Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday September 14th 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Car whose interior “looks like Darth Vader’s bathroom,” per Michael Knight : KITT
5 “Figure it out” : DO THE MATH
14 Shine : GLEAM
16 Hugh Grant film based on a Nick Hornby novel : ABOUT A BOY
17 Lively presence in Hollywood? : BLAKE
18 Bends and stretches : LIMBERS UP
19 Georgia O’Keeffe’s “Jimson __/White Flower No. 1” : WEED
20 Otherworldly visitors : ETS
21 “Ghosts” actress McIver : ROSE
22 Sandwiches since 1967 : BIG MACS
24 Film stock : STILLS
26 Boxing trainer Dundee : ANGELO
27 Make sense for : BEHOOVE
29 Common source of revenue for podcasts : ADS
30 Spiced coffeehouse order : CHAI LATTE
32 Inflatable swan, e.g. : POOL FLOAT
33 2023 Pink album : TRUSTFALL
34 Metric speed meas. : KPH
37 Basic shelters : LEAN TOS
38 Land between the Atlantic and the Pyrenees : IBERIA
40 Shows confidence in, in a way : ELECTS
41 Trapper’s task : SNARING
42 Try to make angry : BAIT
43 Comm. system in the film “CODA” : ASL
45 Passable, at best : SO-SO
46 Follower of an aperitivo : ANTIPASTO
49 Hunt of “Mission: Impossible” : ETHAN
51 Cereal mascot once voiced by Mel Blanc : TOUCAN SAM
52 Lacks buoyancy : SINKS
53 Language whose name translates to “one who hopes” : ESPERANTO
54 Residencia : CASA
DOWN
1 Security org. dismantled in 1991 : KGB
2 Bringer of misfortune, so they say : ILL WIND
3 Chinese snacks with a marbled pattern : TEA EGGS
4 “I want to go too!” : TAKE ME
5 Low areas : DALES
6 Late notice? : OBIT
7 Accessories company with a “one for one” business model : TOM’S
8 Nerve center : HUB
9 French summer : ETE
10 The Ritz-Carlton owner : MARRIOTT
11 Pardon : ABSOLVE
12 Dishevel : TOUSLE
13 Builds up : HYPES
15 Olympic chart : MEDAL COUNT
22 What do ewe say? : BAA
23 Party leaders? : COHOSTS
24 Historic Buddhist monastery in the Songshan mountains : SHAOLIN
25 Career number for sluggers : TOTAL BASES
27 Slugs : BIFFS
28 Spanish pronoun : ELLA
31 El __: second-largest city in Bolivia : ALTO
32 Drill : PRACTICE
33 “Let’s go for a drive!” : TEE IT UP
34 God celebrated on Janmashtami : KRISHNA
35 Ornamental trees with acorns : PIN OAKS
36 Evil Queen’s disguise in “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” : HAG
37 Peruvian prairies : LLANOS
39 Hot : EROTIC
40 Online discount : E-BATE
41 Sportscast tech : SLO-MO
43 WNBA pt. : ASSN
44 25-Down, for one : STAT
47 Norm : PAR
48 Tennis star Ivanovic : ANA
50 DOD arm : NSA