Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday April 24th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 35th pres. JFK
4 Smaller-than-life depiction ICON
8 Larger-than-life creations COLOSSI
15 Spleen IRE
16 Hilo shindig LUAU
17 Put into play ENACTED
18 “The Shape of Water” director GUILLERMO DEL TORO
21 Construction __ SITE
22 Below 71-Across BLAH
23 “Frontline” network PBS
24 What a pursuer seeks to narrow THE GAP
28 Evergreen shrubs ERICAS
31 Meat on a stick KEBAB
33 English “L’chaim!” TO LIFE
36 Pack animal ASS
39 “Gimme the skinny!” TELL IT
42 Stiff RIGID
43 Snapchat marketing expert, in modern lingo SOCIAL MEDIA NINJA
46 Northern Iraqis KURDS
47 Below 71-Across SUBPAR
48 Virtual-city denizen SIM
49 __ column SPINAL
51 Cabbage in a French café? EUROS
53 Long trip VOYAGE
56 Old tankard metal PEWTER
59 Suffix for but- -ANE
61 Rolling rock? LAVA
63 High pair ACES
65 “Watch your mouth!” DON’T GIVE ME ANY LIP
71 Garden-variety, and a hint to what’s hidden in 18-, 43- and 65-Across AVERAGE
72 Below 71-Across POOR
73 In bygone days AGO
74 __ status MARITAL
75 Ward with awards SELA
76 Explosive stuff TNT
DOWN
1 Lively dances JIGS
2 __ Roll-Ups FRUIT
3 Urban of country KEITH
4 Not well ILL
5 Numberless type of ball CUE
6 Pole in a lock OAR
7 Indifferent NUMB
8 Chest material CEDAR
9 Like some wonders ONE-HIT
10 LeBron’s team, on scoreboards LAL
11 World Series mo. OCT
12 Corner quartet, perhaps STOP SIGNS
13 Balkan native SERB
14 Altar words I DOS
19 Welsh national emblem LEEK
20 Cheer for a banderillero OLE
25 Have one’s chance to speak GET A SAY
26 Genesis victim ABEL
27 Conceals, in a way PALMS
29 Stylist’s braid CORNROW
30 Others, in Latin ALII
32 French flag couleur BLEU
34 Island nation whose flag has a Union Jack on it FIJI
35 Dutch cheese EDAM
36 Seeks permission ASKS
37 Common stock option? SOUP
38 Bartleby, notably SCRIVENER
40 “__ delighted!” I’D BE
41 Hold higher, as a baby bottle TIP UP
44 License fig. ID NO
45 Swiss river AARE
50 Spanish soccer association that means “the league” LA LIGA
52 Command to Fido STAY
54 Bench mallet GAVEL
55 Christmas __ EVE
57 Conspicuous display ECLAT
58 Hold sway REIGN
59 Savage of “MythBusters” ADAM
60 Super star NOVA
62 Roadie’s haul AMPS
64 Stain SPOT
66 Prefix with angle or athlete TRI-
67 Noir weapon GAT
68 Fair-hiring initials EOE
69 Co. that bought Netscape in 1999 AOL
70 Food service trade org. NRA