Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday June 21st 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Insect-preserving resin : AMBER
6 Kick in or kick off : START
11 Crunch targets : ABS
14 Coupe de __: classic Cadillac : VILLE
15 Airport structure : TOWER
16 Shot chaser? : … PUT
17 Excellent rendition of a Belafonte hit? : ONE FINE DAY-O
19 Time for the history books : ERA
20 Oyster bed? : ICE
21 Shabby : SEEDY
22 Novelist Louise who created the fictional police inspector Armand Gamache : PENNY
24 Removed from power : DEPOSED
26 Bearing : MIEN
27 Help a former first lady feel better? : NURSE JACKIE O
32 Red-hatted figure in Travelocity ads : GNOME
35 Group before millennials : X-ERS
36 Catch : NAB
37 More than fancy : LOVE
38 Push (for) : LOBBY
40 In this case : HERE
41 “Bravo, mi amigo!” : OLE
42 Squabble : TIFF
43 Always ready to order? : BOSSY
44 Gala for the cops? : PARTY OF FIVE-O
48 Crunch’s rank : CAP’N
49 Some UPS Store customers : SENDERS
53 Japanese room divider : SHOJI
55 As a soloist : ALONE
57 Cut (off) : LOP
58 Pursue romantically : WOO
59 Give a cool cat a thorough bath? : SCRUB DADDY-O
62 Beseech : ASK
63 Small crown : TIARA
64 Foot the bill : TREAT
65 “You got it” : YES
66 Weapon in a scabbard : SABER
67 Chucks : HURLS
DOWN
1 Dance around : AVOID
2 _ words : MINCE
3 Censor : BLEEP
4 Rivendell resident : ELF
5 Second edition : REISSUE
6 Knight mares : STEEDS
7 Figure skating great Eldredge : TODD
8 On the road : AWAY
9 Lightsaber-wielding heroine : REY
10 Torrid Zone region : TROPICS
11 Italian mountain range : APENNINES
12 Waste : BURN
13 “Don’t leave!” : STAY
18 Poetic contraction : NE’ER
23 Cry from one atop a chair : EEK
25 “That’s a new one ” : ON ME
26 “The Pink Sash” painter Cassatt : MARY
28 Split personality? : EX-BFF
29 Laura Bush’s brother-in-law : JEB
30 Glasses holders : EARS
31 Follow : OBEY
32 Mushy bowlful : GLOP
33 French Quarter city, familiarly : NOLA
34 Stays on the range too long : OVERCOOKS
38 Sphinx, mostly : LION
39 Clocked out : OFF
40 Piece of academic regalia : HOOD
42 Keyboard pros : TYPISTS
43 Outranked by : BENEATH
45 Mahal : TAJ
46 Weather map line : ISOBAR
47 Peddle : VEND
50 Church leader : ELDER
51 _ flush : ROYAL
52 Catches : SPOTS
53 Influence : SWAY
54 Kiddie pool filler : HOSE
55 Many an Emirati : ARAB
56 Tackle box gadget : LURE
60 Org. whose HQ is home to the unsolved puzzle sculpture Kryptos : CIA
61 Gru’s long-lost twin brother in “Despicable Me 3” : DRU
How is 12 down “Burn?” What does “Waste” have to do with “Burn?”