Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday January 7th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Ancient beverage “mixed” in 46-Across : MEAD
5 Dinner beverage “mixed” in 27-Across : CLARET
11 Cooking meas. : TSP
14 Part of a pot : ANTE
15 On a smaller scale : LESS SO
16 Bit in a horse’s mouth : OAT
17 Air Force Academy city : COLORADO SPRINGS
20 Abbr. between names, perhaps : AKA
21 Gulf of __ : OMAN
22 Starkers, on this side of the pond : NAKED
23 Not fooled by : WISE TO
25 City blight : SLUM
27 Driver’s aid, once : CAR TELEPHONE
33 Sneeze syllable : CHOO
36 It’s a wrap : SARAN
37 Bond was kicked out of it : ETON
38 Fireplace shelf : HOB
39 Berkeley sch. : CAL
40 Effort : TRY
41 ESPN MLB analyst : A-ROD
43 Drive : MOTOR
45 Fountain beverage “mixed” in 17-Across : SODA
46 “Give me time to collect myself” : I NEED A MOMENT
49 Animal rights gp. : PETA
50 Make more powerful : SOUP UP
54 Gut feeling? : AGITA
57 Simon Says player : APER
59 That, in Oaxaca : ESA
60 Balancing act : TIGHTROPE WALKER
64 Artist Yoko : ONO
65 Filling out forms, often : HASSLE
66 After-dinner beverage “mixed” in 60-Across : PORT
67 Make a dent in : MAR
68 Drove off : SHOOED
69 Costner role : NESS
DOWN
1 Rainforest parrot : MACAW
2 Mushroom in Asian cuisine : ENOKI
3 World record? : ATLAS
4 “Gloria in Excelsis __” : DEO
5 Demands loudly, with “for” : CLAMORS
6 Helen of Troy’s mother : LEDA
7 John Irving’s “__ of the Circus” : A SON
8 __ feed: online news aggregator : RSS
9 Medium gift : ESP
10 Ripped to shreds : TORN UP
11 Honky-__ : TONK
12 Wise one : SAGE
13 Condition once called “shell shock,” for short : PTSD
18 Membership list : ROTA
19 “You found the right guy,” formally : I AM HE
24 Novelist Umberto : ECO
25 Go this way and that : SLALOM
26 Actor Cariou : LEN
28 City near Seattle : TACOMA
29 Muse for Shelley : ERATO
30 “The Simpsons” bus driver : OTTO
31 North of Paris : NORD
32 One-named New Ager : ENYA
33 Spiced tea : CHAI
34 Cornucopia shape : HORN
35 Bassoon kin : OBOE
42 Profundity : DEPTH
43 Welcome __ : MAT
44 Mended, in a way : RESEWED
45 “Rugrats” dad : STU
47 __-head: Hell’s Angels insignia : DEATH’S
48 Romance novelist Roberts who writes mysteries as J.D. Robb : NORA
51 Tea variety : PEKOE
52 Computer operators : USERS
53 Labor go-with : PARTS
54 Tiny bit : ATOM
55 Carano of “Deadpool” : GINA
56 Horror movie assistant : IGOR
57 Lhasa __ : APSO
58 Soccer great : PELE
61 “Go team!” : RAH
62 Spanish bear : OSO
63 Hosp. staffer : LPN