigid pattern : LOCKSTEP
4 Trickster in “American Gods” : LOKI
5 Stick-in-the-mud : STODGY
6 Motorhome stopover, for short : RV LOT
7 Speak, as thou might : SAYST
8 Battle : VIE
9 Polite texting letters : PLS
10 “Nattering nabobs of negativism” speaker : AGNEW
11 Raise canines? : TEETHE
12 Assumed moniker : ANONYM
13 Hereditary ruler : DYNAST
18 Nemeses : FOES
21 Intense suffering : AGONY
22 Kind of rock : EMO
24 Retired, maybe : IN BED
25 Sports scholarship org. : NCAA
27 Isn’t right : ERRS
31 Seize like Caesar : CARPE
32 Pac-12 athlete : UTE
33 Prefix with arid or dry : SEMI-
35 Words that might expose a bluff : I CALL
36 Lady __: Tenn. college team : VOLS
37 Gas-absorbing mixture : SODA LIME
40 Vatican jurisdiction : HOLY SEE
41 Like some winks : SLY
42 One traditionally drawn at dawn : PISTOL
43 Incoming words : I’M HERE
44 Distribution word : APIECE
46 Stock sector : TECH
47 Churchillian gestures : V-SIGNS
49 Type of nerve or artery : ULNAR
50 Jacket material? : BLURB
51 Short-lived ’80s-’90s cars that sounded like they should always work : YUGOS
55 Twin : DUAL
57 Fight decision : TKO
58 Blade in the water : OAR
59 Medium strength? : ESP
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