Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday March 20th 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Half a situp : CRUNCH
7 Commercial tune : JINGLE
13 “A Wrinkle in Time” novelist Madeleine : L’ENGLE
14 Timekeepers that don’t work on a rainy day : SUNDIALS
16 How baked potatoes may be cooked : IN FOIL
17 Remove, as a seatbelt : UNFASTEN
18 Gina Boswell of Bath & Body Works, e.g.: Abbr. : CEO
19 Sequel to Puzo’s “The Last Don” : OMERTA
21 “Mean Girls” writer Fey : TINA
22 Underwater plant with gas-filled bladders : KELP
24 Wayward : ERRANT
26 Time out? : NAP
27 Playground retort : DID TOO
29 Quirky habit : TIC
31 Cliche : TRITE
33 French noble : DUC
35 Comprehend : GRASP
39 Eurythmics lead singer Lennox : ANNIE
40 Go from 4×6 to 8×10, say: Abbr. : ENL
41 Totaled : RAN TO
42 Busy restaurant’s notification device : PAGER
43 JFK predecessor : DDE
44 Like some purchases : IN-APP
45 “The __ is calm tonight”: “Dover Beach” opening : SEA
47 Mouths off to : SASSES
49 Amtrak stop: Abbr. : STA
52 Silky : SMOOTH
54 Guidelines: Abbr. : STDS
57 Ultimate : LAST
59 Creative works : OPUSES
61 Goal : AIM
62 Are cast members of : APPEAR IN
64 Yukon neighbor : ALASKA
66 Prop for a rock singer : MIC STAND
67 Watering hole in TV’s “M*A*S*H” : ROSIE’S
68 Unnerve : RATTLE
69 1984 mermaid movie : SPLASH
DOWN
1 Hit it off : CLICK
2 Zellweger of “Judy” : RENEE
3 Developing : UNFOLDING
4 CARE, e.g. : NGO
5 Sister of Erato : CLIO
6 Knight cap : HELMET
7 Ruling faction after a coup : JUNTA
8 Baby : INFANT
9 Contract that may prevent bad PR : NDA
10 Crux : GIST
11 Ancestor of the romance languages : LATIN
12 Justice Kagan : ELENA
14 Audiophile’s setup, and an apt description of the perimeter of this puzzle : SURROUND SOUND
15 Button alternative : SNAP
20 Ate away : ERODED
23 Feels sorry for : PITIES
25 Fertile Crescent river : TIGRIS
28 Some combines : DEERES
30 Origami birds : CRANES
31 Stout spout : TAP
32 Messenger molecule : RNA
34 Soccer equipment : CLEATS
36 Youngest daughter of Nicholas II : ANASTASIA
37 Valvoline rival : STP
38 Dad : POP
46 Unscrupulous : AMORAL
48 Woolgathers? : SHEARS
49 Poetry event : SLAM
50 Piglike rhino kin : TAPIR
51 Pet re-homing org. : ASPCA
53 Provide a view : OPINE
55 Sea walls : DIKES
56 Huge success : SMASH
58 Assessment that may end with “Pencils down” : TEST
60 Unappealing food : SLOP
63 NFL passing stat : ATT
65 Communication syst. with hand motions : ASL
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