Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday May 10th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 Prefix with bar : ISO-
4 Purple color named for a flower : LILAC
9 Kind of minister or suspect : PRIME
14 Habit wearer : NUN
15 “Mutiny on the Bounty” captain : BLIGH
16 “Star Wars” director George : LUCAS
17 Two-base hit: Abbr. : DBL
18 Cloak-and-dagger spy : SECRET AGENT
20 Heroic tale : EPIC
22 Direction of the dawn : EAST
23 Easter egg coloring : DYE
24 Typically yellow tangy fruit : BANANA PEPPER
29 Quivery vocal effect : TREMOLO
30 Spanish eight : OCHO
34 Of an arterial trunk : AORTAL
38 Belle’s suitor : BEAU
39 *Accessory metaphor for an accomplishment : NOTCH ON ONE’S BELT
44 Gas leak giveaway : ODOR
45 “I’m clueless” : NO IDEA
46 City near Tahoe : RENO
47 Whiner : CRYBABY
52 Spaghetti-in-a-can icon : CHEF BOYARDEE
57 Emails a dupe to : CCS
60 Goddess for whom a month is named : MAIA
61 Theater segments : ROWS
62 “I Can’t Help Myself” Motown group … and what’s comprised by 18-, 24-, 39- and 52-Across’ starting words? : THE FOUR TOPS
67 Frito-__ : LAY
68 Old toga wearer : ROMAN
69 Frighten : SCARE
70 Start for fab or fix : PRE-
71 Pinocchio’s problem : LYING
72 Roll of the dice : THROW
73 “__ the DJ, I’m the Rapper”: 1988 album : HE’S

DOWN

1 Behind on bills : IN DEBT
2 Not up to snuff : SUBPAR
3 Browsing the Web, say : ONLINE
4 Scale units: Abbr. : LBS
5 Land in la mer : ILE
6 DMV certificate : LIC
7 Go along (with) : AGREE
8 Tightfisted : CHEAP
9 Table setting item : PLATE
10 Snug bug’s place? : RUG
11 Covered, as a cake : ICED
12 Numerous : MANY
13 Punta del __, Uruguay : ESTE
19 Recipe abbr. : TSP
21 Cell pic taker : CAM
25 Ark builder : NOAH
26 Crazy as __ : A LOON
27 X-rated stuff : PORNO
28 Lynda Bird’s married name : ROBB
31 Average grade : CEE
32 Actor Holbrook : HAL
33 Not in the office : OUT
35 You, in French : TOI
36 With unnamed partners, in bus. names : AND CO
37 Suspicious (of) : LEERY
39 Neither’s partner : NOR
40 Wordsworth’s “__ to Duty” : ODE
41 Trucker’s unit : TON
42 Gator kin : CROC
43 “Don’t __ word!”: “Shh!” : SAY A
48 “I’m freezing!” : BRR
49 Brewer Coors : ADOLPH
50 Sign warning word about a watchdog : BEWARE
51 “Absolutely!” : YES YES
53 Chinese ethnic group : HMONG
54 Water, in Cannes : EAU
55 At the head of the line : FIRST
56 Cookie baker’s lot : BATCH
57 Bottom-corner PC key : CTRL
58 Bok __: Chinese cabbage : CHOY
59 18-wheeler : SEMI
63 One cheering for the team : FAN
64 Sculler’s prop : OAR
65 Whiz : PRO
66 Stitch together : SEW

