Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday April 17th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Technique providing percussion with a string note : SLAP BASS
9 Character in “The Iliad” but not “The Odyssey”? : ALPHA
14 Summer pick-me-up : ICED LATTE
15 Use as a bed : LIE ON
16 Spicy Mexican food : HOT TAMALE
17 Extract metal from : SMELT
18 Surg. sites : ORS
19 Ivy near an Acela stop : YALE
20 Ado : HOOPLA
21 Big rings : PEALS
23 NBA writer Zach : LOWE
25 Question of method : HOW?
26 Durango, por ejemplo : ESTADO
28 Crudely built city? : OIL TOWN
31 Many of today’s pro athletes : MILLENNIALS
34 Total area? : CEREAL AISLE
35 Result of an imagined draft : FANTASY TEAM
36 Gum with Ice and Fire varieties : DENTYNE
37 Riverbed deposit : SLUDGE
41 B. A. Baracus portrayer : MR T
42 Warning accompanying a link : NSFW
45 Ideal spots : EDENS
46 Doomed 16th-century force : ARMADA
49 Criminal charges : RAPS
51 Bon __ : MOT
52 Pressly of “Mom” : JAIME
53 Subdivision showcase : MODEL HOME
55 Jeanette’s “Macbeth” (1948) co-star : ORSON
56 Lenses : EYEPIECES
57 Touch-and-go : RISKY
58 Blessings : GODSENDS
DOWN
1 Makes a point? : SCORES
2 Unleashes on : LETS AT
3 Big letters in security services : ADT
4 Is far from a good sport : PLAYS DIRTY
5 Perennial #1 NCAA football team since 2008 : BAMA
6 Even slightly : AT ALL
7 Fifth-cen. pope called “The Great” : ST LEO
8 Monkey’s do partner? : SEE
9 As well : ALSO
10 Long way to go? : LIMO
11 Look here! : PEEPHOLE
12 Depressions : HOLLOWS
13 __ Jamison, one of two NBA players with 20,000+ points who’s not in the Hall of Fame : ANTAWN
14 “From your mouth to God’s ears” : I HOPE
20 Rears : HEINIES
22 Feel bad about : LAMENT
24 Succeeded in : WON AT
27 1992 Mamet drama : OLEANNA
29 Three-time WNBA MVP : LISA LESLIE
30 Synagogue text : TALMUD
32 Performs surgery on, in a way : LASES
33 Cambridgeshire cathedral city : ELY
34 Like a sure thing : CAN’T MISS
35 Company founded in 1939 as Auto Avio Costruzioni : FERRARI
36 Key of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto : D MAJOR
38 Submission to a radio station, briefly : DEMO CD
39 Garden guardians : GNOMES
40 Will of “Blue Bloods” : ESTES
43 Ice cream alternative, casually : FROYO
44 Moved between banks, maybe : WADED
47 Berserk : AMOK
48 Refuse : DENY
50 Amps (up) : PEPS
53 Once-big storage unit that’s now quite small : MEG
54 Farm female : HEN
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