Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday August 24th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Bursting with testosterone : MACHO
6 RPM gauge : TACH
10 Border on : ABUT
14 Aquafina competitor : EVIAN
15 Beige hue : ECRU
16 Aussie pal : MATE
17 Sci-fi fleet leader : MOTHER SHIP
19 Vicinity : AREA
20 New Age Irish singer : ENYA
21 They’re drawn in pubs : ALES
22 Industry bigwigs : CZARS
23 Perceptive person : SHARP COOKIE
25 Displeased looks : SCOWLS
29 Sweetie pie : HON
30 “Star Trek” communications officer : UHURA
31 Skeleton component : BONE
34 Old Testament twin : ESAU
38 Indigenous U.S. people : NATIVE AMERICANS
41 Hershey’s foil-wrapped chocolate treat : KISS
42 Website unit : PAGE
43 First color to move, in chess : WHITE
44 Prefix with pod : TRI-
46 Drove (around) : TOOLED
47 Uncontrollable person : LOOSE CANNON
53 With room to spare : AMPLY
54 Many a Dickens child : WAIF
55 Wise, as advice : SAGE
59 “Ciao!” : TA-TA!
60 At a loss for words, and what the starts of 17-, 23-, 38- and 47-Across can literally be? : TONGUE-TIED
62 Greenside shot : CHIP
63 Burn soother : ALOE
64 Backed, with “with” : SIDED
65 __ Christian Andersen : HANS
66 KGB country : USSR
67 See 55-Down : -CRAZY
DOWN
1 Viral online item : MEME
2 Door-to-door cosmetics seller : AVON
3 Atlantic __, N.J. : CITY
4 “LOL” : HA HA
5 Buck in a wallet : ONE
6 Cybertruck maker : TESLA
7 Complainer’s “belly” ending : ACHER
8 Like fresh chips : CRISP
9 Drill sergeant’s syllable : HUP
10 Smart speaker brand : AMAZON ECHO
11 Netanyahu’s successor : BARAK
12 Wombs : UTERI
13 Poke fun at : TEASE
18 Stadium sounds : RAHS
22 Dove sound : COO
23 Balkan native : SLAV
24 Only singer to have a #1 single in six straight decades (1960s-2010s) : CHER
25 Doomed : SUNK
26 Spiced tea : CHAI
27 Double play pair : OUTS
28 Mild reprimands : WRIST-SLAPS
31 Sheep bleat : BAA
32 Texter’s “Holy cow!” : OMG
33 Once named : NEE
35 Yacht propeller : SAIL
36 Initial poker bet : ANTE
37 Previously owned : USED
39 “Outta this world!” : EPIC
40 Victor’s shout : I WON
45 “The Last Jedi” heroine : REY
46 Miso soup cube : TOFU
47 Door fastener : LATCH
48 Nebraska city : OMAHA
49 Agree to take part : OPT IN
50 GI truants : AWOLS
51 Old iPods : NANOS
52 Nation bordering Libya : NIGER
55 With 67-Across, like one who’s been stuck at home for too long, slangily : STIR-
56 Verdi classic : AIDA
57 “Oh, wow!” : GEEZ
58 Drain swirl : EDDY
60 Sigma follower : TAU
61 PC “oops” key : ESC
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