Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday October 23rd 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Yellow __ : LAB
4 Keen : AVID
8 Best Actress Oscar winner before Hepburn’s last such award : SPACEK
14 Wong of “American Housewife” : ALI
15 Elaborate theater : MOVIE PALACE
17 Yank : TUG
18 Green juice source : CLEAN ENERGY
19 Aptly nicknamed section of D.C.’s Massachusetts Avenue : EMBASSY ROW
21 Campus cadet org. : ROTC
22 Sniffish sort : SNOB
23 Research outpost co-developed by NASA : ISS
24 Rural expanse : LEA
25 Hoaxes perpetrated by IRS impostors : TAX SCAMS
29 Not right : AMISS
31 Sedimentary rock, from the Greek for “egg” : OOLITE
33 French toast part : SANTE
34 Exposes : TELLS ON
37 Olds until 1999 : CUTLASS
39 Deep animosity : ODIUM
40 Show deference, in a way : GROVEL
42 “Law & Order” actor Jeremy : SISTO
43 Lawless : ANARCHIC
47 Wile E. Coyote’s supply : TNT
48 “The Dutch House” author Patchett : ANN
50 Actress Chaplin : OONA
51 “Ri-i-i-ght” : I BET
53 Test subjects : GUINEA PIGS
57 Frank Sinatra School of the Arts co-founder : TONY BENNETT
59 Tennis unit : SET
60 Many a superhero adaptation : ORIGIN STORY
61 Sully : TAR
62 Voiced : SONANT
63 First-class seat, often : ONE-A
64 “It’s a hit” letters : SRO
DOWN
1 Cutting-edge : LATEST
2 Barnard grad, e.g. : ALUMNA
3 Walmart adjective : BIG-BOX
4 Hornets of the ’70s : AMCS
5 Knoxville-based SEC athletes : VOLS
6 “Hurlyburly” Tony winner Judith : IVEY
7 Anne Frank, say : DIARIST
8 Gushes : SPEWS
9 Rave’s opposite : PAN
10 Tiger or Twin, briefly : AL’ER
11 State name in a James Taylor classic : CAROLINA
12 Beat reporters? : ECG TESTS
13 Accessories that preserve your access : KEY CASES
16 1961 space chimp : ENOS
20 Popular vodka brand : ABSOLUT
26 Vodka drink, briefly : COSMO
27 Teléfono greeting : ALO
28 Artistic dynasty : MING
29 Late bloomer : ASTER
30 Shoplifter’s concern : MALL COP
32 B-school course : ECON
34 Snack that comes in Rounds and Triangles : TOSTITOS
35 Pennsylvania’s __ University, home of the Fighting Scots : EDINBORO
36 Work with taps, maybe : LISTEN IN
38 Where RFK got his LLB : UVA
41 Met unexpectedly : RAN INTO
44 Lifting things : HOISTS
45 Engaged : IN GEAR
46 Julián __, HUD secretary under Obama : CASTRO
48 Broker : AGENT
49 Meryl Streep and Amy Adams played them in “Doubt” (2008) : NUNS
52 “Rack City” rapper : TYGA
54 Noble gas : NEON
55 To be, in Toulouse : ETRE
56 “Back __!” : AT YA
58 Storage unit : BIN
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