Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday May 10th 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Percolate : DRIP
5 After, in Avignon : APRES
10 Texting format initials : SMS
13 Tiniest bit : IOTA
14 Flexible : PLIANT
15 _ it on thick : LAY
16 *Sound made by bursting a cereal bag? : SPECIAL K POP
18 Ancient : OLD
19 Fix, in a way : CEMENT
20 Tags on Insta, say : ATS
21 _ song : SWAN
22 California home of the National Yo-Yo Museum : CHICO
24 “Us” director Jordan : PEELE
25 Sales talk : PITCH
29 *24-hour TV marathon that requires glasses? : THREE-D DAY
31 “Brave New World” drug : SOMA
32 -ray : BLU 33 Rooibos, for one : TEA
34 With 36-Across, first encounter, or what the answers to the starred clues make? : INITIAL
36 See 34-Across : … CONTACT
40 University extension : EDU
41 Baseball’s Mattingly : DON
42 Sound reflection : ECHO
43 *Many fan letters to N.W.A.? : EAZY-E MAIL
47 Spot of land : ISLET
48 Some vines : IVIES
49 Bailey’s Irish : CREAM
51 Give for a time : LEND
52 Means to be cooler : FAN
53 Irrigates : WATERS
58 Gerund suffix : -ING
59 *Bridge that plays a familiar note when crossed? : MIDDLE-C SPAN
61 Take advice from a personal injury lawyer, perhaps : SUE
62 Submits taxes sans paper : E-FILES
63 Anti-fur gp. : PETA
64 Them alternative : HER
65 Make big bangs? : TEASE
66 Percolate : SEEP
DOWN
1 Compact _ : DISC
2 Wrangler’s need : ROPE
3 Shipped pair? : ITEM
4 Walk to and fro : PACE
5 Tide shelfmate : ALL
6 Detective voiced by Ryan Reynolds : PIKACHU
7 Kite, for one : RAPTOR
8 Father of Kenan : ENOS
9 Gas additive brand : STP
10 Got ready to stop : SLOWED
11 UNESCO’s _ Fund for Girls’ Right to Education : MALALA
12 “Finding Nemo” city : SYDNEY
14 Well-worn trail : PATH
17 Move slowly : INCH
21 Gets ready for surgery : SEDATES
23 “_ cost ya!” : IT’LL
24 Hammer end : PEEN
25 Penultimate Greek letter : PSI
26 F-, e.g. : ION
27 “I’m covering my ears now!” : TMI
28 Like some retro frames : CAT-EYED
30 School near Heathrow : ETON
32 Scarecrow creator : BAUM
35 _ of March : IDES
36 Natalie with nine Grammys : COLE
37 Knee pt. : ACL
38 Marxist Guevara : CHE
39 Tyke : TOT
41 Oktoberfest outfits : DIRNDLS
43 Billie who is the youngest woman to win two Oscars : EILISH
44 Way, or means : AVENUE
45 Snappy put-down : ZINGER
46 National park on Mount Desert Island : ACADIA
47 Apple with a few cores : IMAC
50 Stupefies : AWES
52 Revolutionary era pipe : FIFE
54 Baking amts. : TSPS
55 Foil alternative : EPEE
56 Give a star, maybe : RATE
57 Lose it : SNAP
59 Crossed : MET
60 Greta of “The Morning Show” : LEE
Don’t care for the starred clue answers.