Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday October 20th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 Triangular sails : JIBS
5 Giant among speakers : BOSE
9 Belfry hangers : BATS
13 Online money : ECASH
15 Scoville __: chili pepper heat measurement : UNIT
16 Overly fussy, say : ANAL
17 *Well-worn, as carpets : THREADBARE
19 Tiny : ITSY
20 Bro or sis : SIB
21 Desert partly in northern China : GOBI
22 Put a thin cut in : SLIT
23 Greek Mars : ARES
25 *Lawn mower’s spot : GARDEN SHED
29 Internet connection : MODEM
31 “Friendly Skies” co. : UAL
32 URL ending of a 37-Across : EDU
33 Least distant : NEAREST
37 Campus VIP : PROF
38 *Give the go-ahead from the control tower : CLEAR FOR TAKEOFF
42 To the __: maximally : HILT
43 Oven pan : ROASTER
44 Cooling rocks : ICE
45 Diddley and Peep : BOS
46 Core concepts : GISTS
50 *”Dilbert,” e.g. : COMIC STRIP
55 Metz milk : LAIT
56 Russo of “Tin Cup” : RENE
57 Loads from lodes : ORES
59 To and __ : FRO
60 Marine steering mechanisms : FINS
61 *Slapstick slipper? : BANANA PEEL
64 Entr’__ : ACTE
65 Writer Harte : BRET
66 Swiss Miss product : COCOA
67 Common awards word : BEST
68 Barrie’s nonconformist pirate : SMEE
69 Remove, as clothing … and a hint to the ends of the answers to starred clues : DOFF

DOWN

1 Stuff thrown overboard : JETSAM
2 10-time MLB All-Star : ICHIRO
3 Like fishhooks, usually : BARBED
4 Atlanta-to-Miami dir. : SSE
5 Forrest’s shrimp-loving friend : BUBBA
6 Broadcasting : ON AIR
7 __ Elton John : SIR
8 Mont Blanc summer : ETE
9 Uses a bucket in a boat : BAILS
10 Film noir protagonist : ANTIHERO
11 Suggested, flavorwise : TASTED OF
12 Cunning : SLY
14 “Macbeth” role : HAG
18 Follow closely : DOG
22 Kenan Thompson is its longest-tenured cast member, briefly : SNL
24 Loi maker : SENAT
26 Uses Pledge, say : DUSTS
27 Patronize, as a restaurant : EAT AT
28 Behind : DUFF
30 French sea : MER
34 “Hair” styles : AFROS
35 Fowl pole : ROOST
36 Big time : ERA
37 Danger : PERIL
38 In vogue : CHIC
39 Chewy candy : LICORICE
40 Periodic table items : ELEMENTS
41 Tap site : KEG
45 Dating letters : BCE
47 Mariners’ park, familiarly and formerly : SAFECO
48 Lose interest in : TIRE OF
49 Minn. college : ST OLAF
51 Atlas box : INSET
52 Actress Blakley : RONEE
53 Steamed : IRATE
54 Ballpoint, e.g. : PEN
58 Bunt on a scorecard : SAC
60 Groovy : FAB
61 Air rifle ammo : BBS
62 Chair part : ARM
63 i follower : -POD

