Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday November 15th 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 “The Raven” opening : ONCE
5 Literary captain who inspired Captain Hook : AHAB
9 App with pics : INSTA
14 Radish, e.g. : ROOT
15 Spa treatment, briefly : PEDI
16 Approaches : NEARS
17 Stay vigilant : BE (ON) THE BALL
19 “Blonde” writer Joyce Carol __ : OATES
20 Trailing : IN TOW
21 Punctual : RIGHT (ON) TIME
23 Balanced states : STASES
25 Co-star of Betty, Rue, and Estelle : BEA
26 Spoil : ROT
27 Gp. : ORG
28 Go the wrong way? : SIN
30 Some Summer Olympians : DIVERS
33 Russian refusal : NYET
35 “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” writer Anita : LOOS
38 Uno y uno : DOS
39 Comedy routine with peculiar names : WHO’S FIRST
42 Hyundai rival : KIA
43 Rhetorical question from Caesar : ET TU?
44 God of love : EROS
48 Small lifeboat : DINGHY
51 “Let me think … ” : HMM
53 Best of “House of the Dragon” : EVE
54 Altar answer : I DO
55 Corn unit : EAR
58 Annoy : PESTER
60 “Pick up the pace!” : GET WITH IT
64 Kurosawa who received an Academy Honorary Award in 1990 : AKIRA
65 Bother continually : EAT AT
66 “The Jeffersons” theme song, and an apt title for this puzzle : MOVIN’ ON UP
68 Vessel opener : STENT
69 Slightly open : AJAR
70 Word with sugar or gold : RUSH
71 Stuffed bear : TEDDY
72 June honorees : DADS
73 Casual tops : TEES
DOWN
1 Traveling Wilburys member : ORBISON
2 Sign outside a restricted area : NO ENTRY
3 Vrbo category : COTTAGE
4 Shared culture : ETHOS
5 BOLO kin : APB
6 Listen to : HEAR
7 Improv technique : AD-LIB
8 Complete nonsense : BILGE
9 Playing past the fourth qtr., say : IN OT
10 “Cool!” : NEAT!
11 Some sketches : SATIRES
12 Vibration : TREMOR
13 Good qualities : ASSETS
18 Farm females : EWES
22 Possessed : HAD
24 Farm structure : SILO
29 Bouquet : NOSE
31 Cards with pics : IDS
32 Primary action : VOTE
34 Nest element : TWIG
36 Frequently found in poems? : OFT
37 “Star Wars” antagonists : SITH
40 “Take that!” : HAH
41 Butcher’s cut : RUMP
42 Tangled : KNOTTED
45 Entourage : RETINUE
46 Possible reason for a dead phone battery : OVERUSE
47 Highest-order angels : SERAPHS
48 Process, in a way : DIGEST
49 Brainstorm : IDEATE
50 As of now : YET
52 Have in mind : MEAN
56 Sportscaster Rashad : AHMAD
57 Dry Spanish wine : RIOJA
59 Golf garment : SKORT
61 Mascara applicator : WAND
62 __-bitty : ITTY
63 Commercial spot : TV AD
67 Agcy. that investigates tax fraud : IRS