Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday March 15th 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Cotillion VIPs : DEBS
5 Fades : DIMS
9 Redolence : AROMA
14 Strip of wood : SLAT
15 Legendary : EPIC
16 Participated in a regatta, maybe : ROWED
17 Prefix between giga- and peta- : TERA-
18 It concludes The Beach Boys’ “Pet Sounds” : CAROLINE, NO
20 Character seen at the beginning and end of “Star Wars” : ARTOO-DETOO
22 Gain an advantage : ONE-UP
23 Collection of vineyards, perhaps : ESTATE
28 Tune from “10” : BOLERO
30 It comes early in September : LABOR DAY
32 W-2 org. : IRS
33 Benefit : AVAIL
35 Nose (out) : EDGE
36 One is used in basketball but not in hockey : SHOT CLOCK
39 Hearty partner : HALE
42 Animal also called a forest giraffe : OKAPI
43 Boxer’s warning : GRR
46 What can be seen in two places in Missouri : MLB TEAMS
49 Dinner-and-a-show platform : TV TRAY
51 Small accident : MISHAP
52 One-named K-pop singer : IRENE
53 One can’t print dollars without it : SPECIAL INK
58 When read as three words, suitable sponsor for “Sesame Street” and an alternate answer for 18-, 20-, 30-, 36-, 46-, and 53-Across : THE LETTER S
62 Powdery mineral : TALC
64 Inbox filler : EMAIL
65 Cut down to size : CROP
66 Poetic tributes : ODES
67 Study aids : NOTES
68 Physicist Bethe portrayed in “Oppenheimer” : HANS
69 Moon landing org. : NASA
DOWN
1 Summer hrs. : DST
2 Roosevelt whom Truman called the “First Lady of the World” : ELEANOR
3 Crude carriers : BARRELS
4 Square figure? : STATUE
5 Erté’s style : DECO
6 Tablet since 2010 : IPAD
7 Marshy spot : MIRE
8 Dundee resident : SCOT
9 Melodic passage : ARIOSO
10 Director Howard : RON
11 Have debts : OWE
12 Guys : MEN
13 Flap : ADO
19 “Stay” singer Lisa : LOEB
21 2021 interviewer of Meghan and Harry : OPRAH
22 Kimono sash : OBI
24 Arduous journey : TREK
25 Append : ADD
26 Graffiti signature : TAG
27 Needle hole : EYE
29 Lacto-__ vegetarian : OVO
30 Soundly defeats : LICKS
31 Penne __ vodka : ALLA
34 Speck : ATOM
36 MacFarlane or Green of “Family Guy” : SETH
37 Elect (to) : OPT
38 Polite : CIVIL
39 “Let me see … ” : HMM
40 Mahershala with two Oscars : ALI
41 Nt. wt. units : LBS
43 Southernmost of the Windward Islands : GRENADA
44 Really irks : RANKLES
45 Saloon pour : RYE
47 Stands in front of artists : EASELS
48 Dr. visit : APPT
50 Son of Poseidon : TRITON
54 Engrave : ETCH
55 “Life & Beth” actor Michael : CERA
56 Curling __ : IRON
57 Egyptian snakes : ASPS
58 Number of digits on a keypad : TEN
59 Med. care provider : HMO
60 “Don’t let it get cold” : EAT
61 Whopper : LIE
63 Farm-share program, for short : CSA
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