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday May 8th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 TV’s “Ozark,” e.g. : DRAMA
6 Comedy club regulars : MCS
9 Dodge : AVERT
14 Pool service? : RIDE-SHARE
16 Bright, loyal breed : BOXER
17 1998 Academy Honorary Award-winning director : ELIA KAZAN
18 Dried chili pepper : ANCHO
19 Reason to shake : DEAL
20 Brilliant : GENIUS
22 Sky cat? : LEO
23 “Madam Secretary” star : TEA LEONI
25 Make calls at home, maybe : UMP
26 More shrewd : CAGIER
29 Curling spots : RINKS
31 Bike chain alternative : U-LOCK
32 Word from the German for “spirit of the age” : ZEITGEIST
36 Corner piece : ROOK
37 Guinness orders : PINTS
38 Woman’s name that sounds like two letters : EVIE
39 Ride in the sand : DUNE BUGGY
41 Drop, as dough : SPEND
42 Lionsgate premium cable subsidiary : STARZ
43 Prince Harry’s dukedom : SUSSEX
44 NBA on __ : TNT
46 Dry deliveries : DEADPANS
49 Game of luck : WAR
50 Generated again : REGREW
51 Little elephant : CALF
55 “Hotel du Lac” author Brookner : ANITA
57 Chaotic situation, in slang : GOAT RODEO
59 Finish, as a tat : INK UP
60 Posse : ENTOURAGE
61 Putin’s denials : NYETS
62 “The Partridge Family” actress : DEY
63 Nonmusical notes : MEMOS

DOWN

1 Scott in a landmark Supreme Court case : DRED
2 Upset : RILE
3 1998 hit from the Sarah McLachlan album “Surfacing” : ADIA
4 Singer’s voice, e.g. : MEAL TICKET
5 Part of AMA, on Reddit : ASK
6 Yiddish fortune : MAZEL
7 Bird at a construction site? : CRANE
8 Asset on the corporate ladder : SENIORITY
9 Taking down a peg : ABASING
10 Word in many German names : VON
11 Some scoops : EXCLUSIVES
12 Take up again, in a way : REHEM
13 Brownie bunch : TROOP
15 Horrible comic? : HAGAR
21 Hands and feet : UNITS
24 Cry of dismay : EEK
26 Morsel for Miss Muffet : CURD
27 Baseball brother : ALOU
28 Walk out : GO ON STRIKE
30 Tallies : KEEPS SCORE
32 Didn’t go straight : ZIGZAGGED
33 Lang. of Belize : ENG
34 Geometry calculation : SINE
35 Acronymic term for some local talks : TEDX
37 Baby food, usually : PUREE
40 Undeserved charges : BAD RAPS
41 Bask : SUN
43 Took care of : SAW TO
44 “When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade” writer : TWAIN
45 Household helper : NANNY
47 Modern delivery vehicle : DRONE
48 Boglike : PEATY
52 Scott of “Big Little Lies” : ADAM
53 Danish toy maker : LEGO
54 Ones at odds : FOES
56 Mild rebuke : TUT
58 Hurricane component : RUM

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday May 7th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 “Fear the Walking Dead,” e.g. : SPIN-OFF
8 Fixed up : REDONE
14 Legendary name in racing : MAN O’ WAR
15 Keeps away from : EVADES
16 Tight deadlines may make an electrician’s job __ : GO DOWN TO THE WIRE
18 Reversal : U-TURN
19 Picked up : LEARNED
20 Leaves for a drink : TEA
21 How it looks, with “the” : OPTICS
24 An electrician who is testing results may become a __ : SWITCH HITTER
30 Schooner pole : MAST
33 Where FDR was once governor : NYS
34 Face with courage : BRAVE
35 Counting everything : IN TOTAL
37 Poetic devices : SIMILES
39 Link to another story? : STAIR
40 “Shameless” network, briefly : SHO
41 It may be raised at an outdoor wedding : TENT
42 An electrician resolves legal matters at __ : CIRCUIT COURT
46 Glum : MOROSE
47 Old AT&T rival : MCI
50 “Let’s begin, okay?” : SHALL WE?
54 Doesn’t hack it : FAILS
56 A stressed electrician may need an __ : EMOTIONAL OUTLET
59 They may be going around : RUMORS
60 Saskatchewan neighbor : MONTANA
61 Patronize, as a motel : STOP AT
62 Person well over 70, probably? : SPEEDER

