Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday August 31st 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Country singer McCann : LILA
5 Chose : OPTED
10 Imitates : APES
14 Poet’s “in a trice” : ANON
15 Legendary crooner Mel : TORME
16 Red inside : RARE
17 *It often runs through the center of town : MAIN STREET
19 H.S. math class : TRIG
20 Year at the Sorbonne : ANNEE
21 Spare in a boot : TYRE
22 DIY furniture giant : IKEA
23 Took five : RESTED
25 Clutch : GRASP
27 Stereo knob : TREBLE
30 Corporate department : SALES
33 Apartment overseer, informally : SUPE
36 “Homeland” org. : CIA
37 Fruit in a split : BANANA
38 Japanese sash : OBI
39 *Sleeveless shirt : TANK TOP
41 NYSE listings : COS
42 Undo legislatively : REPEAL
44 Place for a ring : EAR
45 “Winter Song” musician John : TESH
46 Nottingham’s river : TRENT
47 Goofs : ERRORS
49 Stuff, as a turkey : DRESS
51 Zero chance : NO HOPE
55 Root for a luau : TARO
57 Supply-and-demand sci. : ECON
60 Turkish coins : LIRAS
61 Cheese couleur : BLEU
62 Like oceanside resort property … and what the starts to the answers to starred clues can have? : WATERFRONT
64 Football’s QB rating, for one : STAT
65 Modeling adhesive : EPOXY
66 Arrogance, in slang : ‘TUDE
67 Fleshy fruit : POME
68 Tivoli’s Villa __ : D’ESTE
69 Headliner : STAR
DOWN
1 Rapper Kendrick : LAMAR
2 Mindless : INANE
3 Meat cuts : LOINS
4 “Being Julia” co-star Bening : ANNETTE
5 Old-time baseball slugger called “Master Melvin” : OTT
6 Dessert wine : PORT
7 It beats a deuce : TREY
8 Come forth : EMERGE
9 Put a damper on : DETER
10 Craftsperson : ARTISAN
11 *Monopoly property three squares before Go : PARK PLACE
12 Toledo’s lake : ERIE
13 Big name in computer games : SEGA
18 Fortuneteller : SEER
24 Image-transfer item : DECAL
26 “Now!” : ASAP
28 Coal holder : BIN
29 Staples Center player : LAKER
31 Slaughter on the diamond : ENOS
32 Pageant body band : SASH
33 Database command : SORT
34 Above, in Berlin : UBER
35 *Bit of wishful thinking : PIPE DREAM
37 B in chem class : BORON
39 London art gallery : TATE
40 Old salt : TAR
43 On the way : EN ROUTE
45 Vacation souvenirs : T-SHIRTS
47 Break out : ESCAPE
48 Massage therapeutically : ROLF
50 Put in stitches : SEWED
52 “Are you in __?” : OR OUT
53 Bamboo muncher : PANDA
54 Aromatic compound : ESTER
55 1/2 fl. oz. : TBSP
56 Choir part : ALTO
58 Platte River people : OTOS
59 Preceded in line by only one person : NEXT
63 Bar staple : RYE