Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday May 30th LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Dart around like a hummingbird : FLIT
5 Like 9-Across that has lost its fizz : FLAT
9 Dark drink with fizz : COLA
13 Easier to write neatly on, probably : LINED
15 Like tinned sardines : OILY
16 Las Vegas WNBA team : ACES
17 “Drive Happy” car rental company : ALAMO
18 Harvest : REAP
19 School gps. : PTAS
20 *Mahalia Jackson’s genre : GOSPEL MUSIC
23 Poem of praise : ODE
24 “Passing” actress Thompson : TESSA
25 “Friendly” cartoon ghost : CASPER
27 Abbr. between names : AKA
29 *Colorful top with a tropical design : ALOHA SHIRT
32 Contributor with deep pockets : FAT CAT
35 Esteem : VALUE
36 Layers on tall wedding cakes : TIERS
37 Orchestra __ : PIT
38 Greek storyteller who coined “sour grapes” : AESOP
42 German steel city : ESSEN
44 Current influence on the weather? : EL NINO
45 *Trial figure who can give a firsthand account : EYEWITNESS
49 “__ Is a Woman”: Ariana Grande song : GOD
50 Hair gel alternative : MOUSSE
51 Joyous song : PAEAN
54 Wrinkly pup : PUG
55 Nature lovers, and what the answers to the starred clues literally are : TREE HUGGERS
60 Actor Guinness : ALEC
62 Cathedral section : NAVE
63 Passion : ARDOR
64 Fork prong : TINE
65 Mouse mover : USER
66 Rational believer : DEIST
67 Stiletto, for one : HEEL
68 “A __ formality” : MERE
69 One-named singer from County Donegal : ENYA
DOWN
1 Mark as important : FLAG
2 “__ & Stitch” : LILO
3 Too worked up to relax : IN A STATE
4 City between Phoenix and Mesa : TEMPE
5 Like most proms : FORMAL
6 In __ of : LIEU
7 Word of sorrow : ALAS
8 “You’re so predictable” : TYPICAL
9 Mushroom top : CAP
10 Sea creatures with eight arms : OCTOPI
11 Front-runner : LEADER
12 Stand up for (oneself) : ASSERT
14 Female deer : DOES
21 Aspiring atty.’s exam : LSAT
22 Unlike most proms : CASUAL
26 High shine : SHEEN
27 To the rear, at sea : AFT
28 “Cobra __”: Netflix series based on “The Karate Kid” : KAI
30 Just like ewe : OVINE
31 Beret, e.g. : HAT
33 Rowing teams : CREWS
34 Pass that leads to a successful basket : ASSIST
37 Signing-ceremony memento : PEN
39 Entered a username, say : SIGNED IN
40 Singer Yoko : ONO
41 Okra unit : POD
43 Breastbone : STERNUM
44 Biblical twin : ESAU
45 One who feels another’s pain : EMPATH
46 “That’s not true!” : YOU LIE!
47 Oregon city on the Willamette : EUGENE
48 Orb : SPHERE
52 “My stars!” : EGAD!
53 Match, as subjects and verbs : AGREE
56 Alleviate : EASE
57 “Don’t you __ stop!?” : EVER
58 Pinkish : ROSY
59 Spanish miss: Abbr. : SRTA
61 Cartoon frame : CEL
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