Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday October 5th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Tie named for an annual race venue : ASCOT
6 Destroy, as one’s hopes : DASH
10 Spanish hero El __ : CID
13 Land at the water’s edge : SHORE
14 Look at rudely : OGLE
15 Genetic messenger : RNA
16 *Ground-beef-and-gravy dish : SALISBURY STEAK
19 Out of sorts : ILL
20 Ginormous : HUGE
21 Actor Eckhart of “Sully” : AARON
23 Hefty slice : SLAB
25 *Penny-pincher : CHEAPSKATE
28 Completely wrecks : TOTALS
30 Pastry with a crust : PIE
31 Long-jawed fish : GAR
32 Shorthand crackerjack : STENO
33 2019 comedy “__ It Romantic” : ISN’T
35 Cuban coin : PESO
36 *”Ode to a Nightingale” poet : JOHN KEATS
39 Numbers game : KENO
42 Where about one-third of Istanbul residents live : ASIA
43 Yellowjackets, e.g. : WASPS
47 George Harrison memoir “__ Mine” : I ME
48 Only partner? : ONE
49 “Border” breed : COLLIE
50 *Hung in the balance : WAS AT STAKE
54 Cat breed from an Irish Sea isle : MANX
55 101 course, typically : INTRO
56 Commanded : BADE
58 T’ai __ : CHI
59 Different points of view … and a hint to the ends of the answers to starred clues : ALTERNATE TAKES
63 NFL receivers : TES
64 “Crikey!” is a mild one : OATH
65 Soccer shoe : CLEAT
66 Dreyer’s partner in ice cream : EDY
67 Miss Muffet fare : WHEY
68 Flocks’ relatives : HERDS
DOWN
1 Basketball stats : ASSISTS
2 Bulb in a vinaigrette : SHALLOT
3 Collect and put in order, as document pages : COLLATE
4 “You do it, __ will!” : OR I
5 Radio host John : TESH
6 Bread-to-be : DOUGH
7 See eye to eye : AGREE
8 Wily : SLY
9 Fellows : HES
10 Sound from an old staircase : CREAK
11 Steamed up : IN A RAGE
12 Montana neighbors, with “the” : DAKOTAS
17 Tampa NFL team : BUCS
18 Shock, as a perp : TASE
22 Emperor after Claudius : NERO
24 Steve Martin’s instrument : BANJO
26 Sleep clinic study : APNEA
27 Falafel holder : PITA
29 John in the Albert Hall : LOO
33 Atlas enlargement : INSET
34 Enjoy the slopes : SKI
35 Song of praise : PSALM
37 Oscar-winning composer Zimmer : HANS
38 Weeks in a fortnight : TWO
39 New Zealander : KIWI
40 Flow (from) : EMANATE
41 Cuddled up : NESTLED
44 One shirking work : SLACKER
45 “Angels dancing” site, in a theological question : PINHEAD
46 Gender-biased sorts : SEXISTS
48 Oklahoma tribe : OTOE
49 Formally give up : CEDE
51 Pretentious : ARTSY
52 Let up, as a storm : ABATE
53 “My Life on the D-List” comic Griffin : KATHY
57 Carve in stone : ETCH
60 Use oars : ROW
61 “Don’t think so” : NAH
62 Microbrewery brew : ALE