Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday August 9th 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Gymnastics event, informally : BARS
5 Soccer star Kelley who hosted a “Just Women’s Sports” podcast : O’HARA
10 Cobbler’s item : SOLE
14 Cyan kin : AQUA
15 Lavender kin : LILAC
16 “Metamorphoses” poet : OVID
17 Principle behind “speak softly and carry a big stick”? : SUBTLE DIPLOMACY
20 When doubled, very affectionate : KISSY
21 Superlative ending : -EST
22 Perambulates : WALKS
23 Fictional archaeologist Lara : CROFT
25 Hair salon supply : GEL
26 Church ensemble : CHOIR
28 Law expert : JURIST
31 Grumblers left holding the bag? : SOUR CADDIES34 _ sale : TAG
36 Cartoon corporation : ACME
37 Maze features : TURNS
38 The Met : annual NYC fundraising event : GALA
39 Extinct New Zealand bird : MOA
40 Some Lakota winter supplies? : SIOUX STORES
42 Peppers used in mole : ANCHOS
44 Gouges : SOAKS
45 Lady bird : HEN
46 Fingerprint feature : WHORL
48 New Guinea : PAPUA
51 Sci. course : BIO
52 Split up : APART
56 Item in a moth-infested closet? : SUIT FULL OF HOLES
59 Long-winged sea eagle : ERNE
60 It means a lot : MUCHO
61 Lustrous fabric : SILK
62 “The Jellicle Ball” musical : CATS
63 Like a loud crowd : AROAR
64 _ Pueblo, New Mexico : TAOS
DOWN
1 Enjoy the sun : BASK
2 Here, in Spanish : AQUI
3 Spice blends : RUBS
4 College admission factor : SAT SCORE
5 Flamenco shout : OLE
6 Like most TVs : HI-DEF
7 Top tier : A-LIST
8 Spellbound : RAPT
9 Knee injury initials : ACL
10 Mogadishu resident : SOMALI
11 Like some rugs : OVAL
12 Guitar riff : LICK
13 Ice cream brand : EDY’S
18 Melodious : LYRIC
19 People in debt : OWERS
24 Special delivery? : ORATION
25 “I suppose” : GUESS SO
26 Swiss Miss product : COCOA
27 Not perfect : HUMAN
28 “We said the same thing!” : JINX
29 Unembellished : STARK
30 Chaucer collection : TALES
31 Heughan of “Outlander” : SAM
32 Olympic badminton teams, e.g. : DUOS
33 R&B’s _ Hill : DRU
35 Mini mover : GAS
38 End zone upright : GOALPOST
40 Wheat bundle : SHEAF
41 Bat mitzvah scroll : TORAH
43 Half of a board game : CHUTES
46 “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot” indie band : WILCO
47 Rumpus : HOO-HA
48 Min. fraction : PSEC
49 Energy field : AURA
50 Pub order : PINT
51 Cloudiness : BLUR
53 Et _: and others : ALIA
54 Move for one’s co., say : RELO
55 Clucking sounds : TSKS
57 Thurman of “Red, White & Royal Blue” : UMA
58 Pro : FOR
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