Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday May 16th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Bleak genre : NOIR
5 Monthly bill : CABLE
10 Keep time, in a way : CLAP
14 Mosey : AMBLE
19 Locale of the Tomb of Akbar the Great : AGRA
20 Set boundaries for : LIMIT
21 Tanning target : HIDE
22 “The Sound of Music” matriarch : MARIA
23 Toaster oven user? : BROWNER OPERATOR
26 Steinbeck migrants : OKIES
27 Mounted security system component : SENSOR
28 Dr. Al Robbins on “CSI,” e.g. : CORONER
29 Stressed out : ON EDGE
30 Coil of yarn : SKEIN
32 Pearly coating : NACRE
33 “1984” working class : PROLES
34 Barbecue guests? : BROIL COMPANY
38 Milwaukee MLBer through 1965 : BRAVE
39 Student in English class? : NOUN
40 Shed item : TOOL
41 Certain hip-hop dancer : B-BOY
43 Breakfast choice : EGGS
46 “Wanna __?” : BET
47 Section that doesn’t include the sax, surprisingly : BRASS
49 Looks rudely at : OGLES
51 Team golf event : PRO-AM
52 Fraternity news contacts? : BROTHER SOURCES
55 Hindu title : SRI
56 Fred Flintstone’s boss : MR SLATE
59 Geeked, so to speak : EAGER
60 Rachel Brosnahan’s “Marvelous Mrs.” : MAISEL
62 First name in design : COCO
63 Winter Palace rulers : TSARS
66 Really ticked : IRATE
68 Little bit : MITE
69 Use Listerine, say : GARGLE
71 Deep sleep : SOPOR
73 Progressive decline : ATROPHY
75 It shares a small border with BC : IDA
76 Really dangerous edge? : INVISIBLE BRINK
80 Abate : LET UP
82 Idyllic places : EDENS
83 Drake production : RAP CD
84 Pre-holiday time : EVE
87 It might be picked : LOCK
88 Holiday desserts : PIES
89 iPad assistant : SIRI
90 Red or Card : NLER
91 Tribe also called the Wyandot : HURON
93 Structural pieces for a tiny Christmas village? : POCKET BRACES
97 Storied : FABLED
99 Writer __ Rogers St. Johns : ADELA
101 Slow-moving tree dweller : SLOTH
102 Words on some Québec road signs : ARRETS
103 Creative kind of thinking : LATERAL
106 Tía’s mom : ABUELA
109 Author Calvino : ITALO
110 Ship’s rope? : NAVIGATION BRAID
112 Pisa landmark : TOWER
113 Neglect : OMIT
114 The “five” in “take five,” e.g. : BREAK
115 Impressed? : APED
116 “The Planets” composer : HOLST
117 Spoil, with “on” : DOTE
118 Taps feed them : SINKS
119 Red ink : LOSS
DOWN
1 Collars : NABS
2 Fairy tale baddie : OGRE
3 Removes, as wrinkles : IRONS OUT
4 Abrasion result : RAW SKIN
5 Service leader : CLERIC
6 Half of a vacation rental app : AIR-
7 Admired coll. guy : BMOC
8 Slimming surg. procedure : LIPO
9 Timeless : ETERNAL
10 Uncertain : CHANCY
11 Soda bottle size : LITER
12 Cherish : ADORE
13 Word in many rates : PER
14 Supreme Egyptian god : AMON-RA
15 Create a new look for : MAKE OVER
16 Dirt at the stable? : BRIDLE GOSSIP
17 Feudal subject : LIEGE
18 Relaxes : EASES
24 Yule tune : NOEL
25 Color at the stable : ROAN
29 Nashville attraction : OPRY
31 Jots down : NOTATES
34 The other half of 6-Down : -BNB
35 Future fish : ROE
36 Dance in a pit : MOSH
37 Mug for a selfie : POSE
38 Winter pear : BOSC
41 Like a darker purple : BLUER
42 Immortal catcher with “-ism” associated with his first name : BERRA
44 Nephew of King Arthur : GARETH
45 The __ Company: Walmart foe in 2000s lawsuits : SMILEY
47 Maidenform purchase : BRA
48 No-good : ROTTEN
49 Mexican mama bear : OSA
50 “Make it happen, sister!” : GO, GIRL
51 Free TV spot : PSA
52 Place for a post : BLOG
53 “Wheel of Fortune” action : RESPIN
54 Ipecac, for one : EMETIC
56 Jimmy __, Saul’s real name on “Better Call Saul” : MCGILL
57 Truckers’ competition : ROADEO
58 Fight among poor pool players? : SCRATCH BRAWL
61 “No harm done” : I’M OK
64 Remark to the audience : ASIDE
65 Gift to a Valentine : ROSES
67 La Brea formations : TAR PITS
70 Backtalk : LIP
72 Delivery room docs : OBS
74 Boxing match unit: Abbr. : RND
77 Style of expression : VEIN
78 Composer Satie : ERIK
79 Unfurnished : BARE
81 Luau instruments : UKULELES
84 One who finesses the tab, facetiously : EL CHEAPO
85 Notch shape : VEE
86 Hesitant sounds : ERS
88 Whale groups : PODS
89 Hieroglyphic beetles : SCARABS
90 One with inborn talent : NATURAL
92 One might begin, “Oh, yeah?” : RETORT
93 Small dress size : PETITE
94 Couturier Cassini : OLEG
95 Shuts out, in baseball : BLANKS
96 Stark heir on “Game of Thrones” : ROBB
97 Religious belief : FAITH
98 Threepio’s pal : ARTOO
99 Enterprise competitor : ALAMO
100 Lifeboat crane : DAVIT
104 Bell town in a Longfellow poem : ATRI
105 Property claim : LIEN
107 “None of it is true!” : LIES
108 Puts in : ADDS
110 Auction gesture : NOD
111 Furniture wood : OAK
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