Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday May 27th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Base in “A Few Good Men,” familiarly : GITMO
6 Selection : PICK
10 Eat away : ERODE
15 Live, TV-wise : ON AIR
16 Turkish title : AGHA
17 Red Square honoree : LENIN
18 Author’s dream : BESTSELLER
20 White pawns, e.g. : OCTAD
21 Became effective : TOOK
22 Spanish she-bear : OSA
23 One may be grand : PIANO
24 GPS displays : RTES
26 It’s rated 10+ on the Scoville Scale : GHOST PEPPER
29 Skip the café : EAT IN
31 Battleship abbr. : USS
32 Praiseful poem : ODE
33 Words that may preempt a dismissal : I RESIGN
35 Bird in Liberty Mutual ads : EMU
37 __ Valley, Calif. : SIMI
41 Primes, e.g.: Abbr. : NOS
42 1979 #1 hit for Donna Summer, and what the four longest Across answers are : HOT STUFF
45 Many a fed. holiday : MON
46 Ltr. directive : ATTN
48 Ontario-based music gp. : TSO
49 “Cats” poet : TS ELIOT
51 “Big Little Lies” airer : HBO
53 Providence-to-Boston dir. : NNE
55 Island environs : WATER
56 Haul, in a bad way : STOLEN GOODS
61 When tripled, a story shortener : YADA
62 Ralph of “The Waltons” : WAITE
63 “So awful!” : UGH!
64 Nautical unit : KNOT
66 Moray catcher : EELER
67 “Fifty Shades of Grey,” for one : EROTIC FILM
71 Crosswise, on deck : ABEAM
72 Suckers : SAPS
73 “__ now, when?” : IF NOT
74 Singer nicknamed “The Velvet Fog” : TORME
75 Hook’s sidekick : SMEE
76 Certain NCOs : SSGTS
DOWN
1 Hunk : GOB
2 Serpent’s tail? : -INE
3 Competition with blindfolds, maybe : TASTE TEST
4 Cell division : MITOSIS
5 Roughly : OR SO
6 Bud : PAL
7 Inuit homes : IGLOOS
8 Place for kings and queens : CHESS SET
9 Gold measure : KARAT
10 Ran off to get hitched : ELOPED
11 Chef’s assortment : RECIPES
12 Ready to be poured : ON TAP
13 Lane of “Unfaithful” : DIANE
14 Ewoks’ home : ENDOR
19 Hosp. readout : EKG
24 Isabella, por ejemplo : REINA
25 Deck with the Fool and the World : TAROT
27 Tracks down : HUNTS
28 Hairdos made popular by Marie Antoinette : POUFS
30 Medical research org. : NIH
34 Boarded : GOT ON
36 Like some colors : MUTED
38 Pretending to be : IMITATING
39 Called from the pasture : MOOED
40 Prefix with mural : INTRA-
43 Ultrasound image : SONOGRAM
44 Small amount : FEW
47 Blues, e.g. : NHL TEAM
50 Terminations : LAYOFFS
52 “Cold one, please” : BEER ME
54 Words of despair : NO HOPE
56 It may be broken in a gym : SWEAT
57 Fitness regimen : TAE BO
58 Gulf ship : OILER
59 Jeans brand with a question mark in its logo : GUESS?
60 Hit the slopes : SKI
65 “JAG” spin-off : NCIS
68 Mao __-tung : TSE
69 Realtor’s offering : LOT
70 Peaks: Abbr. : MTS
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