Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday May 22nd 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 “Yeah, like I believe that!” : WHAT A CROCK
11 Yo-yo, say : VARY
15 Lozenge flavor : HONEY LEMON
16 Together, on scores : A DUE
17 Competitively whipped : EATEN ALIVE
18 Eighty-six : TOSS
19 Bailing aid : EXIT
20 Shiny sheet material : SATEEN
22 NBA Sixers, on scoreboards : PHI
23 Brooklyn-based handicrafts etailer : ETSY
25 Blew off an early appointment, maybe : SLEPT IN
27 Contractors’ needs : PERMITS
30 Maroon : STRAND
31 Quinque follower : SEX
32 Put away a game : ICE IT
34 Beetle Bailey nemesis : SARGE
35 Letters on Drago’s track suit in “Rocky IV” : CCCP
37 Stuffed : SATED
39 Board at Belmont : TOTE
40 “Precision Crafted Performance” sloganeer : ACURA
42 Brawl : MELEE
44 Recipe word : ADD
45 Light cutters : LASERS
47 Some are made in garages : DEMO CDS
49 Proficient in : ADEPT AT
51 “Narcos: Mexico” actor Michael : PENA
52 Brainiac : WIZ
53 Like some mules : SLIP-ON
55 Fold, as a poker hand : MUCK
59 “Hitchcock” role : ALMA
61 Movie in which Ricardo Montalban says, “Kirk, my old friend, do you know the Klingon proverb … ‘Revenge is a dish best served cold’?” : STAR TREK II
63 Healthy look : GLOW
64 Hitting close to home : ALL TOO REAL
65 Place for roots : SOIL
66 Comes to one’s senses : SEES REASON
DOWN
1 Apt “squee” rhyme : WHEE
2 Deceptive act : HOAX
3 Not behind : ANTI
4 Waver : TEETER
5 Writer Rand : AYN
6 Some Beethoven works : CLASSICS
7 Its anchor shouldn’t weigh it down : RELAY TEAM
8 Fail to mention : OMIT
9 Pirate hideouts : COVES
10 Does floor work, maybe : KNEELS
11 Tub for chocolate : VAT
12 Street cleaner’s program : ADOPT-A-ROAD
13 Some NFL scores : RUSHING TDS
14 “Well, of course!” : YES, INDEED!
21 Makes : NETS
24 “I’ll never be able to unsee that!” : TMI
26 Keister : PRAT
27 Petty offense : PECCADILLO
28 Nice statement of indignation? : EXCUSEZ-MOI
29 Put in a spot : SITED
31 Reprobates : SCALAWAGS
33 Relocates, sci-fi-style : TELEPORTS
36 Sous-chef’s work : PREP
38 Foul creature that guarded Azkaban in the Potterverse : DEMENTOR
41 The “A” that makes STEM into STEAM : ARTS
43 Loads of lifetimes : EON
46 Some dips : SALSAS
48 Cell component : CAMERA
50 Viscount, e.g. : TITLE
54 Wan : PALE
56 Instruments played by Israel Kamakawiwo’ole : UKES
57 European aloha cousin : CIAO
58 Firing place : KILN
60 Boring thing : AWL
62 Topper for a chirashi bowl : ROE
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