Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday October 27th, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Prayer wheel spinner : LAMA
5 “You know you want to!” : C’MON
9 Half a pop quartet : MAMAS
14 Like some defenses : ORAL
15 Outsized promotion : HYPE
16 San Antonio mission : ALAMO
17 Fixes beforehand : RIGS
18 Border on : ABUT
19 Jurassic giants, for short : DINOS
20 Phrase on a card in Desert Monopoly? : DO NOT PASS GOBI
23 Pelican State sch. : LSU
24 Passé : OLD
25 “The Red Tent” novelist Diamant : ANITA
27 Sanaa citizen : YEMENI
29 Stable environment? : BARN
31 Clearasil shelfmate : OXY
33 Doll with many advanced degrees? : GENIUS BARBIE
36 Nevada city on I-80 : ELKO
39 Calendar col. : FRI
40 Hinged fastener : HASP
41 Part of the year that’s filled with possibility? : MONTH OF MAYBE
46 Pirouette point : TOE
47 Actress Taylor-Joy : ANYA
48 Dismays : ALARMS
52 Bamboo fencing? : KENDO
54 Capote nickname : TRU
55 Time capsule time : ERA
56 Sport whose players wear furry hides? : BEARSKIN RUGBY
60 Bundle of wheat : SHEAF
62 Apple variety : GALA
63 Sweeties : BAES
64 Soeur de la mère : TANTE
65 “No time to wade through this” initialism : TL;DR
66 Sparkle : ELAN
67 Provide backing for : ENDOW
68 Word with box or car : SEAT
69 Nevada city on I-80 : RENO
DOWN
1 Haughty : LORDLY
2 Having a melody : ARIOSE
3 With 7-Down, masterpiece : MAGNUM
4 “And don’t forget … ” : ALSO
5 Star of the 1925 film “The Gold Rush” : CHAPLIN
6 “That’s on me” : MY BAD
7 See 3-Down : … OPUS
8 Team that shares an arena with the Liberty : NETS
9 Pietà figure : MADONNA
10 Defense mechanism? : ALIBI
11 Nunavut neighbor : MANITOBA
12 Chilean’s “I love” : AMO
13 Brillo alternative : SOS
21 Mood : TONE
22 Threads : GARB
26 x or y, on graphs : AXIS
28 John Legend accomplishment, briefly : EGOT
29 Myanmar, once : BURMA
30 Java setting : ASIA
32 “No prob” : YEP
34 Highly questionable : IFFY
35 Seehorn of “Better Call Saul” : RHEA
36 Life-saving pro : EMT
37 Glance : LOOK
38 Element of a warrior pose : KNEE BEND
42 Got tipsy : HAD A FEW
43 __ close to schedule : ON OR
44 Craftivist’s creation, at times : YARN ART
45 Fuzzy memory : BLUR
49 Entertain sumptuously : REGALE
50 Childlike Rowan Atkinson character : MR BEAN
51 Sends regrets : SAYS NO
53 Cool kin : NEATO
54 Oscar winner Swinton : TILDA
57 Some military figs. : SGTS
58 Collard greens kin : KALE
59 Superlative prefix : UBER
60 Fr. holy title : STE
61 Frenemy of Lando : HAN
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