DOWN

1 Executed, in Exodus : SMOTE
2 City near Venice : PADUA
3 “Are you __ out?” : IN OR
4 “Don’t take it so hard” : NOW NOW
5 Take responsibility for : OWN
6 Butter component : FAT
7 Kicks up one’s heels : FROLICS
8 Discuss ad nauseam : REHASH
9 At any time : EVER
10 Vampire’s curfew : DAWN
11 Comics dog that sounds like two letters : ODIE
12 Bookish sort : NERD
13 Wichita-to-Memphis dir. : ESE
16 __ feeling : GUT
17 Big field in Silicon Valley : TECH
22 Cocktail word with a tilde : PINA
23 Texter’s “Chat soon” : TTYL
24 Dispassionate type : STOIC
25 UPC bar code developer : IBM
26 Travis of country music : TRITT
27 Account : TALE
28 Square : EVEN
29 Sit a spell : REST
30 Catchall abbr. : MISC
31 Contradictory prefix : ANTI-
32 Marquee figure : STAR
36 Capote nickname : TRU
37 “Leave me alone!” : SHOO
38 Chits : IOUS
40 Roller coaster sounds : SCREAMS
43 “Wait, what?” : I’M LOST
44 Dot on a map : TOWN
45 Disprove : REFUTE
47 Creator of an iconic bear : MILNE
48 Understood : CLEAR
49 Musician’s suffix : -IST
50 X-rated stuff : SMUT
51 __ sapiens : HOMO
52 Surmounting : ATOP
53 Pre-euro currency : LIRA
55 Slightly : A TAD
56 Critical-care ctrs. : ERS
57 Chop (off) : LOP
58 Number of World Series wins for the Astros : ONE

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday May 6th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 Apple since 1998 : IMAC
5 Doctor’s order? : SAY “AH”
10 Large number : HOST
14 Dunn of “SNL” (1985-’90) : NORA
15 Food recall cause : E COLI
16 Not about to back : ANTI
17 Bridge relative for three players : DUMMY WHIST
19 Union foe : SCAB
20 Muse’s gift, in modern slang : INSPO
21 “Too Many Rappers” rapper : NAS
22 Elephantine : HUGE
23 They’re not from around here, briefly : ETS
24 NBA All-Star Weekend event, casually : DUNK CONTEST
28 TV’s Arthur : BEA
29 MSNBC host Melber : ARI
30 Irish New Ager : ENYA
31 Hawks’ home: Abbr. : ATL
32 23andMe concern : DNA
34 Everglades bird : EGRET
38 Eugene-to-Portland dir. : NNE
39 Equinox sunset direction viewed from the equator : DUE WEST
42 Flying phenom : ACE
43 Miso soup base : DASHI
45 Sch. found inside hotel suites? : LSU
46 Scand. land : NOR
47 “Wonderfilled” cookie : OREO
50 Actor Vigoda : ABE
52 U.S. number-issuing agcy. : SSA
53 Sporty muffler option : DUAL EXHAUST
57 BOLO cousin : APB
58 Lone : ONLY
59 Constitution letters : USS
60 Like computer innovations, say : TECHY
62 Caiman kin : CROC
63 Book protector … and what 17- 24-, 39-, and 53-Across each has : DUST JACKET
66 Casino game : KENO
67 Remove entirely : ERASE
68 “__ we go!” : HERE
69 Eject : SPEW
70 Malibu, e.g. : SEDAN
71 Spenser’s “Epithalamion” and others : ODES

