Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday June 21st 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Scandal suffix : -GATE
5 Dog of unknown ancestry : MUTT
9 One of the Musketeers : ATHOS
14 Trojan War hero : AJAX
15 Where the seven “-stan” countries are : ASIA
16 San __, city SE of L.A. : DIEGO
17 Bulldoze : RAZE
18 Mannerly fellow : GENT
19 La Scala offering : OPERA
20 Hospital volunteer named for a feature of their uniform : CANDY STRIPER
23 Hindu honorific : SRI
26 Huge fan : NUT
27 Layer on the farm : HEN
28 One of two on a post-wedding vacation : HONEYMOONER
32 Health resort : SPA
35 Dreadlocks wearer : RASTA
36 Like thoughts you’d rather not share : PERSONAL
38 Prepare for publication : EDIT
39 Digging tool : SPADE
41 Gangster’s gal : MOLL
42 Hurricane or tornado, often : DISASTER
44 Panfry : SAUTE
45 Solidify : SET
46 Legal border-crossing spot : PORT OF ENTRY
49 Cocktail server : BAR
50 Ewe’s mate : RAM
51 The “S” in CBS: Abbr. : SYS
52 Jackie Gleason catchphrase, and a hint to the starts of 20-, 28- and 46-Across : HOW SWEET IT IS
58 Bolt who bolts : USAIN
59 Footwear for snow : BOOT
60 “Oh dear!” : ALAS!
64 Fly like a seagull : GLIDE
65 Hay unit : BALE
66 Prefix with gram : KILO-
67 Sank on the green : HOLED
68 British WWII gun : STEN
69 Adam’s first home : EDEN
DOWN
1 Long-nosed fish : GAR
2 1977 Steely Dan album : AJA
3 Toon devil : TAZ
4 Suit in a corner office : EXEC
5 Title P.I. played by Tom Selleck and Jay Hernandez : MAGNUM
6 Did, but not anymore : USED TO
7 Wee : TINY
8 Ink spots? : TATS
9 Ardent fans : ADORERS
10 Easy two-pointer : TIP-IN
11 Dickens villain Uriah : HEEP
12 Shrek, e.g. : OGRE
13 Fly at a great height : SOAR
21 “The Queen’s Gambit” star __ Taylor-Joy : ANYA
22 “I did it!” : THERE!
23 Destroys, as docs : SHREDS
24 Amp toter : ROADIE
25 Demand : INSIST
29 Jazz great James : ETTA
30 Dizzying paintings : OP ART
31 Actor Beatty : NED
32 Hog noses : SNOUTS
33 Meager : PALTRY
34 Narrow passages between buildings : ALLEYS
37 Muscat is its capital : OMAN
39 Put away for later : STORE
40 According to : PER
43 Gave birth to : SPAWNED
44 Big rig : SEMI
47 Manny Machado, before becoming a Padre : ORIOLE
48 Make plump : FATTEN
49 Reverse of a hit 45 : B-SIDE
52 Laurie of “House” : HUGH
53 Norway’s capital : OSLO
54 Haunted house sound : WAIL
55 Goes out, as the tide : EBBS
56 Just right : TO A T
57 Sushi bar drink : SAKE
61 Pot top : LID
62 Pale __ : ALE
63 Relative in some business names : SON
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