Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday September 11th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 “Miracle on the Hudson” investigation gp. : NTSB
5 Venom holder : SAC
8 Grads of Cornell’s Johnson Sch. : MBAS
12 Kerfuffle : HOO-HA
13 Quartet quarter? : SOLO
14 Six-ton predator : ORCA
15 Pride seekers’ lids : SAFARI HATS
17 LeBlanc who played Joey on “Friends” : MATT
18 Texter’s approval : THUMBS-UP EMOJI
20 Cutesy answer to “How do you say that in Spanish?” : ESO
21 Uncoupled? : BROKEN UP
24 Zebras on a field : REFS
27 Classic muscle cars : GTOS
29 Senator Ben who wrote “The Vanishing American Adult” : SASSE
30 N.L. West team : ARI
31 Type of cable, briefly : COAX
32 Shade for a lifeguard : SUNTAN
33 Defensive lines : CORDONS
35 Dries, in a way : AIRS OUT
36 Sometimes unattainable maxima : IDEALS
37 Sticky situation : MIRE
38 2010 World Cup host: Abbr. : RSA
39 Origins : SEEDS
40 Bass part : GILL
41 It gives you the big picture : IMAX
42 Title partner of “me” in a 1972 Billy Paul #1 hit : MRS JONES
44 Blade in a shell : OAR
46 Metaphor for confidentiality popularized in a 1960s sitcom : CONE OF SILENCE
51 Type of jacket : FLAK
53 Shallot relative : GREEN ONION
54 Card in Clue : ROPE
55 Ancient site of an iconic tree : EDEN
56 Command posts : HELMS
57 Is behind, maybe : OWES
58 Kid-__: tots’ TV fare : VID
59 Sailing : ASEA
DOWN
1 Legendary wildlife conservationist : NOAH
2 Block in the kitchen : TOFU
3 Humbles : SHAMES
4 Fodder for unfriendly trades : BARBS
5 Speaker’s spot : SOAPBOX
6 Takes up, perhaps : ALTERS
7 Short bar order : COSMO
8 High-waisted garb, stereotypically : MOM JEANS
9 Play with ideas : BRAINSTORM
10 Do one’s part? : ACT
11 Couldn’t stand? : SAT
12 Prez who had no VP in his first term : HST
13 Chinese pork dish word : SHU
16 Squares, e.g. : ISOGONS
19 [Shrug] : OK, SURE
22 Olympics chant : USA USA
23 Ricoh camera brand : PENTAX
24 “To Kill a Mockingbird” theme : RACISM
25 Heavy surf, e.g. : ERODER
26 Obsolescent emergency exit : FIRE ESCAPE
28 Coll. exam graders, at times : TAS
31 Charles of Watergate infamy : COLSON
32 Skirt alternative : SIRLOIN
34 Some corny humor : DAD JOKES
35 Have something : AIL
37 Common jam ingredient? : MISFEED
40 Scotty’s “Star Trek: TNG” counterpart : GEORDI
41 Cara and Ryan : IRENES
43 Much of Israel : NEGEV
45 Island reception : ALOHA
47 D.C. VIP : SEN
48 Ancient Memphis setting : NILE
49 Food __: after-eating drowsiness : COMA
50 3/8 of nineteen? : ENS
51 Questlove’s do : FRO
52 Dirty : LOW
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