Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday August 23rd 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Periods of history : ERAS
5 __ Pujols, fourth MLBer to reach 6,000 total bases : ALBERT
11 Area for experiments : LAB
14 __ Raton, Fla. : BOCA
15 Ballerina, at times : LEAPER
16 Bullfight “Bravo!” : OLE
17 *Hitchhiked : BUMMED A RIDE
19 Take the gold : WIN
20 Took the wheel : STEERED
21 Drained of energy : SAPPED
23 Firebug’s crime : ARSON
26 Changes direction : TURNS
27 Create a raised logo on, say : EMBOSS
31 “My pleasure” : LOVE TO
33 Señor’s squiggle : TILDE
34 Said further : ADDED
35 Put money in, as a parking meter : FED
38 Board game with nine rooms : CLUE
39 Picture within a picture : INSET
40 Heap, as of wood : PILE
41 Weeding tool : HOE
42 Judicial orders : WRITS
43 Zesty dip for tortilla chips : SALSA
44 Line in pressed pants : CREASE
46 Movie theater feature : SCREEN
47 Throbbed : ACHED
49 CNN journalist Hill : ERICA
51 Doctoral candidate’s project : THESIS
53 Beers served with lime : CORONAS
58 Tell a tall tale : LIE
59 Cry to one blocking your view at a concert … and a hint to the answers to starred clues : DOWN IN FRONT
62 Classifieds, e.g. : ADS
63 Apple device featuring Siri : IPHONE
64 Italian wine region : ASTI
65 Go out with : SEE
66 Skimpy swimsuits : THONGS
67 Wanton look : LEER
DOWN
1 Recedes, like the tide : EBBS
2 Sports blowout : ROUT
3 Wile E. Coyote’s supplier : ACME
4 “The __”: “What she’s having” : SAME
5 Trees with catkins : ALDERS
6 Takes charge : LEADS
7 Granola __ : BAR
8 Prefix with dermis : EPI-
9 Wine list heading : REDS
10 Picked up the check : TREATED
11 *Something kept to avoid attention : LOW PROFILE
12 Sci-fi visitor : ALIEN
13 Gives a little : BENDS
18 Clear of data, e.g. : ERASE
22 Erect, with “up” : PUT
24 Golden-ager : OLDSTER
25 Network junctions : NODES
27 Mark with acid : ETCH
28 Venus de __ : MILO
29 *Dressing with Buffalo wings : BLUE CHEESE
30 Tribute in verse : ODE
32 Dog doc : VET
34 Biscotti flavoring : ANISE
36 “If all __ fails … ” : ELSE
37 Faculty head : DEAN
39 Nest egg acronym : IRA
40 Four, for most golf holes : PAR
42 “Way to go, team!” : WE DID IT
43 Winter neck warmer : SCARF
45 Hi-__ audio : RES
46 Biscuits at teas : SCONES
47 Book with maps : ATLAS
48 Reprimand : CHIDE
50 Cake topping : ICING
52 Many a jayvee player : SOPH
54 Taken by mouth : ORAL
55 Carrot, on a snowman : NOSE
56 Start the kitty : ANTE
57 Mix, as a liquid : STIR
60 Abbott and Costello’s first baseman : WHO
61 Oui’s opposite : NON
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