DOWN

1 The Smiths, e.g. : INDIE BAND
2 Europe’s highest active volcano : MOUNT ETNA
3 Heat transfer subject? : ARMS SALES
4 Like-minded group : CAMP
5 Use a Singer : SEW
6 Augsburg “Oh!” : ACH
7 “I’m taking that!” : YOINK
8 Treaty of Versailles region : ALSACE
9 Tries to pick up : HITS ON
10 Tweet symbol : HASHTAG
11 When expected : ON CUE
12 Does’ beaux : STAGS
13 Starting point for an Everest ascent : TIBET
18 “Size matters not” Jedi master : YODA
25 Pakistani tongue : URDU
26 Important baseball number : NINE
27 Nureyev negative : NYET
33 Leatherwork tool : AWL
35 Plundered : RANSACKED
36 Closed system that includes all life on Earth : ECOSPHERE
37 Substantial storage units : TERABYTES
39 Boding disaster : DIRE
40 Isaac’s eldest : ESAU
41 Replacements : SUBS
44 Phil Rizzuto catchphrase : HOLY COW
48 Radiates : EXUDES
49 “Yeah, I bet!” : OH SURE
51 James of jazz : ETTA
53 Places to tie up : DOCKS
54 Gen. Assembly member : UN REP
55 Unaccompanied : ALONE
56 Mideast ruling family name : ASSAD
61 Make the same point as : ECHO
64 Bag-checking org. : TSA
65 Comedian Kirkman : JEN

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday May 5th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 Wife of Jupiter : JUNO
5 Element #5 : BORON
10 Opening on Broadway : ACT I
14 “I’m thinkin’ no” : UH-UH
15 First in a line of Russian princes : IVAN I
16 Pastoral plaints : BAAS
17 *Broadcast medium for major U.S. sporting events : NATIONAL TV
19 PC shortcut key : CTRL
20 Teacher with a class of one : TUTOR
21 Adrienne Rich work, e.g. : POEM
23 Issa of “The Lovebirds” : RAE
24 Gymnast Raisman : ALY
25 *Request at a mom-and-pop store, maybe : CASH PAYMENT
29 “The Sweetest Taboo” singer : SADE
30 Right direction? : EAST
31 Developer’s unit : ACRE
34 Investment option: Abbr. : IRA
36 Align, as two signals : SYNC UP
38 Early … or where the answers to the starred clues’ ending words can be found : AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
41 Brazilian port city : SANTOS
42 21st Greek letter : PHI
43 Butcher’s stock : MEAT
44 School gps. : PTAS
45 Takes advantage of : USES
47 *NASA event : SPACE FLIGHT
51 Seller of Souls : KIA
54 Cartoon frame : CEL
55 Chanel rival : DIOR
56 Laughs loudly : ROARS
58 Utah ski resort : ALTA
60 *Field trip transport : CHARTER BUS
63 Bigfoot in photos, e.g. : BLUR
64 Shade thrower : HATER
65 Novelist Émile : ZOLA
66 Racy message : SEXT
67 Adversary : ENEMY
68 Fall in line : OBEY

DOWN

1 Leadership after some coups : JUNTA
2 DIY moving option : U-HAUL
3 Like some candy bar flavors : NUTTY
4 Indiana neighbor : OHIO
5 TSA checkpoint container : BIN
6 Fertility lab cells : OVA
7 Lauren of fashion : RALPH
8 Victorious : ON TOP
9 Skin care brand : NIVEA
10 “The Rookie” network : ABC
11 Organization that keeps “purr”-ps off the street? : CAT RESCUE
12 Arachnophobe’s nightmare : TARANTULA
13 Comic strip landmass with a single palm tree : ISLET
18 Penguin-hunting swimmer : ORCA
22 “What baloney!” : MY EYE
26 “Until next time” : ADIOS
27 Feudal laborer : SERF
28 Button-shaped candies : M AND MS
29 Airport near Puget Sound, for short : SEA-TAC
31 Two-yr. degrees : AAS
32 Dave honored with a Mark Twain Prize in 2019 : CHAPPELLE
33 Common prom expenditure : RENTAL TUX
35 African snake : ASP
36 With 51-Down, skewered Middle Eastern dish : SHISH
37 Puppy or kitten : PET
39 Medicated : DOSED
40 Down in one go : CHUG
46 Raison d’__ : ETRE
47 Wound covers : SCABS
48 Microfilm unit : FICHE
49 “Mean Girls” star Lindsay : LOHAN
50 Very hot : IRATE
51 See 36-Down : KABOB
52 “Yay me!” : I RULE
53 Test for purity : ASSAY
57 Pastina relative : ORZO
59 Valuable oil, say : ART
61 Sleep letters : REM
62 Have a go at : TRY