Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday August 23rd 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Like dumping someone via text : COLD
5 Send to a specialist : REFER
10 Chris elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2021 : BOSH
14 Healing plant : ALOE
15 Musical set in Argentina : EVITA
16 Biblical preposition : UNTO
17 Feature of the “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” sign : NEON
18 Green energy option : SOLAR
19 Not superficial : DEEP
20 *Bean poles : STRIKE LEADERS
23 Leave speechless : AWE
25 Drink suffix : -ADE
26 Another name for bingo : BEANO
27 *Beat poet : WITCHES’ CAULDRON
32 Zones : AREAS
33 Word on Rhode Island’s flag : HOPE
34 525,600 minutes : YEAR
35 Starts bubbling, maybe : BOILS
37 Slumps : DIPS
41 “It’s _ real” : BEEN
42 Greeting on a name tag : HELLO
43 *Came clean : PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB
49 _ Hebrides : OUTER
50 Assistance : AID
51 G7 member : USA
52 Cheer heard in the Bronx, or a phonetic hint for making the starred clues match their answers : LET’S GO YANKEES
57 “Holidays Symphony” composer Charles : IVES
58 “Inferno” poet : DANTE
59 Pride constituent : LION
62 Actress Spelling : TORI
63 __ Hebrides : INNER
64 Movie concessions purchase : SODA
65 Latin infinitive : ESSE
66 “Yikes!” : EGADS
67 Concludes : ENDS
DOWN
1 “_ you not?” : CAN
2 Chant heard at Angel City FC games : OLE
3 Leaves to steep : LOOSE TEA
4 Impress accidentally? : DENT
5 Dwell : RESIDE
6 Brings to mind : EVOKES
7 Single _ : FILE
8 Bibliography abbr. : ET AL
9 Like white peacocks : RARE
10 Blossomed : BUDDED
11 In _ and out … : ONE EAR
12 Omelet bar burner : STERNO
13 Boards : HOPS ON
21 Fan sounds : RAHS
22 Qualified : ABLE
23 On vacation : AWAY
24 Medium of many a Calder mobile : WIRE
28 Mustang, for one : CAR
29 Home of the Terracotta Army : CHINA
30 Email pioneer : AOL
31 FedEx rival : UPS
35 Plead : BEG
36 Not ‘neath : O’ER
37 Human Rights Day mo. : DEC
38 Sleight of hand : ILLUSION
39 Asset : PLUS
40 Udon kin : SOBA
41 Five-time Wimbledon winner Björn : BORG
42 _ Park: University of Chicago locale : HYDE
43 Like someone who writes thank-you notes : POLITE
44 _ rancheros : HUEVOS
45 Playful paddlers : OTTERS
46 “Kitchen Confidential” actress Santiago : TESSIE
47 Cooled off like an overheated boxer? : PANTED
48 Ones on a path to the top? : HIKERS
53 Garfield frenemy : ODIE
54 Yin and _ : YANG
55 “Object Lessons” novelist Quindlen : ANNA
56 Alternatively : ELSE
60 Quirky : ODD
61 Rapper on the “King’s Disease” trilogy of albums : NAS
I still do not get how Let’s Go Yankees is a phonetic clue for the starred answers.