Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday October 28th 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Took a chair : SAT
4 Small tool in a knife block : PARER
9 Bedouin’s beast : CAMEL
14 Forensic series with the theme song “Who Are You” : CSI
15 Trumpet sound : BLARE
16 Dress with a flared skirt : A-LINE
17 One who might say, “I like ewe!” : RAM
18 Cautious person’s motto : SAFETY FIRST
20 Neck of the woods : AREA
22 Indigenous Canadians : CREE
23 OR professionals : RNS
24 Like many ignition switches : PUSH BUTTON
28 Ghostly sound effect : MOAN
29 Guest’s guest : PLUS-ONE
30 Food court pizzeria : SBARRO
32 Snappy agreement : YEP
33 Heart of the matter : GIST
35 Positive : ASSET
36 Trios of goals : HAT TRICKS
39 Early anesthetic : ETHER
42 The Bulldogs of the Ivy League : YALE
43 Snatch : NAB
46 Primitive shelter : LEAN-TO
48 Tenon’s partner : MORTISE
50 Science centers : LABS
51 Anklets worn with a poodle skirt : BOBBY SOCKS
54 Here, in Paris : ICI
55 Diabolical : EVIL
56 Gnat or mosquito : PEST
57 “Come back to that later,” and an apt title for this puzzle : PUT A PIN IN IT
62 Headsail on a sloop : JIB
63 Flurry : SPATE
64 Rogue : KNAVE
65 One of five principal resources in the game Catan : ORE
66 Cosmetician Lauder : ESTEE
67 Shooting sport : SKEET
68 Iota : BIT
DOWN
1 Feisty : SCRAPPY
2 In most cases : AS A RULE
3 “Pencils down!” : TIMES UP
4 “Finding Your Roots” airer : PBS
5 Brownie _ mode : A LA
6 U.K. fliers : RAF
7 Standing up straight : ERECT
8 Back in fashion : RETRO
9 Barista employer : CAFE
10 Boxer who said, “The will must be stronger than the skill” : ALI
11 Self-reflection aids? : MIRRORS
12 Trap : ENSNARE
13 “Better we skip it” : LET’S NOT
19 Hankerings : YENS
21 Satisfied sounds : AHS
25 Four-time Bacall co-star : BOGART
26 Meter, e.g. : UNIT
27 Challenge : TEST
28 _ transit : MASS
31 Cookie-makers : BAKERS
34 Attempt : TRY
36 Small chicken tenders? : HENS
37 Two-syllable foot : IAMB
38 Be sickly sweet : CLOY
39 Earth’s orbit around the sun, e.g. : ELLIPSE
40 Where to leave leaves : TEACUPS
41 Savanna woodlands, to a giraffe : HABITAT
43 “Well done!” : NICE JOB!
44 “Maybe your iPhone can answer that” : ASK SIRI
45 Optimal option : BEST BET
47 Terse “Well, duh!” : OBVI
49 Outdo : TOP
52 Sty sounds : OINKS
53 Lose a staring contest : BLINK
55 Pentathlon sword : EPEE
58 Had a bagel, say : ATE
59 Scot’s denial : NAE
60 “Eh, __ seen enough” : I’VE
61 Vietnamese spring festival : TET