Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday August 13th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Suitable for growing crops : ARABLE
7 Rain unit : DROP
11 4×4, for short : UTE
14 Song with a story : BALLAD
15 Ephesus’ region : IONIA
17 Hamburger Hill setting, briefly : NAM
18 L : CHAIN SEGMENT
20 Long order : SUB
21 Teacher’s note : SEE ME
22 Sparkling flapper accessory : TIARA
24 Cobblers’ tools : AWLS
27 M : LUSTROUS FUR
31 Dumbledore and Snape, in brief : PROFS
33 Range rover : STEER
34 Military meal : MESS
35 __ rasa : TABULA
37 Clarinet, e.g. : REED
39 F : POLICE INFORMER
45 Somewhat, to Salieri : POCO
46 “Circus Sideshow” pointillist : SEURAT
48 General vibe : AURA
52 Traditional doings : RITES
55 Skylit lobbies : ATRIA
56 R : SKATING AREA
59 George Harrison’s “__ It a Pity” : ISN’T
60 Kit Kat component : WAFER
61 Capital served by the Queen Alia International Airport : AMMAN
63 Ballpark fig. : EST
64 Secret message technique … and a hint to four puzzle clues : INVISIBLE INK
71 Pulitzer novelist Harper : LEE
72 Strainer : SIEVE
73 Madrid-based airline : IBERIA
74 Vehicle for some trips : LSD
75 It has a head and hops : BEER
76 Ankle-related : TARSAL
DOWN
1 Simple comparison : ABC
2 Fan noise : RAH
3 Like : A LA
4 Like ignorance, at times : BLISSFUL
5 “Stay in your __!” : LANE
6 Ranger or Corsair : EDSEL
7 Compilation : DIGEST
8 Bulg. neighbor : ROM
9 Half of eleven? : ONE
10 Wall map insert : PIN
11 Nader’s “__ at Any Speed” : UNSAFE
12 Alphabetically penultimate zodiac sign : TAURUS
13 Places in a cell : EMBARS
16 Alaskan site of the only WWII battle on U.S. soil : ATTU
19 Layers of big eggs : EMUS
23 School of thought : ISM
24 Quick : APT
25 Stop shooting : WRAP
26 Timber wolf : LOBO
28 Fork-tailed flier : TERN
29 Coral habitat : REEF
30 Some Blizzard ingredients : OREOS
32 Place to park a clipper : SLIP
36 Scrat’s obsession in “Ice Age” films : ACORN
38 De Matteo of “The Sopranos” : DREA
40 Juul product, briefly : E-CIG
41 Ninth Greek letter : IOTA
42 Fletcher Christian, for one : MUTINEER
43 Does as humans do? : ERRS
44 Sprinkle, perhaps : RAIN
47 Skin pic : TAT
48 In addition to that : AS WELL
49 Czar’s decrees : UKASES
50 Traveled like Huck and Jim : RAFTED
51 Bolted down : ATE
53 Tip for fixing mistakes? : ERASER
54 Highway behemoth : SEMI
57 Camera part : IRIS
58 Gamut : AMBIT
62 Daughter in “The Time Traveler’s Wife” : ALBA
65 Spoonbill’s bill : NIB
66 Angled formation : VEE
67 “__ gotta run!” : I’VE
68 Collection agcy. : IRS
69 Peeples seen in People : NIA
70 Actor Penn : KAL