Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday July 4th 2019, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Settle for leftovers EAT IN
6 “A revolution is not a dinner party” statesman MAO
9 Additions to the staff HIRES
14 Petting zoo critter LLAMA
15 Wayfarer’s stop INN
16 Lexus rival ACURA
17 Meets unexpectedly BUMPS INTO
19 Connecting waterway CANAL
20 Rock band need AMP
21 Board game with rooms CLUE
22 Woo with a tune SING TO
23 Works with one’s private tutor, say TAKES A LESSON
25 Emily Dickinson’s hometown AMHERST
28 Longtime nighttime host LENO
29 Bread brushed with ghee NAAN
30 Zipped SPED
31 Feathery wrap BOA
34 Emergency run-through opening THIS IS JUST A TEST
39 Tennis’ Andy Murray’s title SIR
40 Bud CHUM
41 Sign of holiness HALO
42 Facial tissue? SKIN
43 Opposite of engagement BOREDOM
46 Utah’s state tree QUAKING ASPEN
50 When many workdays start AT NINE
51 Said, “The dog ate my homework,” probably LIED
52 Notable period ERA
55 Church offering TITHE
56 Income-reducing inequity, or what can be found in the four other longest puzzle answers HIDDEN TAX
58 Fake handle ALIAS
59 Many a Monopoly sq. AVE
60 “Live at the Acropolis” keyboardist YANNI
61 Takes it easy RESTS
62 “Let’s do it!” YES!
63 Mild oath EGADS
DOWN
1 Idris of “Luther” ELBA
2 College benefactor ALUM
3 Pack (down) TAMP
4 Little dickens IMP
5 Brickyard 400 acronym NASCAR
6 Courtly dance MINUET
7 Pays for a hand ANTES
8 Middle name adopted by John Lennon ONO
9 Mexicali mansion HACIENDA
10 “Just you watch me” I CAN SO
11 Steps up a ladder RUNGS
12 Poetry Muse ERATO
13 Place for a makeover SALON
18 Sorts ILKS
22 Icy forecast SLEET
23 Change for a 50 TENS
24 “Heidi” setting ALPS
25 Armadillo meal ANTS
26 When repeated, fish on a menu MAHI
27 Tresses HAIR
30 Dim __: traditional Chinese food SUM
31 Spot on a sweater? BEAD
32 Peace Prize city OSLO
33 Minute matter ATOM
35 Gross quality ICKINESS
36 Stand out SHINE
37 Freud contemporary JUNG
38 If so THEN
42 Schusser’s topper SKI HAT
43 They’re usually not hits B-SIDES
44 Columnist’s page OP-ED
45 Overnight flight RED-EYE
46 Saudi Arabia’s neighbor QATAR
47 Of practical value UTILE
48 Voices against ANTIS
49 Vibrant ALIVE
52 Italian peak ETNA
53 McNally’s mapmaking partner RAND
54 Geometric reference line AXIS
56 __ fever HAY
57 Scraggly horse NAG