Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday July 22nd 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Sprayed in defense : MACED
6 “Your point being?” : AND
9 With 65-Down, toon sister of Castor : OLIVE
14 Biscayne Bay city : MIAMI
15 Zen garden swimmer : KOI
16 Richard Parker in “Life of Pi,” e.g. : TIGER
17 Critical care MD : ER DOC
18 Tall or dark: Abbr. : ADJ
19 Composer who, as it happens, died in March (1932) : SOUSA
20 Browser list : SITES
22 Luke, to Anakin : SON
24 Drops off : NAPS
25 Short jackets worn open in front : BOLEROS
27 Oscar night VIP : NOMINEE
29 Actor Brynner : YUL
30 Poor, as odds : SLIM
32 Offer, as a guess : HAZARD
33 And others, in Lat. : ET AL
35 Broccoli rabe : RAPINI
37 Place to find a date … and any one of four in this puzzle (circled letters are hints) : CORNERSTONE
41 Co-star of Meryl in “Death Becomes Her” : GOLDIE
42 Raise, as crops : GROW
45 Executor’s charge : ESTATE
48 “__ said!” : NUFF
51 Sculpture medium : ICE
52 Author Elmore __ : LEONARD
54 Calls the shots : DIRECTS
56 Brand at Petco : IAMS
57 Clue suspect count : SIX
59 Saint __, one of the only two sovereign nations named for women : LUCIA
60 Intimidating look : STARE
62 Civil War prez : ABE
64 “Heaven forbid!” : GOD NO
66 Hopping mad : HET UP
67 “ASAP!” : NOW
68 Strike zone? : ALLEY
69 Pasta product suffix : -ARONI
70 Pink-slip : AXE
71 Eldest von Trapp child, in the musical : LIESL
DOWN
1 Tussaud title: Abbr. : MME
2 Ventilates : AIRS OUT
3 Detroit founder : CADILLAC
4 Ham it up : EMOTE
5 Chefs, at times : DICERS
6 Alias letters : AKA
7 Auction actions : NODS
8 City where Grey Poupon originated : DIJON
9 NHL tiebreakers : OTS
10 Putting on a pedestal : LIONIZING
11 Exotic pet : IGUANA
12 “Casino Royale” Bond girl __ Lynd : VESPER
13 Undid : ERASED
21 Costa del __ : SOL
23 Like seven Nolan Ryan games : NO-HIT
25 Tournament edge : BYE
26 Fathered : SIRED
28 Hand for Julio Iglesias? : MANO
31 Bay Area county : MARIN
34 1976 Michael York/Jenny Agutter sci-fi film : LOGAN’S RUN
36 Ersatz intellectual : PSEUD
38 Membership list : ROTA
39 Phils and Nats : NLERS
40 “Spamalot” co-creator : ERIC IDLE
43 Pump numbers : OCTANES
44 Jazz guitarist Montgomery : WES
45 Inventor Otis : ELISHA
46 Two-__ : SEATER
47 Part of BLT : TOMATO
49 Chick-__-A: fast-food chain : FIL
50 Not at all spendthrifty : FRUGAL
53 Greece : Artemis :: Rome : __ : DIANA
55 Food recall trigger : E COLI
58 Console with a “360” second generation : XBOX
61 Prefix with gram or graph : EPI-
63 Flock female : EWE
65 See 9-Across : OYL
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