Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday March 18th 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Gave a darn : CARED
6 Personal bearing : MIEN
10 Spongy earth : MIRE
14 __ and kicking : ALIVE
15 Like a quaint shoppe : OLDE
16 Unknown author, for short : ANON
17 Hors d’oeuvre often seasoned with paprika : DEVILED EGG
19 Looped in, on email : CC’ED
20 Corp. VIP : EXEC
21 Quite : VERY
22 Infant’s cry : WAH
23 Skin pictures : TATTOOS
25 Calm and dignified : SEDATE
28 Picnic side dish : POTATO SALAD
31 Double-reed woodwind : OBOE
34 Charged particle : ION
35 Helena’s st. : MONT
36 Creamy dip for buffalo wings : RANCH DRESSING
40 __ mater : ALMA
41 “__ moved on” : I’VE
42 Parrot in Disney’s “Aladdin” : IAGO
43 New England seafood sandwich : LOBSTER ROLL
47 Securities backed by the govt. : T-NOTES
48 Fought : BATTLED
53 Raw mineral in a mine : ORE
54 Supermarket area with fresh cheeses : DELI
56 Hitchhiker’s hope : RIDE
57 Foggy state : HAZE
59 Minnesota medical center, or where one might learn how to prepare 17-, 28-, 36-, and 43-Across? : MAYO CLINIC
61 Scat legend Fitzgerald : ELLA
62 Brick __ pizza : OVEN
63 Tiny spot : SPECK
64 Overly compliant : MEEK
65 Floating ice chunk : BERG
66 Auto body blemishes : DENTS
DOWN
1 Military academy enrollee : CADET
2 Name said to activate an Amazon Echo Dot : ALEXA
3 Fastener in a girder : RIVET
4 Kick out : EVICT
5 Oscar winner Benicio __ Toro : DEL
6 Not showy : MODEST
7 Actor Robert who hosts the podcast “Not Today, Pal” with former co-star Jamie-Lynn Sigler : ILER
8 Envelope-pushing : EDGY
9 Opposite of pos. : NEG
10 Expensive nut from Hawaii : MACADAMIA
11 Advance slowly : INCH ALONG
12 Fish-to-be : ROE
13 Conclude : END
18 Sauteing acronym : EVOO
22 Director Craven : WES
24 Oil cartel acronym : OPEC
25 “The Brady Bunch” trio : SONS
26 Dance that takes two : TANGO
27 NYC summer hrs. : EDT
29 TV station, e.g. : AIRER
30 Shoe front : TOE
31 Wrinkle-resistant synthetic fabric : ORLON
32 Hoodwink : BAMBOOZLE
33 Winning game after game : ON A STREAK
37 Makes haste : HIES
38 Binge-watcher’s device : DVR
39 River sediment : SILT
40 PC key near the space bar : ALT
44 Casual shirt : TEE
45 Like a kiwi : OBLONG
46 Not of the clergy : LAIC
49 Utter nonsense : TRIPE
50 Lightweight fabric : LINEN
51 Formal decree : EDICT
52 Cruise ship levels : DECKS
54 Singer Grohl who founded the Foo Fighters : DAVE
55 Watchful sort : EYER
57 __ and haw : HEM
58 Hoppy beer : ALE
59 Disorderly crowd : MOB
60 1960s hallucinogen, for short : LSD