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday October 19th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 In the thick of : AMID
5 “Honey, I __ the Kids”: 1989 comedy : SHRUNK
11 Brown bag staple, initially : PBJ
14 Waves from the back of a boat : WAKE
15 Like some sandpaper : COARSE
16 Sam Adams, e.g. : ALE
17 Flickered-out flames? : EXES
18 “24” analyst Chloe __ : O’BRIAN
19 Operate : RUN
20 Good thing to have for a change? : DIAPER BAG
22 A lot : OFTEN
24 Judith of “Down Home” : IVEY
25 Diplomat’s post : EMBASSY
27 Reacted to a really bad pun, perhaps : WINCED
30 Thrash about : FLAIL
31 Think tank output : IDEAS
32 South African grassland : VELD
33 Place to bowl : LANE
37 Hunk of bacon, say : SLAB
38 Flood deterrent : LEVEE
39 Like a Frappuccino : ICED
40 Severe criticism : HELL
41 Word with teen or golden : AGER
42 Nab in a trap : SNARE
43 The Ellery Queen Award is one : EDGAR
45 Mideast or Midwest : REGION
46 Motorcyclist’s invitation : CLIMB ON
49 “You’re gonna need a bigger boat” movie : JAWS
50 Biblical prophet : HOSEA
51 Apple known by its first three letters : MACINTOSH
56 Notable period : ERA
57 Words to live by : CREDOS
59 R&B’s India.__ : ARIE
60 Actress de Armas : ANA
61 Light, as a fire : KINDLE
62 Demolish : RAZE
63 Bench press muscle, briefly : PEC
64 Barflies : SOUSES
65 Winter ride : SLED

DOWN

1 Blown away : AWED
2 Calf-covering skirt : MAXI
3 DIY furniture brand : IKEA
4 Movie with Minions : DESPICABLE ME
5 Got a run home : SCORED
6 Avocation : HOBBY
7 __ avis : RARA
8 “Spoon-bender” debunked by the Amazing Randi : URI GELLER
9 Code-breaking org. : NSA
10 Jedi Master Obi-Wan ___ : KENOBI
11 Repair bill heading : PARTS
12 B.B. King genre : BLUES
13 Female donkey : JENNY
21 12/24 and 12/31 : EVES
23 Meteors, and what three Down answers aptly contain : FALLING STARS
26 Manufactured : MADE
27 Genie’s offering : WISH
28 Run without moving : IDLE
29 “Hud” Oscar-winner Patricia : NEAL
30 Flu symptom : FEVER
32 Diner list for animal product avoiders : VEGAN MENU
34 Antioxidant berry : ACAI
35 Old Roman fiddler : NERO
36 Eve’s first home : EDEN
38 Italy’s Como, per esempio : LAGO
42 Fixed with thread : SEWN
44 Arizona MLBers : D-BACKS
45 Workers’ rewards : RAISES
46 Inexpensive : CHEAP
47 “SNL” producer Michaels : LORNE
48 Author Asimov : ISAAC
49 Rapper with the 2013 #1 album “Born Sinner” : J COLE
52 Also includes : ADDS
53 Face-to-face exam : ORAL
54 XL or L, but not LX : SIZE
55 Take to heart : HEED
58 Brazil metropolis : RIO

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday October 18th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 High-arcing tennis shot : LOB
4 Merlot and Malbec : REDS
8 Surname at Tara : O’HARA
13 Thurman in films : UMA
14 British noble : EARL
15 Particle in a nucleus : PROTON
16 Happy-go-lucky : CAREFREE
18 Supper, say : REPAST
19 Ancient Andeans : INCAS
20 Seek the affections of : WOO
22 The “E” in HOMES : ERIE
23 Fizzles out : DIES
24 Meddlesome types : BUSYBODIES
27 Germ-killing brand : LYSOL
29 Norse explorer Erikson : LEIF
30 As well : TOO
32 Cry from a sty : OINK
34 State-sponsored gambling game : LOTTO
38 Pie à la mode choice : VANILLA ICE CREAM
42 Tolerate : STAND
43 PBS science series : NOVA
44 Chick-to-be, maybe : EGG
45 April 1 “honoree” : FOOL
48 First head of the USSR : LENIN
50 Anxiety resulting from being stuck indoors : CABIN FEVER
54 Apples on desks : MACS
57 Codebreaker Turing : ALAN
58 Public health org. : FDA
59 Bird that beats a birdie? : EAGLE
60 Small, sizewise : PETITE
62 Morale booster … or words that might suggest the arrival of one of the circled words : PICK-ME-UP or PICK ME UP
65 Left the building : EXITED
66 Texan’s neighbor : OKIE
67 Cooperstown stat : RBI
68 Gathered, as leaves : RAKED
69 Use a Kindle : READ
70 Fed. benefits provider : SSA

