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Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday August 16th 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Function : USE
4 Try : STAB
8 One skilled at reading others : EMPATH
14 Seasonal drink : NOG
15 Kylo Ren’s mother : LEIA
16 One Down Under, casually : AUSSIE
17 “Son of a Preacher Man” artist : DUSTY SPRINGFIELD
20 Some online animation : POP-UPS
21 Gown cut : SLIT
22 Middle East sultanate : OMAN
23 Actor Postlethwaite : PETE
24 Antidepressant, for short : SSRI
28 “September” artist : EARTH WIND AND FIRE
32 Toured national parks, perhaps : RV’ED
33 Jazz drummer Max : ROACH
34 With 38-Across, annual compilation often shared on social media, and an apt place for four of this puzzle’s long answers? : SPOTIFY
38 See 34-Across : WRAPPED
40 Arm bones : ULNAS
41 Best Choreography, for one : TONY
42 “Bullet With Butterfly Wings” artist : SMASHING PUMPKINS
49 “Peter Pan” pirate : SMEE
50 Utah city with a biblical name : MOAB
51 Taiwanese laptop company : ACER
52 Frankenstein associate : IGOR
53 Mother _ : TERESA
55 “Crash Into Me” artist : DAVE MATTHEWS BAND
60 Live feed from the San Diego Zoo : APE CAM
61 Interview-style exam : ORAL
62 “Huh!” : GEE
63 Much political humor : SATIRE
64 CVS orders : MEDS
65 Wood _ mushrooms : EAR
DOWN
1 Simple camera stand : UNIPOD
2 California wine limo destination : SONOMA
3 Small skillet : EGG PAN
4 Minor goof : SLIP
5 Merch table tops : TEES
6 Not thrive : AIL
7 Inherently evil sort : BAD SEED
8 Less arduous : EASIER
9 Many a shelter dog : MUTT
10 Social science subj. : PSY
11 Donkey : ASS
12 Gratuity : TIP
13 Gender-specific pronoun : HER
18 Subsidize : FUND
19 Sephora rival : ULTA
23 Target : PREY
24 Boutique : SHOP
25 Trade : SWAP
26 Onigiri component : RICE
27 Very clear, picturewise : IN HD
29 Search after a metal detector beeps, perhaps : FRISK
30 Abbr. in reproductive health : IVF
31 Food court stack : TRAYS
34 Dines late : SUPS
35 Chutney fruit : PLUM
36 “I got this one” : ON ME
37 Cassette : TAPE
38 Room to grow? : WOMB
39 Genetic messenger : RNA
41 Russia, once : TSARDOM
43 “Count me in!” : I’M GAME
44 Midday : NOON
45 Injure : HARM
46 Cooling-off period? : ICE AGE
47 “Keeping it real since forever!” drink brand : NESTEA
48 Handy tool for making latkes : GRATER
52 Construction beam : I-BAR
53 Campaign expense : TV AD
54 Unadon fish : EELS
55 Possesses : HAS
56 Emissions-monitoring org. : EPA
57 Damp : WET
58 Poli-_ : SCI 59 “Odds _ … ” : ARE
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