Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday April 30th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 “How cute!” : AWW
4 Tree with catkins : ALDER
9 Gives for free : COMPS
14 Thai language : LAO
15 Reading from an ark : TORAH
16 Use : AVAIL
17 Hors d’oeuvre in the Arctic? : FROST BITE
19 LPGA star Korda : NELLY
20 Skywalker mentor : KENOBI
21 Others, in Oaxaca : OTRAS
22 Tempt : BAIT
24 Window treatment in the Arctic? : SNOW BLIND
27 Jumpsuit : ONESIE
30 Crowd-__ : PLEASER
31 Tournament pass : BYE
32 Treaty subject : PEACE
35 Vivacious : PERT
36 Brittle cookies in the Arctic? : COLD SNAPS
39 Samoa’s capital : APIA
42 Something numbered in groceries : AISLE
43 Maa, in the movie “Babe” : EWE
46 Clue’s function : HINTING
49 Arcade game gobbler : PAC-MAN
51 Linens in the Arctic? : ICE SHEETS
54 Actress Cheryl or Jordan : LADD
55 Words to live by : CREED
56 Bond preference? : SHAKEN
59 “Aha!” : GOT YA
60 Money for a rainy day in the Arctic? : SLUSH FUND
63 More cunning : SLIER
64 Book before Joel : HOSEA
65 Singer’s asset : EAR
66 Drink to : TOAST
67 Wharton’s “__ Frome” : ETHAN
68 Soap-making supply : LYE
DOWN
1 TV ET : ALF
2 1970 #1 hit with the line “What is it good for?” : WAR
3 One of a “Star Wars” race with its own -pedia : WOOKIEE
4 Memo abbr. : ATTN
5 Western wolf : LOBO
6 Small amounts : DRIBS
7 Like some kitchens : EAT-IN
8 MLB scoreboard letters : RHE
9 “Not possible” : CAN’T BE
10 Isn’t discrete : OVERLAPS
11 Listlessness : MALAISE
12 Hoppy lager : PILSNER
13 Wily : SLY
18 Tennis units : SETS
21 Hogwarts mail carrier : OWL
22 Short cut : BOB
23 “__ thoughts?” : ANY
25 Is the first act : OPENS
26 2000 Gere title role : DR T
28 2019 Uber landmark, briefly : IPO
29 Fish in unadon : EEL
33 Words of wisdom : ADAGE
34 CBS forensic series : CSI
36 Reflective gemstones : CAT’S EYES
37 Swiss peak : ALP
38 Kind of green : PEA
39 Yellowfin tuna : AHI
40 Highest-pitched woodwind : PICCOLO
41 Resistance to change : INERTIA
43 Obama’s first chief of staff : EMANUEL
44 Walletful : WAD
45 Put the kibosh on : END
47 Common start of a bumper sticker slogan : I HEART
48 Outlaw Kelly : NED
50 Staff leader? : CLEF
52 Letter-shaped opening : T-SLOT
53 Silence : SHUSH
57 Voyaging : ASEA
58 Top medieval Tatar : KHAN
59 Clock-setting std. : GST
60 Pop duo __ & Him : SHE
61 Thumbs-down : NAY
62 Hip-hop Dr. : DRE