Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday August 30th 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Unflattering press for a celeb : BAD PR
6 Fries, e.g. : SIDE
10 Owned : HAD
13 On a cruise : AT SEA
14 Ridicule : TAUNT
16 2019 March Madness champs : UVA
17 “Call Me Maybe” or “Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)”? : TELEPHONE NUMBER
20 BTS genre : K-POP
21 Done deal : SURE BET
22 Tony winner Hagen : UTA
25 NFL three-pointers, for short : FGS
27 “Popular” or “Fashion!”? : IN TUNE
28 “Sound of da Police” or “The Artist in the Ambulance”? : SIREN SONG
32 Figure, briefly : BOD
33 Lebanese capital : BEIRUT
34 Art stand : EASEL
38 “Midnight Train to Georgia” or “Chattanooga Choo Choo”? : RAILROAD TRACK
42 Griswold of the “National Lampoon’s Vacation” films : CLARK
43 Adidas addition : INSOLE
45 Undecided initials : TBA
48 “Sittin’ in the Sun (Countin’ My Money)” or “Can’t Buy Me Love”? : BUDGET CUT
50 “I’m Too Sexy” or “Summer in the City”? : HOT AIR
54 Antioxidant juice brand : POM
55 Some mantras : OMS
56 Puzzles : ENIGMAS
58 “Success!” : TA-DA
61 “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” or “Talkin’ Baseball”? : LINEDRIVE SINGLE
66 Actress Ryan : MEG
67 Watch rim : BEZEL
68 Wood finish : STAIN
69 Equal : ARE
70 Actor’s compilation : REEL
71 Explored a national park, perhaps : HIKED
DOWN
1 Item used at home : BAT
2 Used (up) : ATE
3 Fiber alternative : DSL
4 Cheat at cards, say : PEEK
5 Reneé of the “Mean Girls” musical : RAPP
6 Like bumper-to-bumper traffic : STOP GO
7 “Amsterdam” novelist McEwan : IAN
8 Union __ : DUES
9 The blahs : ENNUI
10 Commotion : HUBBUB
11 Maker of Healthy Start Newborn skin products : AVEENO
12 Moved unpredictably : DARTED
15 Spoil : TURN
18 Long Island university that has hosted several presidential debates : HOFSTRA
19 Ran into : MET
22 Common port type : USB
23 Cake part : TIER
24 Opera solo : ARIA
26 Arrive quietly : SNEAK UP
29 Actor Stoltz : ERIC
30 Void’s partner : NULL
31 Roam (about) : GAD
35 Bad marks : STIGMAS
36 Sea eagle : ERNE
37 Not followed : LAST
39 Crystal ball, e.g. : ORB
40 Pixar film set on the Day of the Dead : COCO
41 Longtime “Project Runway” host Heidi : KLUM
44 GRE org. : ETS
45 Title role for Geena Davis : THELMA
46 Tougher to fillet, perhaps : BONIER
47 Not much, colorwise : A TINGE
49 “Spill!” : DO TELL
51 Period : AGE
52 Film trivia site : IMDB
53 More red : RARER
57 Coffee specification : SIZE
59 “Spill!” : DISH
60 Averse to : ANTI
62 Neckline shape : VEE
63 Nickelodeon slime : GAK
64 Fabrication : LIE
65 Sew up : END