Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday October 3rd 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Rudimentary elements : ABCS
5 Service station job : LUBE
9 Automaker owned by Stellantis : FIAT
13 “Hot To Go!” singer Chappell : ROAN
14 Grand film format : IMAX
15 Collector of synonyms : ROGET
17 Warmup bands from Casablanca? : MOROCCAN OPENERS
20 Olympic gymnast Strug who was part of the gold-winning American team in 1996 : KERRI
21 Play to __ : A TIE
22 Intel org. : NSA
23 Liquid from Munich? : TEUTONIC WATER
26 Wag : CARD
27 Acid type produced during exercise : LACTIC
28 Himalayan herd : YAKS
29 That guy’s : HIS
30 Loose overcoat : ULSTER
34 Tailless simian : APE
35 Amazon Prime vehicle : VAN
36 Not virtually, briefly : IRL
37 Kitchen gadget brand : OXO
38 Broadway legend Ethel : MERMAN
40 Diner coffee : JOE
41 Failed, as a fuse : BLEW
42 Timeworn saying : OLD SAW
44 Standing on the street : CRED
45 Faucet hardware from Stockholm? : SWEDISH WASHER
49 Afr. neighbor : EUR
50 Bilateral : DUAL
51 Fillable flatbreads : PITAS
53 Ice cream treats from Manila? : PHILIPPINE CONES
57 Understood implicitly : TACIT
58 Irish New Age singer : ENYA
59 Elite Eight org. : NCAA
60 Fleet : NAVY
61 Fawning parents : DEER
62 Dispatched : SENT
DOWN
1 Branch : ARM
2 Work that’s bound to sell? : BOOK
3 Keeper : CARETAKER
4 Nocturnal noisemakers : SNORERS
5 Allowed : LICIT
6 Actress Thurman : UMA
7 Potassium-rich snacks : BANANAS
8 Different in an alluring way : EXOTIC
9 Opposite of determinism : FREE WILL
10 Charged particle : ION
11 Plant that’s hard to find : AGENT
12 Crisp : TERSE
16 Russian monarch : TSAR
18 “Rats!” : CRUD!
19 Imagine : PICTURE
24 Actor/director Ken : OLIN
25 Summer systs. : ACS
26 Peninsular land formation : CAPE
28 Thanksgiving staple : YAM
29 Cry at the end of a cooking competition : HANDS UP
31 Capacity to endure : TOLERANCE
32 Struck (out) : EXED
33 Work out on an erg : ROW
35 Sound quality? : VALIDITY
36 State where sliced bread was invented : IOWA
39 Quaintly stylish : MOD
40 Place for stubble : JAWLINE
41 Natives of northwest France : BRETONS
43 Sculpted : SHAPED
44 Stylish : CHIC
45 Huit minus un : SEPT
46 Capital of China’s Hubei Province : WUHAN
47 CNN national correspondent Hill : ERICA
48 Asparagus unit : SPEAR
52 Son of John and Yoko : SEAN
54 Actress Tyler : LIV
55 Emmy-winning TV scientist Bill : NYE
56 Didn’t play : SAT