Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday July 27th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Eva of “Green Acres” : GABOR
6 Smart guy? : ALEC
10 Mosque leader : IMAM
14 L.A.’s Staples Center, e.g. : ARENA
15 “The lady __ protest too much, methinks”: “Hamlet” : DOTH
16 Zilch : NADA
17 Frozen rain : SLEET
18 “The African Queen” co-screenwriter James : AGEE
19 Fairly brisk gait : TROT
20 ESP neighbor, to the IOC : POR
21 *Site of an annual ball drop : TIMES SQUARE
24 Acrylic fiber : ORLON
26 Bach composition : SUITE
27 Was understood, finally : SANK IN
29 Halley observation : COMET
31 Bernie’s songwriting partner : ELTON
32 Hawaii state bird : NENE
33 Poetry competition : SLAM
37 Flight tracker info : ETA
38 *Comedic climax : GAG LINE
41 In the style of : A LA
42 Unkempt dos : MOPS
44 Electrical unit : VOLT
45 Polite refusal : NO, SIR
47 Lock on one’s head : TRESS
49 “To clarify … ” : THAT IS
50 Less prevalent : RARER
52 Oscar, for one : AWARD
53 *Ray Kinsella in “Field of Dreams,” e.g. : BASEBALL FAN
56 Quarterback’s asset : ARM
59 Como una mujer con mucho dinero : RICA
60 Best ever, initially : GOAT
61 Paddled boat : CANOE
63 Haphazard way to run : AMOK
64 Salinger title girl who says, “I’m extremely interested in squalor” : ESME
65 Florida theme park : EPCOT
66 Things of little consequence : NITS
67 Kevin Costner in “Field of Dreams,” e.g. : STAR
68 Judges : DEEMS
DOWN
1 Shocked sound : GASP
2 Folksy Guthrie : ARLO
3 *Keg buy in a pub : BEER ON TAP
4 Half a pair : ONE
5 Not good under-the-hood sound : RATTLING
6 Rhett’s last words : A DAMN
7 Theater tier : LOGE
8 Sorbonne summers : ETES
9 Knights or rooks : CHESSMEN
10 Somehow knows : INTUITS
11 French Revolution radical : MARAT
12 Love to pieces : ADORE
13 Deckhand : MATE
22 Charged particle : ION
23 Montreal’s prov. : QUE
25 Old MGM rival : RKO
27 Apparently are : SEEM
28 Kind of sax : ALTO
29 Phones in pockets or purses : CELLS
30 Working the case : ON IT
32 Oxfam and CARE, for two : NGOS
34 Wedding reception finale, and a feature of the answers to starred clues : LAST DANCE
35 Et __: and others : ALII
36 Damages : MARS
39 Batting stats : AVERAGES
40 Improved in value : ENHANCED
43 Barely runs? : STREAKS
46 Item for a dinghy : OAR
48 Civil War soldier : REB
49 Pan Am rival : TWA
50 “Spider-Man” trilogy director Sam : RAIMI
51 Fancy neckwear : ASCOT
52 Subsequent to : AFTER
53 Source of fiber : BRAN
54 121-episode TV drama set on a mysterious island : LOST
55 Tibetan honorific : LAMA
57 Space : ROOM
58 Citi Field team : METS
62 Bonobo, for one : APE