Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday May 5th 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 “Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet” novelist Jamie : FORD
5 Low-end speaker : BASS
9 Emulate successfully : PASS AS
15 Cooling units, for short : ACS
18 One throwing out the first pitch? : OBOE
19 _ research: some dirt-digging : OPPO
20 Baseball level just below the Majors : TRIPLE-A
22 Hall of Fame slugger Mel : OTT
23 Power line? : WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
26 Parched : DRY
27 Two-time Best Female Golfer ESPY winner Ko : LYDIA
28 Leaf wrangler : RAKE
29 Bewitch : ENTHRALL
31 Fright : TERROR
33 Life line? : I WILL SURVIVE
37 Like some candles : SCENTED
39 Home of many Goyas and El Grecos : PRADO
40 “Fire” gemstone : OPAL
41 Unlikely duo? : ELS
42 “The Boy and the Heron” genre : ANIME
44 Gifts at some Honolulu hotels : LEIS
46 The blue in blue cheese, e.g. : MOLD
49 Party line? : LET’S GET IT STARTED
54 Follower of up, down, and mid : -TOWN
56 Shake : LOSE
57 Ireland, to the Irish : EIRE
58 Like some adoption records : SEALED
60 “The Matrix” hero : NEO
61 Train cos. : RRS
64 Prehistoric : OLD
66 Data on dashboards : MILEAGES
68 Opening line? : I’VE GOTTA BLANK SPACE, BABY
75 Yoga asana that requires balance : TREE POSE
76 MSNBC journalist Cabrera : ANA
77 Like this clue’s number : ODD
78 “Am _ time?” : I ON
79 Require : ENTAIL
82 High point of the “Odyssey”? : OSSA
85 Meter or liter : UNIT
89 Dirty : SOIL
91 Time line? : YOU CAN’T HURRY LOVE
95 Swap __ : MEET
97 Room in una casa : SALA
98 HS course covering the facts of life : AP BIO
99 Curse : HEX
100 Guides with keys : MAPS
103 -panky : HANKY
105 Writer of pastoral poems : IDYLIST
107 Dividing line? : GO YOUR OWN WAY
111 Didn’t cook, but didn’t order in : ATE OUT
112 Totalitarianism, metaphorically : IRON RULE
113 Villain’s hangout : LAIR
115 Rims : EDGES
118 Relieved (of) : RID
119 Shore line? : UNDER THE BOARDWALK
124 Female deer : DOE
125 Spring agricultural machines : SEEDERS
126 Beauty spot? : ULTA
127 “That could work for me” : I MAY
128 “Weekend Update” show, casually : SNL
129 Restoration poet dubbed “Glorious John” : DRYDEN
130 Headed to overtime : TIED
131 pool : GENE
DOWN
1 Duck or goose : FOWL
2 Comply : OBEY
3 Consumer Reports tasks : ROAD TESTS
4 “Merci” response : DE RIEN
5 Social media annoyance : BOT
6 Goddess of love who had five children with the god of war : APHRODITE
7 Fishing tool : SPEAR
8 “_ it to me!” : SOCK
9 Old school crowdfunding org.? : PTA
10 Branch : ARM
11 Wee drink : SIP
12 Pitch : SPIEL
13 Mets slugger Pete nicknamed “Polar Bear” : ALONSO
14 Mocked : SENT UP
15 Vietnamese tunic : AO DAI
16 PC paste shortcut : CTRL+V
17 Flair : STYLE
21 Place for a spiritual retreat : ASHRAM
24 Livestock marker : EAR TAG
25 Successor : HEIR
30 KOA option : RV LOT
32 Actress Russo : RENE
34 Mickey’s co-creator : WALT
35 Brainstorming output : IDEAS
36 French wine valley : LOIRE
37 Go like hotcakes : SELL
38 Egyptian queen, familiarly : CLEO
39 Gas, across the pond : PETROL
43 Nintendo avatar : MII
45 Snail mail need : STAMP
47 Piece of cake? : LONG A
48 Square peg in a social circle? : DWEEB
50 Durable twill fabric : SERGE
51 Ward with two Emmy Awards : SELA
52 Director Kazan : ELIA
53 Big name in car batteries : DELCO
55 Snoopy : NOSY
59 Heroic act, say : DEED
62 Tug of war need : ROPE
63 Full of rocks : STONY
65 Genetic letters : DNA
67 Pop star Paula who was once a Lakers cheerleader : ABDUL
68 “Can confirm” : IT IS
69 Noise made while playing with a Matchbox car : VROOM!
70 “_ Meenie”: 2010 pop single : EENIE
71 Regarding : AS TO
72 Quaint baes : BEAUS
73 Two half hitches, maybe : KNOT
74 Verb that comes from a corruption of the ballet term “chassé” : SASHAY
80 Mogul Carl : ICAHN
81 Former TV drama about SoCal attorneys : LA LAW
83 “How’s it hangin’?” : SUP
84 Get in the middle of, in a way : ARBITRATE
86 One of Nolan Ryan’s record seven : NO-HIT GAME
87 Currier and _ : IVES 88 Words on a page : TEXT 90 _ juice : LEMON
92 Gran : NANA
93 Log flume, e.g. : RIDE
94 Went up and down, say : YO-YOED
96 Many a spring birth : TAURUS
101 Cut back : PRUNED
102 Machine shop alloy : SOLDER
104 Six-time NBA All-Star Lowry : KYLE
106 _ van Beethoven : LUDWIG
107 Supports : GIRDS
108 Constellation with a belt : ORION
109 Sound that comes from on high : YODEL
110 Like some unkempt gardens : WEEDY
111 Garlicky sauce : AIOLI
114 Border : ABUT
116 Flair : ELAN
117 Ione of “La Brea” : SKYE
120 _ velvet : RED
121 Green Day drummer __ Cool : TRE
122 Channel for bargain hunters : HSN
123 “Gnarly” : RAD
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