Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday May 24th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Winans of gospel : CECE
5 Nebula Award genre : SCI-FI
10 Like deserts : ARID
14 Oohs and __ : AAHS
15 Like wine barrels : OAKEN
16 “Suits” actress Torres : GINA
17 Catch in a web : TRAP
18 *Major tennis tournament played on clay : FRENCH OPEN
20 Letter after phi : CHI
21 Field with cases and briefs : LAW
22 Boring tools : AUGERS
23 *Vegas vacation valuables holder : HOTEL SAFE
27 Lone Ranger’s pal : TONTO
28 Justice Kagan : ELENA
29 ER pictures : X-RAYS
31 A, in German : EIN
32 Software help file : README
34 Dublin’s land: Abbr. : IRE
35 Govt. Rx watchdog : FDA
36 PC key with a left-pointing arrow … and hint to the last words of the answers to starred clues : BACKSPACE
39 Shed tears : CRY
41 Lang. of the Torah : HEB
42 Fuselage fasteners : RIVETS
46 Group of two : DUO
47 Skin openings : PORES
49 Swab again : REMOP
50 Canadian skater Brian : ORSER
52 *TV headline ticker : NEWS CRAWL
54 Early Web forum : USENET
56 Didn’t fast : ATE
57 Land in the Seine : ILE
58 *99-year-old Emmy-winning actress with eight-plus decades in show business : BETTY WHITE
61 Romance novelist Hilderbrand : ELIN
62 Any of four British art galleries : TATE
63 Music rights org. : ASCAP
64 What libraries do : LEND
65 Have the lead (in) : STAR
66 Undoes a dele : STETS
67 Think tank tidbit : IDEA
DOWN
1 Mask wearer at home : CATCHER
2 Football helmet opening : EARHOLE
3 Indian spiced drink : CHAI TEA
4 Debatable ability, briefly : ESP
5 Sectionals and sleepers : SOFAS
6 Auto body coat : CAR WAX
7 Clanton gang leader : IKE
8 Boggy lowland : FEN
9 Ancient Peruvian : INCA
10 Galore, in disco lingo : A GOGO
11 Matured on the vine : RIPENED
12 Subject of Newton’s first law : INERTIA
13 Ted of “Cheers” : DANSON
19 Makeshift shelters : HUTS
21 Andean wool source : LLAMA
24 Be over no later than : END BY
25 Flying Wham-O toy : FRISBEE
26 O.K. Corral lawman : EARP
30 Common subscription period : YEAR
33 Rebounding sound : ECHO
35 Above-normal body temperature : FEVER
37 “Show Boat” composer Jerome : KERN
38 Greek sorceress : CIRCE
39 Attack with profanity : CURSE AT
40 British Museum’s __ Stone : ROSETTA
43 Clicked “send” : EMAILED
44 Rope for a tugboat : TOWLINE
45 Low-calorie sweetener : SPLENDA
46 Uncertainties : DOUBTS
47 Hunter’s quarry : PREY
48 Try to hit, as a fly : SWAT AT
51 Go into : ENTER
53 Fitbit units : STEPS
55 “__ the night before … ” : ‘TWAS
59 DDE’s predecessor : HST
60 Highway hazard : ICE
61 Yale student : ELI
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