Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday November 8th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Fictional hero raised by apes : TARZAN
7 URL letters after two slashes : WWW
10 Prefix meaning “huge” : MEGA-
14 Single-celled creature : AMOEBA
15 “So I was right all along” : AHA
16 Pizza cooker : OVEN
17 *Swing from the get-go : COME OUT FIGHTING
20 Bonuses for the waitstaff : TIPS
21 Whitewater ride : RAFT
22 Mookie of the Dodgers : BETTS
23 *Well-made : BUILT TO LAST
25 Make amends : ATONE
29 Wallach or Whitney : ELI
30 *Early pudginess usually lost by one’s teens : BABY FAT
33 Go out, as the tide : EBB
35 Econ. yardstick : GDP
38 Timeworn phrase : BROMIDE
39 In the same family : RELATED
41 Dined : ATE
42 Can metal : TIN
43 *Continue to avoid, as alcohol : STAY OFF
44 Pigs out (on), briefly : ODS
46 Bird homes : NESTS
47 *”Don’t go yet” : WAIT A SECOND
54 Lou Grant portrayer Ed : ASNER
55 __-Rooter : ROTO
56 Worker protection org. : OSHA
60 Bumping into someone, say … and what the end of each answer to a starred clue can have? : CHANCE ENCOUNTER
63 Clark at the Daily Planet : KENT
64 NW corner key : ESC
65 __ versus nurture : NATURE
66 Valuable rocks : ORES
67 5G __: mobile standard : LTE
68 Eats into : ERODES
DOWN
1 Diplomat’s asset : TACT
2 Mine, in Metz : A MOI
3 Blowout victory : ROMP
4 Pizzazz quartet : ZEES
5 Blood-typing letters : ABO
6 Tiny Pacific republic near the equator : NAURU
7 Pancake cousin : WAFFLE
8 Wood shavers : WHITTLERS
9 What happy tails do : WAG
10 Roadside overnight stop : MOTEL
11 Broadway role played by Madonna in film : EVITA
12 Restroom label : GENTS
13 Common teen phase : ANGST
18 Mai __ : TAI
19 “His Dark Materials” channel : HBO
23 Are suited for : BEFIT
24 Dalai Lama’s land : TIBET
25 Palindromic “SOS” pop group : ABBA
26 Sharp-tasting : TART
27 Bassoon relative : OBOE
28 “Miracle” NL team of 1969, on scoreboards : NYM
31 Farewell to Felipe : ADIOS
32 Most easily chewed, as meat : TENDEREST
34 Not at all spicy : BLAND
35 Sporty Pontiacs : GTOS
36 Nimble-fingered : DEFT
37 Some emailed files : PDFS
40 Sailor’s yes : AYE
45 Wall-mounted light : SCONCE
47 Amusingly eccentric : WACKO
48 Son of Jacob : ASHER
49 Silly : INANE
50 Campers’ shelters : TENTS
51 Joan of __ : ARC
52 Not Rx : OTC
53 “… said __ ever” : NO ONE
56 Aware of, as a plot : ONTO
57 Kind of poker : STUD
58 “__ we go again!” : HERE
59 Greek war god : ARES
61 Electric fish : EEL
62 Former Egypt-Syria confed. : UAR
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