Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday October 29th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Bad-mouth : DIS
4 Times to call, in ads : AFTS
8 Descendants of Muhammad, in Shi’ism : IMAMS
13 Mag for execs : INC
14 Down : BLUE
15 Irritate : GNAW AT
16 Submits a racy version of a film to the MPAA? : CHANCES R
18 Certain war hero : AIR ACE
19 Fictional spread near Jonesboro : TARA
20 “La Dolce Vita” co-star : EKBERG
22 Sailor’s pronoun : SHE
23 Come down : ALIGHT
25 Trouble at the family rec center? : Y BOTHER
27 Wound up : TENSE
28 Scottish refusal : NAE
30 Serious observance : RITE
31 Work unit : ERG
32 Passionate : AVID
34 Started to overtake, with “on” : GAINED
36 Filling in for rapper Cardi? : SPELLING B
38 Watercolor user : ARTIST
41 Water color : AQUA
42 On the __: famous : MAP
45 Sailor’s emergency container : BAIL
46 Frank McCourt memoir : ‘TIS
47 Govt. security : T-BILL
49 Deans, professors and undergrads? : U PEOPLE
52 Qajar dynasty’s domain : PERSIA
53 Wilt : SAG
54 Ebert’s partner in the 2000s : ROEPER
57 Library ID : ISBN
58 Win over : ENAMOR
60 Mediocre bakery item in home ec class? : C BISCUIT
62 Muss : RUMPLE
63 “Roll Tide” school : BAMA
64 Witness : SEE
65 Battle tactic : SIEGE
66 Kid stuff : SNAP
67 Word in a recipe : ADD
DOWN
1 Command : DICTATE
2 Asthma sufferer’s relief : INHALER
3 Working hard to find, with “up” : SCARING
4 Fox competitor : ABC
5 Sails force? : FLEET
6 Narwhal feature : TUSK
7 Macedonian’s neighbor : SERB
8 __ Montoya, “The Princess Bride” role : INIGO
9 Scrape, say : MAR
10 Flooded with : AWASH IN
11 Tool for the jungle : MACHETE
12 Guided : STEERED
15 Duds : GARB
17 Won’t leave alone : NAGS
21 “__ of the Needle”: Ken Follett novel : EYE
24 Piles : HEAPS
26 Common newspaper nickname : TRIB
28 Zippo : NIL
29 Two-time loser to Ike : ADLAI
33 Check for accuracy : VET
34 Safari sight : GNU
35 Rock with bands : AGATE
36 Rural skyline feature : SILO
37 Nos. averaging 100 : IQS
38 Ones who take too much advantage of a privilege, e.g. : ABUSERS
39 Easter Island, to natives : RAPA NUI
40 Draw : TIE GAME
42 Pageant held in Memphis in 2020 : MISS USA
43 Said, “She was with me all day,” say : ALIBIED
44 Put in the ground : PLANTED
46 Three-way joint : TEE
48 __-a-brac : BRIC
50 Worker, informally : PROLE
51 Stuff of legends : LORE
52 __ ballerina : PRIMA
55 Banned pollutants, for short : PCBS
56 Meir contemporary : EBAN
59 It’s usually higher on the hwy. : MPG
61 Weaken : SAP
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