Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday October 18th 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Map out : PLAN
5 With 5-Down, summer shirt : TANK
9 Keeping folks waiting : LATE
13 Brontë heroine : EYRE
14 Woodwind played by Andy Mackay of Roxy Music : OBOE
15 Ireland, poetically : ERIN
16 What poker chips might do? : ACCOMPANY CARDS
19 Stretch, as one’s neck : CRANE
20 _ and aahs : OOHS
21 Business letters? : INC
23 Starpilot and smuggler Solo : HAN
24 No. cruncher : CPA
27 Rival : FOE
28 Scottish no : NAE
29 What people waiting in a long line might do? : ACCOST CUTTERS
33 Synthesizer brand : CASIO
34 By land _ : OR SEA
35 Folder’s loss : ANTE
38 Cabs : TAXIS
41 Spy-fi side : USSR
42 Knobs : DIALS
44 Words of clarification : I MEAN
46 What people who eschew online banking might do? : ACCLAIM CHECKS
50 Sat : MET
51 Brandy bottle letters : VSO
52 Corvallis sch. : OSU
53 “Never hurts to __” : ASK
56 Fed. stipend : SSI
57 Like good angel food cake : AIRY
59 Rolls partner : ROYCE
61 Summertime chore, or an apt title for this puzzle : AC INSTALLATION
65 Immense : VAST
66 Woeful sigh : ALAS
67 In a thumb-twiddling way : IDLY
68 Shady trees : ELMS
69 Comedian Foxx : REDD
70 Egg cream component : SODA
DOWN
1 Cobbler fruit : PEACH
2 Sports bra fabric : LYCRA
3 Obscure stuff : ARCANA
4 Like Crayola’s Unmellow Yellow and Atomic Tangerine : NEON
5 See 5-Across : TOP
6 Law school accrediting org. : ABA
7 Double negative? : NO-NO
8 Early topic in music theory : KEY OF C
9 Allow use of for a fee : LEASE TO
10 Pt. of ETA : ARR
11 Neat quality : TIDINESS
12 Captures : ENSNARES
17 Holy city of Islam : MECCA
18 Singer Jay known as the “King of Mandopop” : CHOU
22 Civil rights activist Chavez : CESAR
25 Fruity Pebbles maker : POST
26 Ulaanbaatar’s locale : ASIA
30 Common flashlight battery : C-CELL
31 _ waste : TOXIC
32 Footlocker : TRUNK
35 “Vice” Oscar nominee Amy : ADAMS
36 “Wow, you almost dropped that!” : NICE SAVE
37 Strategic : TACTICAL
39 Intro to a texter’s two cents : IMHO
40 Catches on : SEES
43 Learned experts : SAVANTS
45 Luxury Honda brand : ACURA
47 Goddess often depicted holding an ankh : ISIS
48 Masonry mixture : MORTAR
49 Marry : SAY I DO
54 Tell off : SCOLD
55 Home country of marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum : KENYA
58 Handsome Dan’s school : YALE
60 _ Spunkmeyer : OTIS
62 Philosophy : ISM
63 Young boy : LAD
64 Microdosing initials : LSD