Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday May 16th 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 First president born after 1960 : OBAMA
6 Disparages : RIPS
10 Damsonlike fruit : SLOE
14 Commands a crew, informally : COXES
15 _ chamber : ECHO
16 Miami team : HEAT
17 Contestants must perfect a ras el hanout today on … : THE SPICE IS RIGHT
20 Appointed : ORDAINED
21 Come next : ENSUE
22 Patient care pros : RNS
23 Brit’s pal : MATE
25 Contestants flatten a confit de canard today on … : … PRESS YOUR DUCK
31 No longer listening, say : BORED
33 Type of 32-Down : ALTO
34 Ground-breaking tool : HOE
35 Bibliography space saver : IBID
36 Jet off for : FLY TO
38 River’s edge : BANK
39 Chaney of old horror films : LON
40 Reunion invitee : ALUM
41 Put out, as a flame : DOUSE
42 Contestants work in teams to create a Michelin star-worthy dinner today on … : LET’S MAKE A MEAL
46 Fade : WANE
47 Ocasek of the Cars : RIC
48 “Being the Ricardos” role for Bardem : ARNAZ
51 Locals at the 2016 Summer Olympics : CARIOCAS
56 Contestants race to prepare baby’s first bottle on … : THE NEWLY FED GAME
59 Yacht wood : TEAK
60 Sammy with 609 homers : SOSA
61 Bert’s bestie : ERNIE
62 _ a one : NARY
63 Power unit : WATT
64 Title pages? : DEEDS
DOWN
1 Pod prefix : OCTO-
2 Physicist played by Branagh in “Oppenheimer” : BOHR
3 Canceled abruptly : AXED
4 Flat-topped hill : MESA
5 Aimed high : ASPIRED
6 Playground time : RECESS
7 Like some tea : ICED
8 Greek letter that sounds like “fie” : PHI
9 Mayday call : SOS
10 Buffed : SHINED
11 Bench supports : LEGS
12 Island called “The Gathering Place” : OAHU
13 Pal follower : -ETTE
18 Stagecoach stopovers : INNS
19 Evocative of the past : RETRO
23 Lose a layer : MOLT
24 Self- : AUTO-
25 Museum gift shop purchase : PRINT
26 Flushed : RED
27 “I’m the best!” : YAY ME
28 Relocation rental : U-HAUL
29 Scams : CONS
30 Palmer of “Nope” : KEKE
31 Tab : BILL
32 Bassoon cousin : OBOE
36 Dessert made in a ramekin : FLAN
37 Gospel that includes the parable of the Prodigal Son : LUKE
38 Pet snake, perhaps : BOA
40 Outstrip expectations : AMAZE
41 Returned a verdict : DECIDED
43 Like a penthouse : SWANKY
44 Palestinian leader who shared the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize : ARAFAT
45 Swampy earth : MIRE
48 Abbr. before an addressee : ATTN
49 Emmy nominee Seehorn : RHEA
50 In the area : NEAR
51 Dermatological complaint : CYST
52 Scary character : OGRE
53 Peppermint shape : CANE
54 During : AMID
55 Realizes : SEES
57 OH-to-OK heading : WSW
58 Mauna __ : LOA
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