Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday October 8th 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Young fellow : LAD
4 Did plenty of nothing : IDLED
9 Firepit remains : ASHES
14 “_ we good?” : ARE
15 Habitats threatened by coral bleaching : REEFS
16 Large tree branch : BOUGH
17 *Martial arts achievement : BLACK BELT
19 Burn a bit : SINGE
20 TV room fixture : SOFA
21 Sheep sound : BAA
22 Increased rapidly : SURGED
23 *Target range in sports betting : POINT SPREAD
26 Tuskegee : WWII aviators : AIRMEN
28 Everything pizza, no anchovies, e.g. : ORDER
29 Ushered through the door : LED IN
30 Japanese sash that might be tied in tateya musubi style : OBI
31 opera : SOAP
34 Dollop : GOB
35 *Toolmaking period when bronze was replaced with steel : IRON AGE
39 Clickable link : URL
40 Freshly : ANEW
42 _ de la Cité: Notre-Dame home : ILE
43 Not quite right : WONKY
45 “Creed” actress Thompson : TESSA
47 Atonement : AMENDS
49 *Simple drawing of a person : STICK FIGURE
51 Red Icee flavor : CHERRY
52 D.C. baseballer : NAT
53 Shows understanding : NODS
57 Pushy crowd : HORDE
58 Complete, or what can follow both parts of the answers to the starred clues : OUT AND OUT
60 Sub-par performance? : EAGLE
61 Controls one’s food intake : DIETS
62 San Diego __ Safari Park : ZOO
63 Boxer Patterson : FLOYD
64 On the briny : AT SEA
65 Clairvoyant’s claim : ESP
DOWN
1 Hands-on classes : LABS
2 “Collapsed in Sunbeams” singer-songwriter Parks : ARLO
3 Like one who might communicate in ASL or BSL : DEAF
4 Vex : IRK
5 “Little” name in snack cakes : DEBBIE
6 Country singer Womack : LEE ANN
7 Note in the C minor scale : E-FLAT
8 “Spring forward” hrs. : DST
9 Wildly impractical : ABSURD
10 Swanky evening dos : SOIREES
11 Lingered : HUNG AROUND
12 Goaded, with “on” : EGGED
13 Leave behind : SHED
18 Blue Grotto island : CAPRI
22 Rosemary piece : SPRIG
24 Prefix meaning “all” : OMNI-
25 Udon alternative : SOBA
26 Ages and ages : AEON
27 “That’s my cue to leave” : I’D BETTER GO
29 Queens airport code : LGA
30 Dollar bill : ONE
32 Torah chests : ARKS
33 Tissue layer : PLY
36 Potentially disastrous : RISKY
37 “Frozen” snowman : OLAF
38 Washbasin jug : EWER
41 In an odd way : WEIRDLY
44 Upturned : ON END
46 Bitter rant : SCREED
47 Stripy marbles : AGATES
48 Have a life-changing experience? : MUTATE
49 Mussel habitat : SHOAL
50 Nunatsiavut people : INUIT
51 Culinary institute grad : CHEF
54 Move like slime : OOZE
55 Pairs : DUOS
56 “Enough!” : STOP
58 Tennis champion Tokito : ODA
59 Govt. intel org. : NSA