Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday October 21st 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Vision-correcting surgical beam : LASER
6 Topiarist’s target : BUSH
10 No-frills grocer based in Germany : ALDI
14 Words on a Wonderland cake : EAT ME
15 “¿Cómo _ usted?” : ESTA
16 Woodwind insert : REED
17 Moves briskly : TROTS
18 Symbols like 🙂 and 🙁 : EMOTICONS
20 Precarious plan, metaphorically : HOUSE OF CARDS
22 Sinus MD : ENT
23 JFK successor : LBJ
24 Mai: cocktail : TAI
25 Poetic sphere : ORB
28 Many a “Men in Black” character : ALIEN
30 Tissue that covers the iris and pupil : CORNEA
32 Pink Floyd co-founder Barrett : SYD
34 Events with sprints and relays : TRACK MEETS
36 Go in one’s : replace : STEAD
38 Penn of “Harold & Kumar” films : KAL
39 Cooks quickly, as tuna : SEARS
40 Corporate executive’s perk : COMPANY CAR
43 On the _: furtively : SLY
44 Punch combo : ONE-TWO
45 Ordinary writing : PROSE
47 Half a score, or a perfect score : TEN
48 Doc intended to protect confidentiality : NDA
50 German pronoun : ICH
51 Smallish batteries : AAS
54 “I don’t need that back,” and what can be said about the starts of 20-, 34-, and 40-Across : YOU CAN KEEP IT
57 Anthropomorphic : HUMANLIKE
60 Over the top : EXTRA
61 Not close : AFAR
62 Change to fit in, perhaps : EDIT
63 Spud : TATER
64 Elevator direction : DOWN
65 Double-hyphenated digits, for short : SSNS
66 Three-ingredient sweet treat : S’MORE
DOWN
1 Mythical river of forgetfulness : LETHE
2 Slugger Judge who was the 2017 AL Rookie of the Year : AARON
3 Portly, or porter : STOUT
4 CPR experts : EMTS
5 Flip, as a property : RESELL
6 Slim Jim product : BEEF JERKY
7 “Semper Fi” military org. : USMC
8 Ferret kin : STOAT
9 Porkpie’s place, perhaps : HAT RACK
10 Pickleball paths : ARCS
11 Sign before Virgo : LEO
12 TV room : DEN
13 Employee badges, e.g., for short : IDS
19 Figures of speech : IDIOMS
21 Memorial bio : OBIT
25 NBA star with the hit rap album “Shaq Diesel” : O’NEAL
26 Have another go at : RETRY
27 Chilean sea _ : BASS
28 Change to fit in : ADAPT
29 Civil rights gp. since 1909 : NAACP
31 Witherspoon of “Walk the Line” : REESE
32 Pebble, e.g. : STONE
33 Country south of Saudi Arabia : YEMEN
35 Woodwind instruments that need 16-Acrosses : CLARINETS
36 Kilt wearer, often : SCOT
37 Occur to : DAWN ON
41 Small lumps : NODULES
42 Pebble, e.g. : ROCK
46 Units of paper : SHEETS
49 Corrosive compounds : ACIDS
51 Is _: probably will : APT TO
52 Broadcast network : AIRER
53 Fixed gaze : STARE
54 Crochet need : YARN
55 Similar (to) : AKIN
56 Test : EXAM
57 Consumed : HAD
58 Airborne mystery : UFO
59 Gaping mouth : MAW
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