DOWN

1 Thinking clearly : LUCID
2 Saudi neighbor : OMANI
3 Spanish port city : BARCELONA
4 NFL officials : REFS
5 Spot for a bud : EAR
6 “The Chronic” Dr. : DRE
7 Gobs and gobs : SLEWS
8 Smeltery supply : ORE
9 Wished one could have : HOPED FOR
10 Gaming giant : ATARI
11 TV personality O’Donnell : ROSIE
12 Starts a poker pot : ANTES
15 Examine thoroughly : PROBE
17 “No sweat!” : EASY
21 Tall, skinny Olive : OYL
24 Bubble, as water : BOIL
25 Forearm bone : ULNA
26 Tin Man’s lubricator : OILCAN
28 Convinced of : SOLD ON
30 Hotel room sets : TVS
31 Meal opening? : OAT-
33 All in the family : KIN
35 Many “Twilight” characters : TEENAGERS
36 Kids’ chasing game : TAG
37 Texter’s “Heavens!” : OMG
39 Limitless : INFINITE
40 “Merry old” king : COLE
41 Always : EVER
46 Eliminated, gangland-style : OFFED
47 Went first : LED
49 Spiritual guide at a mosque : IMAM
50 Frivolous escapade : CAPER
51 Amazon Echo assistant : ALEXA
52 Craft to dye for : BATIK
53 Aircraft’s trail : VAPOR
55 After-school groups : CLUBS
56 Old photo tone : SEPIA
59 Barely got, with “out” : EKED
61 Bill’s co-adventurer : TED
63 Name on a 1950s campaign button : IKE
64 Intelligence-gathering org. : CIA

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday October 16th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 Term of address in old Westerns : KEMOSABE
9 Survives, maybe : ADAPTS
15 Freaking out : IN A PANIC
16 DNA sample source : SALIVA
17 Writer’s challenge : DRY SPELL
18 Ascent, for one : SUBARU
19 Crowd around : MOB
20 Show confidence in, with “by” : SWEAR
22 “Seinfeld” surname : BENES
23 Touch : ABUT
25 Short piece : STUB
27 2018 film for which Alfonso Cuarón won Best Director : ROMA
28 Beersheba’s region : NEGEV
30 Organic fuel source : PEAT BOG
32 “The Color of Money” game : NINE-BALL
36 Enjoyed, with “up” : ATE
37 Controversial phenomenon in response to controversial actions : CANCEL CULTURE
40 Disheveled do : MOP
41 “Capisce?” : AM I CLEAR
42 They make a lot of calls : UMPIRES
44 Inflexible : RIGID
48 Kids’ song locale : DELL
49 Cries of success : AHAS
52 Tireless assistant : SIRI
53 Puppy : WHELP
55 L.A.’s __ Museum of the American West : AUTRY
58 Outlaw : BAN
59 Fix : REPAIR
61 “Anything’s possible” : DREAM BIG
63 Alicia Keys label : ARISTA
64 Got off the leash : RAN LOOSE
65 View secretly : PEEK AT
66 Penciled-in item : EYELINER

