Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday August 24th 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Price-less event : RED TAG SALE
11 [You did what?] : GASP
15 Square deals : EVEN TRADES
16 Actress Shawkat : ALIA
17 Surprise party request : DON’T BE LATE
18 Lasses : GALS
19 Two in a million? : ELS
20 Peak performance : A-GAME
21 Bags : SACKS
22 Tennis great who won 18 Grand Slam singles championships : EVERT
24 “Queen Sugar” role for Bianca Lawson : DARLA
26 Parabola piece : ARC
27 No more than : MERE
28 Blues and bluegrass : GENRES
29 Quintana __, Mexico : ROO
30 Tool for making eyelet holes : AWL
32 Some reunión familiar attendees : TIAS
33 Trifling amount : TAD
34 Big play ground : STADIUM
38 Lead up to : PRECEDE
40 Many a “Derry Girls” teacher : NUN
41 Lacking a date : STAG
43 Casual dating letters : NSA
44 “Twisted Love” author Huang : ANA
45 Inside looks : DECORS
47 Connected notes : SLUR
51 Super gp.? : PAC
52 Japanese city known as The Nation’s Kitchen : OSAKA
53 Social media action : SHARE
54 Tourney format : PRO-AM
56 Sauce served with biryani : RAITA
58 Free spot : PSA
59 Eternities : EONS
60 Elote en vaso : CORN IN A CUP
62 Emmy winner who hosts the “Clear+Vivid” podcast : ALDA
63 Story that gets lost in time : UNTOLD TALE
64 Smack : SLAP
65 Brenda Song, once : DISNEY STAR
DOWN
1 Offset, in a way : REDEEM
2 Change over time : EVOLVE
3 More compact : DENSER
4 Explosive letters : TNT
5 Ready to swing : AT BAT
6 “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” kid : GREG
7 French course : SALADE
8 Not moving : ADAMANT
9 “Don’t hold back!” : LET ‘ER RIP
10 -babble : -ESE
11 Totally smitten : GAGA
12 Separately : A LA CARTE
13 Route that facilitated the spread of Buddhism : SILK ROAD
14 Face scan alternative : PASSCODE
21 Gets smart : SASSES
23 Scan : READ
25 Picks up : LEARNS
28 Squat muscles : GLUTES
31 Sagacity : WISDOM
34 Chikuzenni vegetables : SNAP PEAS
35 Tekkamaki : TUNA ROLL
36 Amazon predator : ANACONDA
37 Kraft supply : MACARONI
39 “Songwriter” country singer : CASH
42 Small racers : GO-KARTS
46 Spoil, as a barbecue : RAIN ON
48 Purr-fect companion : LAP-CAT
49 “The Little Mermaid” villain : URSULA
50 Harvesting machine : REAPER
53 Like used beach towels : SANDY
55 Urgent letters : ASAP
57 Rummikub piece : TILE
60 Ruminant’s mouthful : CUD
61 Mentions on X : ATS