Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday September 4th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 “Yours truly” alternative : BEST
5 Impulsively : HALF-COCKED
15 They may not want to run into each other : EXES
16 It’s 60 in the current Congress : AVERAGE AGE
17 What Sicilians call “Muncibeddu” : ETNA
18 Flaunted one’s wealth, perhaps : LIVED LARGE
19 __ Angelico: Renaissance artist : FRA
20 Karaoke selection : OLDIE
21 Tango composer __ Piazzolla : ASTOR
22 The Ig Nobel Prize, e.g. : SATIRE
24 Time for cuts : SALE
26 NBA’s Nikola Jokic, e.g. : SERB
27 Parting of the Pacific : ALOHA
29 Spitz toy, briefly : POM
32 “__ say …” : DARE I
33 Lovett with Grammys : LYLE
34 One-liner : JAPE
35 It calculates using qubits : QUANTUM COMPUTER
38 Latin “behold” : ECCE
39 Sweat spot : PORE
40 Array with two guards, in football lingo : O-LINE
41 Dead end? : DEE
42 “Oh, no!” : SO SAD
43 Loving touch : KISS
44 Suggestion : HINT
45 Coming attraction, say : TEASER
47 Voiced : ALOUD
50 Tries out : DEMOS
53 L.A. to Palm Springs dir. : ESE
54 Resulted in fighting : BOILED OVER
56 Have on the run : GRAB
57 One using a lot of hot air : BALLOONIST
58 Freezing fog consequence : RIME
59 Request for more input : ANYONE ELSE?
60 Stagger : REEL
DOWN
1 Grievances : BEEFS
2 Pizzeria request : EXTRA SAUCE
3 Biannual political event : SENATE RACE
4 Agts. outside gates : TSA
5 Berry with awards : HALLE
6 Way more than casual : AVID
7 “The Periodic Table” author Primo __ : LEVI
8 Climbed without ropes or harness : FREE SOLOED
9 Despicable one : CAD
10 Lakota tribe : OGLALA
11 Stop : CEASE
12 Small racer : KART
13 Kellogg’s brand that can be spelled from “Kellogg’s” : EGGO
14 Fawning parents? : DEER
20 Realm of influence : ORBIT
23 She outwitted Sherlock : IRENE
25 “I’m standing right here” : AHEM
27 Close to getting through : ALMOST DONE
28 Material for Katie Ledecky : LYCRA
29 45-Down seller : PATISSERIE
30 Kool & the Gang hit with the repeated line, “Get down with the genie” : OPEN SESAME
31 Trifling : MERE
32 Barred from further rounds, briefly : DQ’ED
34 Child cooking : JULIA
36 Part of some riverside toponyms : UPON
37 Facebook attention-getters : POKES
42 Not face-to-face, in a way : SIDE-ON
44 Brit’s greeting : HULLO
45 Fancy cake : TORTE
46 Defy authority : REBEL
47 1974 Eurovision champion : ABBA
48 Library offering : LOAN
49 Full of smarm : OILY
51 No good : EVIL
52 Private dining room : MESS
55 Female rabbit : DOE
56 “I’m losing it!” : GRR
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