Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday October 30th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Make bold, maybe : STRESS
7 Advanced degree candidate’s no. : GRE SCORE
15 “No more kidding around!” : THIS TIME I MEAN IT
17 Hobby : OUTSIDE INTEREST
18 Peck in the park, informally : PDA
19 Controversial oil well verb : FRACK
20 “Whose __ was that?” : IDEA
21 Philosophy 101 subject : PLATO
22 Headey of “Game of Thrones” : LENA
24 “Turning Tables” singer : ADELE
27 Main ingredients in the Thai dish tam som : PAPAYAS
30 Shuffle alternative : NANO
31 Speak from memory : RECITE
34 One-named “Chandelier” singer : SIA
35 Start thinking about old unpleasantness : DREDGE UP THE PAST
38 Stately tree : ELM
39 Gas up? : AERATE
40 World’s largest fashion magazine : ELLE
41 Responds to a minister, in a way : SAYS I DO
43 Coarse cloth : TWEED
44 Join (with) : ALLY
45 Sources of suffering : BANES
48 Ginormous : MEGA
50 Completely surround : BOX IN
51 Food is tossed in it : WOK
54 2019 culmination of a 22-film story : AVENGERS: ENDGAME
58 Thrift store merchandise : VINTAGE CLOTHING
59 Free throws, usually : SET SHOTS
60 “You’re absolutely right” : SO IT IS
DOWN
1 “That’s enough!” : STOP
2 Sound of a flop : THUD
3 Romance writers’ award until 2019 : RITA
4 Assassin standout? : ESS
5 Smother : STIFLE
6 Libya’s Gulf of __ : SIDRA
7 Company with woodchuck ads : GEICO
8 Stars’ play area : RINK
9 Lifesaver, briefly : EMT
10 “Catch my drift?” : SEE
11 Canopus’ constellation : CARINA
12 Short promotion : ONE-DAY SALE
13 Hilltop : RISE
14 Place Sundance liked to see : ETTA
16 Substance : MEAT
21 Drudge or trudge : PLOD
22 Woodshop tool : LATHE
23 Heaviest of the three modern fencing swords : EPEE
24 Quito’s range : ANDES
25 Alfalfa’s love interest : DARLA
26 Suspicious plant : ENEMY AGENT
27 The Panthers of the ACC : PITT
28 Symbolic compromise crossing : AISLE
29 Having no more room, perhaps : SATED
31 Thin in tone : REEDY
32 Latvian capital : EURO
33 Pro concerned with returns : CPA
36 Olympic sprinter Devers : GAIL
37 Prayer supports? : PEWS
42 Op-ed features : SLANTS
43 Care for : TEND TO
45 Bartlett relatives : BOSCS
46 Double or triple skating move : AXEL
47 Boys of Sevilla : NINOS
48 Cuban team, for short : MAVS
49 Name that sounds like its first two letters : EVIE
50 Poison lead singer Michaels : BRET
51 Stand by : WAIT
52 Start to science? : OMNI-
53 Bar supply : KEGS
55 Cry of exasperation : GAH
56 Word with surf or trip : EGO-
57 Letters next to a 4 : GHI
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