DOWN

1 Oscar winner as Woolf in 2002 : KIDMAN
2 Dress for court, maybe : ENROBE
3 Common name for a cockchafer : MAYBUG
4 Covert __ : OPS
5 Drains : SAPS
6 One way to begin : ANEW
7 Gymnast who won four golds in Rio : BILES
8 Brilliance : ECLAT
9 Biblical mount : ASS
10 Slap (on) : DAUB
11 Renaissance painter Dürer : ALBERT
12 Setting for a Billy Joel classic : PIANO BAR
13 One hiding in the cushions? : TV REMOTE
14 Breakfast link : SAUSAGE
21 “Drag Race” host : RUPAUL
24 Ark. neighbor : TENN
26 Ball charmer : BELLE
29 Church official : VICAR
31 Union setting : ALTAR
33 Site of Hercules’ first labor : NEMEA
34 “24” actress Cuthbert : ELISHA
35 Discreetly send a dupe to : BCC
37 Curt summons : COME HERE
38 Slice of Americana? : APPLE PIE
39 “Trinity” novelist : URIS
40 Spa treatment whose effects are temporary, per the FDA : MUD WRAP
43 “Lemme check” : I’LL ASK
45 Small Asian ape : GIBBON
46 Announcement that suggests strength : I RAISE
47 Homer or jack : DINGER
50 Feminist poet Lorde : AUDRE
51 Many a pound adoptee : STRAY
54 It’s a wrap : PITA
56 Surrealist Magritte : RENE
57 Dixie bunch? : Y’ALL
60 Snitch : RAT
62 “You can’t mean me!” : MOI

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday October 15th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 “More matter, with __ art”: “Hamlet” : LESS
5 Early music label : RCA
8 Indulgent places : SPAS
12 Playwright Chekhov : ANTON
14 See 15-Across : OUT
15 With 14-Across, deal-breaking words : I WANT
16 Combined : IN ONE
17 Play area : SET
18 Partially, informally : SORTA
19 Take off : RUN AWAY
21 Gets an A+, say : NAILS IT
23 Cut back, in a way : DIETED
24 Spite : MALICE
25 With 38-Across, what the highlighted squares suggest : AROUND THE
29 Added things : SUMS
32 Brief alarm : SOS
33 Parents can relax during them : NAPS
37 “Enough!” : TMI
38 See 25-Across : WORLD
40 Joanne of film : DRU
41 Daytona Beach-based sports org. : NASCAR
44 Bacon serving : RASHER
47 With 49-Across, author of the novel suggested by this puzzle’s theme; the movie debuted 10/17/1956 : JULES
49 See 47-Across : VERNE
50 Bullish? : TAURINE
52 Validates : AFFIRMS
55 Quaint store sign word : OLDE
56 Tapir feature : SNOUT
58 Campus figure : DEAN
59 Try to expose : DIG AT
61 Sick : ILL
62 Prefix with meter : PENTA-
63 Dagger-shaped symbols : OBELI
64 Bran type : OAT
65 Vary : ALTER
66 Sneak, maybe : SIDLE
67 Natl. park sights : RVS
68 Disinfectant brand : LYSOL

DOWN

1 Scottish estate holder : LAIRD
2 Been-there-done-that feeling : ENNUI
3 Pit : STONE
4 Brahms piano trio : SONATAS
5 Optimistic : ROSY
6 Prompt : CUE
7 Routing abbr. : ATTN
8 In danger of flooding, as a river : SWOLLEN
9 Indian follower of Zoroastrianism : PARSI
10 Bit of silliness : ANTIC
11 City-__ : STATE
13 More of a surprise : NEWER
15 NBA legend Thomas : ISIAH
20 Disturbance : ADO
22 Receipt fig. : AMT
26 It offered soldiers Hope: Abbr. : USO
27 Fish-fowl link : NOR
28 Web transmission technology: Abbr. : DSL
29 An express might skip yours: Abbr. : STN
30 Thurman on screen : UMA
31 Didn’t read right : MISJUDGED
34 Followers : ADHERENTS
35 Face front? : PRE-
36 Face front? : SUR-
38 Small songbirds : WRENS
39 P&G detergent brand : DREFT
42 Snake oil, purportedly : CURE-ALL
43 __ Ewoldt, first Asian-American to play Christine in Broadway’s “Phantom” : ALI
45 Boxer’s speech? : ARF!
46 Dudley’s toon foe : SNIDELY
48 __ moment : SENIOR
49 Events for Biles : VAULTS
50 Chore list items : TO-DOS
51 Criminal defense : ALIBI
53 San __, Northern California city : MATEO
54 Cur’s warning : SNARL
57 Name of five Norwegian kings : OLAV
60 Secure (to) : TIE
62 Sidekick : PAL