Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday July 21st 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Prepare to get up from one’s plane seat : UNBELT
7 Sucker for a flame : MOTH
11 Camera letters : SLR
14 Hoi __ : POLLOI
15 Mine, in Montreal : A MOI
16 Rival : VIE
17 Mole, perhaps : DOUBLE AGENT
19 Señora Perón : EVA
20 Palindromic woman’s name : ANNA
21 Either Bush 43 daughter : TWIN SISTER
23 Bit of body ink : TAT
24 “The Black Cat” author : POE
25 Locker room powders : TALCS
26 Belgian expressionist James : ENSOR
28 Stun : DAZE
32 Diamond Head locale : OAHU
33 1974 musical based on a 1900 novel, with “The” : WIZ
35 eBay offers : BIDS
37 Drop off for a bit : NAP
38 “Amen!” … or a hint to the start of four other long answers : I’LL SECOND THAT
42 Meter preceder : ODO-
43 Lake formed by the Hoover Dam : MEAD
44 “Told __!” : YOU
45 Lox variety : NOVA
47 Burst forth : SPEW
49 Language in which “w” and “y” are considered vowels : WELSH
53 2010 Barack appointee : ELENA
55 Parrot : APE
57 Bothered a lot, with “at” : ATE
58 Braille is one : BINARY CODE
62 Sooner State city : ENID
63 Vivid dye : AZO
64 Olympic event featuring death spirals : PAIR SKATING
66 Volleyball scoring unit : SET
67 Small advantage : EDGE
68 With 56-Down, type of black tea with another color in its name : ORANGE
69 Journal’s end? : -ESE
70 Gaelic gal : LASS
71 Persuasive pieces : ESSAYS
DOWN
1 Reason for a restart : UPDATE
2 Political pundit Peggy : NOONAN
3 Numbs : BLUNTS
4 Idris of “Luther” : ELBA
5 “Kidding!” letters : LOL
6 Associate with : TIE TO
7 Ancient trio : MAGI
8 Black cat, to some : OMEN
9 Quite a lot : TONS
10 “Start the music!” : HIT IT
11 __ Savitskaya, first woman to perform a spacewalk : SVETLANA
12 Modern customer support option : LIVE CHAT
13 Reacts in fear, as a horse : REARS UP
18 Wonderstruck : AWED
22 __ Tomé and Príncipe : SAO
24 Spectrum maker : PRISM
27 Potterverse courier : OWL
29 Cabin or castle : ABODE
30 Chard alternative : ZIN
31 Water whirled : EDDY
34 Pizza pieces? : ZEES
36 “Dred” novelist : STOWE
38 Reveres : IDOLIZES
39 Heart-y message? : LOVE NOTE
40 Upper limit : CAP
41 Color : HUE
42 __ hit: baseball single : ONE BASE
46 Carrier to Tokyo : ANA
48 Rolls of money : WADS
50 Pacific weather phenomenon : LA NINA
51 Cheap : STINGY
52 Risk-offsetting investments : HEDGES
54 Cosmetician Adrien : ARPEL
56 See 68-Across : PEKOE
59 When tripled, “et cetera” : YADA
60 Smokes, briefly : CIGS
61 Crude metals : ORES
62 JFK board data : ETAS
65 Cue followers : ARS