Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday July 15th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Big drink of water : GULP
5 Choice : PLUM
9 Pesky crawler : ROACH
14 Like most eggs : OVAL
15 Making people wait, maybe : LATE
16 Wolf pack leader : ALPHA
17 Self-named 2000s sitcom set in Texas : REBA
18 Somewhat : A TAD
19 Landlocked Asian country : NEPAL
20 Good-looking : EASY ON THE IS
23 Awesome, in slang : LIT
24 Chinese toy : PEKE
25 Works a wedding : CATERS
27 Prince in a can? : ALBERT
30 Classic film involving a split personality : PSYCHO
32 Chow __ : MEIN
33 Wind heard in Dion’s “Abraham, Martin and John” : OBOE
35 “The Metamorphosis” author : KAFKA
38 Bag or ball lead-in : AIR-
39 Vegas loser, often : SNAKE IS
41 Early 11th-century year : MII
42 Couldn’t say no : HAD TO
44 Help to withdraw : WEAN
45 Many a gospel song : HYMN
46 Run-scoring out : SAC FLY
48 Lao-tzu follower : TAOIST
50 “Peer Gynt Suite” dancer : ANITRA
52 Put on : WEAR
53 Rainbow mnemonic surname : BIV
54 Payback phrase altered to provide a hint to solving four other puzzle answers : AN I FOR AN EYE
60 Jennyanydots’ creator : ELIOT
62 Farm house : COOP
63 “The Favourite” actress Stone : EMMA
64 The “A” in CDA, to an Idahoan : ALENE
65 Automaker Ferrari : ENZO
66 Verbal quirks, like “y’know” : TICS
67 Coolidge’s VP : DAWES
68 Texter’s sign-off : TTYL
69 “Right now!” : STAT
DOWN
1 2000 presidential runner-up : GORE
2 Pigmented eye layer : UVEA
3 Some yellow dogs : LABS
4 New parent’s purchase : PLAYPEN
5 Mr. Krabs’ nemesis : PLANKTON
6 Dunkin’ Donuts offering : LATTE
7 U.S. territory until 1896 : UTAH
8 Ancient Persian : MEDE
9 Pillages : RANSACKS
10 Cry after un gol : OLE
11 Affectionate idiom that originally referred to a pupil : APPLE OF MY I
12 Committee leader : CHAIR
13 Stops : HALTS
21 Above, to a bard : O’ER
22 Like some stares : ICY
26 Lil Wayne’s “__ Carter III” : THA
27 Asian nurse : AMAH
28 Princess from Alderaan : LEIA
29 Perch perspective : BIRD’S-I VIEW
30 Stir : POKEY
31 “I __ red door and I want it painted black”: Stones : SEE A
34 Cry buckets : BAWL
36 Basinger and Cattrall : KIMS
37 “If it __ broke … ” : AIN’T
39 Ancient dialogues subject : SOCRATES
40 Worldwide anti-crime group : INTERPOL
43 Ankle pic : TAT
45 Charlotte NBA team : HORNETS
47 Autograph seeker : FAN
49 Duracell size : AAA
50 Draw __ on: aim at : A BEAD
51 Wafer brand : NILLA
52 Light-headed : WOOZY
55 Very cool rapper? : ICE-T
56 Type of type : FONT
57 Radiate : EMIT
58 Disco hit with arm motions : YMCA
59 Towards sunrise : EAST
61 Phone button with no letters : ONE