Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday April 3rd 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 One may be planted on a cheek : PECK
5 One who gets famous just for kicks? : SOCCER STAR
15 Volunteer’s words : I CAN
16 Use sound to get around : ECHOLOCATE
17 Large volume : TOME
18 Reaction that can be grateful or sarcastic : THANKS A LOT
19 Call from a brooder : CHEEP
21 Getting better : ON THE MEND
22 Arrive by car, say : ROLL UP
24 Perception : GRASP
25 Make a typo … or miss one : ERR
26 Surprising sound : BOO
28 Setting of van Gogh’s “Café Terrace at Night” : ARLES
30 Stop shooting : WRAP
32 Let the air out of : PUNCTURED
35 Area where skateboarding likely originated, briefly : SOCAL
37 Activity cube user : TOT
38 One may get rubbed out : GENIE
40 Failed to uphold : RENEGED ON
43 Gorilla researcher Fossey : DIAN
44 Turning part : ROTOR
45 Directed : RAN
47 With 42-Down, unlikely racetrack pick : OLD
48 Milwaukee draft pick? : PABST
50 One obsessed with guns? : GYM RAT
52 Utensil in Valencian cooking : PAELLA PAN
56 Isle off the Sorrento Peninsula : CAPRI
57 Captured soundly? : AUDIOTAPED
59 Hardly promising : GRIM
60 Walk-in clinic focus : URGENT CARE
61 Fashion : MODE
62 Espies : LAYS EYES ON
63 City on the Skunk : AMES
DOWN
1 Retiring groups? : PIT CREWS
2 Film genre for Shyamalan’s “The Happening” : ECO-HORROR
3 Competitor who’s over the hump? : CAMEL RACER
4 Prepare to talk to a tyke, maybe : KNEEL
5 Prepared : SET
6 Figure eight, in tango parlance : OCHO
7 Harry Potter love interest Cho __ : CHANG
8 Independent __ : CONTRACTOR
9 South Bend suburb : ELKHART
10 Larva that attacks Valentine’s Day plants : ROSE SLUG
11 Ran playfully : SCAMPERED
12 Fabulist’s work : TALE
13 Buckets or barrels : A TON
14 Out of a job, perhaps?: Abbr. : RETD
20 Trivia site : PUB
23 __ fly : POP
27 Arena for the stars : OUTER SPACE
29 Annual coronation event : SENIOR PROM
31 Impressive displays : PANOPLIES
33 Rest for a bit : NOD
34 Transport service for the disabled : DIAL-A-RIDE
36 Much less : LET ALONE
39 Armageddons : END TIMES
41 Lose it : GO BATTY
42 See 47-Across : NAG
46 Site of the HQ of five major sports : NYC
49 Croquetas or caracoles : TAPAS
51 It forms igneous rock : MAGMA
52 Microsoft co-founder Allen : PAUL
53 Intangible quality : AURA
54 Norm-challenging : EDGY
55 Role in the Monteverdi opera “The Coronation of Poppaea” : NERO
58 Big-screen TV site : DEN
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