Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday June 5th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 “Heck, yeah” : SO TRUE
7 Area above an eave : FASCIA
13 Orange-colored snack puff : CHEETO
14 Game with blanks to fill : MAD LIBS
15 Says “I’ll say,” say : AGREES
16 What might make some people single-minded? : BAD DATES
17 A baseball era was named for them, briefly : ‘ROIDS
18 Trig. calculation : COS
19 Top seen by churchgoers : SPIRE
20 Provocative : EDGY
21 Punch list items : TASKS
23 Sulk : SNIT
24 Strands inside a cell? : DNA
25 Kind of shot or gift : PARTING
27 Lincoln’s need : GAS
28 Lifesavers, often : ORGAN DONORS
31 Creating a disturbance : RAISING CAIN
33 Be responsible for : BRING TO PASS
35 Card game for two, usually : WAR
38 Route for shipping vessels : SEA LANE
39 See 26-Down : FOX
41 Incessantly : EVER
43 Incline : SLOPE
44 Done some freestyle, say : SWUM
45 Become less green, maybe : RIPEN
47 Mariner’s hdg. : SBE
48 Academy Award-winning director who became an army major during World War II : CAPRA
49 Fruit brandy that translates to “water of life” : EAU DE VIE
51 Rages : MANIAS
52 Place to put one’s dogs? : OTTOMAN
53 Software provider sharing a name with a Greek prophet : ORACLE
54 Liam of “Batman Begins” : NEESON
55 Kids : TEASES
DOWN
1 More than a little nervous : SCARED
2 “Why would you even consider that?!” : OH GOD NO
3 She played Phoebe’s mom on “Friends” : TERI GARR
4 Like oboe music : REEDY
5 Western natives : UTES
6 Camera named for a Greek goddess : EOS
7 It doesn’t last : FAD
8 Sums : ADDS
9 Puts (on) hastily : SLAPS
10 Using as an example : CITING
11 Porto’s peninsula : IBERIA
12 They may be fixed : ASSETS
14 Protection against bleeding : MASKING TAPE
16 Northeast paper with 26 Pulitzers : BOSTON GLOBE
18 Serious lapse : CARDINAL SIN
21 Flowers known as golden buttons : TANSIES
22 Shaved-ice treat : SNO-CONE
25 Hold ’em holdings : PAIRS
26 Fruit associated with a fabled 39-Across : GRAPE
29 Natter : GAB
30 “Cheap Thrills” singer with Sean Paul : SIA
32 Warning on some forwarded emails, briefly : NSFW PICS
34 Mouth-puckering brew : SOUR ALE
35 “It’s go time!” : WE’RE ON!
36 Move up in the world? : AVIATE
37 Public stature : REPUTE
40 Present times, briefly : XMASES
42 Second tries : REDOS
44 Capital near the Red Sea : SANA’A
46 Verne captain : NEMO
48 Au pair’s concern : CARE
50 Wheels for a move : VAN
51 Zinger : MOT
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