Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday May 7th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 “Fear the Walking Dead,” e.g. : SPIN-OFF
8 Fixed up : REDONE
14 Legendary name in racing : MAN O’ WAR
15 Keeps away from : EVADES
16 Tight deadlines may make an electrician’s job __ : GO DOWN TO THE WIRE
18 Reversal : U-TURN
19 Picked up : LEARNED
20 Leaves for a drink : TEA
21 How it looks, with “the” : OPTICS
24 An electrician who is testing results may become a __ : SWITCH HITTER
30 Schooner pole : MAST
33 Where FDR was once governor : NYS
34 Face with courage : BRAVE
35 Counting everything : IN TOTAL
37 Poetic devices : SIMILES
39 Link to another story? : STAIR
40 “Shameless” network, briefly : SHO
41 It may be raised at an outdoor wedding : TENT
42 An electrician resolves legal matters at __ : CIRCUIT COURT
46 Glum : MOROSE
47 Old AT&T rival : MCI
50 “Let’s begin, okay?” : SHALL WE?
54 Doesn’t hack it : FAILS
56 A stressed electrician may need an __ : EMOTIONAL OUTLET
59 They may be going around : RUMORS
60 Saskatchewan neighbor : MONTANA
61 Patronize, as a motel : STOP AT
62 Person well over 70, probably? : SPEEDER
DOWN
1 Executed, in Exodus : SMOTE
2 City near Venice : PADUA
3 “Are you __ out?” : IN OR
4 “Don’t take it so hard” : NOW NOW
5 Take responsibility for : OWN
6 Butter component : FAT
7 Kicks up one’s heels : FROLICS
8 Discuss ad nauseam : REHASH
9 At any time : EVER
10 Vampire’s curfew : DAWN
11 Comics dog that sounds like two letters : ODIE
12 Bookish sort : NERD
13 Wichita-to-Memphis dir. : ESE
16 __ feeling : GUT
17 Big field in Silicon Valley : TECH
22 Cocktail word with a tilde : PINA
23 Texter’s “Chat soon” : TTYL
24 Dispassionate type : STOIC
25 UPC bar code developer : IBM
26 Travis of country music : TRITT
27 Account : TALE
28 Square : EVEN
29 Sit a spell : REST
30 Catchall abbr. : MISC
31 Contradictory prefix : ANTI-
32 Marquee figure : STAR
36 Capote nickname : TRU
37 “Leave me alone!” : SHOO
38 Chits : IOUS
40 Roller coaster sounds : SCREAMS
43 “Wait, what?” : I’M LOST
44 Dot on a map : TOWN
45 Disprove : REFUTE
47 Creator of an iconic bear : MILNE
48 Understood : CLEAR
49 Musician’s suffix : -IST
50 X-rated stuff : SMUT
51 __ sapiens : HOMO
52 Surmounting : ATOP
53 Pre-euro currency : LIRA
55 Slightly : A TAD
56 Critical-care ctrs. : ERS
57 Chop (off) : LOP
58 Number of World Series wins for the Astros : ONE
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