Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday July 5th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Light in a socket : BULB
5 Hunt for bargains : SHOP
9 Tick off : MIFF
13 Enjoyed immensely : ATE UP
15 Smooth engine sound : PURR
16 Love, in Lima : AMOR
17 Gibberish : MUMBO JUMBO
19 Passed-down stories : LORE
20 Support for a side plank exercise : ARM
21 Country singer McGraw : TIM
22 Finished, as a deck : STAINED
24 David Muir and Lester Holt : NEWSMEN
27 “Thor” actor Idris : ELBA
28 “Just as I thought!” : AHA
29 Tax evader’s comeuppance : IRS AUDIT
33 Very beginning : GET-GO
36 Like strung guitar strings : TAUT
37 “If u ask me … ” : IMO
38 Sought-after celeb : A-LISTER
40 Springsteen’s __ Band : E STREET
43 Edge of a glass : RIM
44 “I claim that!” : DIBS
46 Perform better than : OUTDO
47 One who scoffs at Bud, perhaps : BEER SNOB
50 Dominate in competition : OWN
51 Dough for spanakopita : FILO
52 Attacks : COMES AT
56 Kind of salad named for a NYC hotel : WALDORF
59 Make a dent in : MAR
60 Mister, in Mumbai : SRI
62 Grammy winner India.__ : ARIE
63 Overtime round, e.g. … and what a black square acts as for the circled words? : TIEBREAKER
66 Crystal ball gazer : SEER
67 Landfill emanation : ODOR
68 Coffee or tea : DRINK
69 “No thanks” : PASS
70 Nada : NONE
71 Draws to a close : ENDS
DOWN
1 Ole Miss rival : BAMA
2 180-degree reversal : U-TURN
3 ‘I wanna try!” : LEMME
4 Fella : BUB
5 Ocean froth : SPUME
6 Smooth engine sound : HUM
7 Planets, in poems : ORBS
8 Formal objections : PROTESTS
9 Ritzy California beach city : MALIBU
10 “No dessert for me today” : I’M ON A DIET
11 Warning after a slice : FORE
12 Mister Rogers : FRED
14 Random criticism : POTSHOT
18 Iwo __ : JIMA
23 Fashioned after : A LA
25 Friendly dog greetings : WAGS
26 Actress Vardalos : NIA
30 Regrets : RUES
31 Used WhatsApp, say : IMED
32 Dog in Oz : TOTO
33 Clothing : GARB
34 Fashion designer Saab : ELIE
35 “The years just zip by!” : TIME FLIES
36 The Chicks or ZZ Top : TRIO
39 Ralph Kramden’s pal : ED NORTON
41 Dwarfed, with “over” : TOWERED
42 Ski resort trails : RUNS
45 “Killing Eve” channel : BBC
48 Lyft patrons : RIDERS
49 __-mo videos : SLO
50 Actor Epps : OMAR
53 Blending of one hue to the next, from the French for “shaded” : OMBRE
54 Invite to enter : ASK IN
55 Get big on Twitter : TREND
56 Stinging insect : WASP
57 Farmland measure : AREA
58 Classic dog name : FIDO
61 Ticks off : IRKS
64 Very long stretch : EON
65 “What __ you looking at?” : ARE
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