Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday October 24th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Model in the Beach Boys’ “Fun, Fun, Fun” : T-BIRD
6 “Nightmare” street : ELM
9 Middles : WAISTS
15 Demonstrating skill : ABLY
19 Subtle glows : AURAE
20 Wasikowska of “Damsel” : MIA
21 Allergic outburst : AHCHOO
22 Hudson Bay nation : CREE
23 *Grizzly, for one : BROWN BEAR
25 *Olaf II of Norway, notably : VIKING SAINT
27 Ornamental vase : URN
28 Earthly : TERRENE
30 MLB Hall of Famer Fox and journalist Bly : NELLIES
31 __ a soul : NARY
32 Va. winter hours : EST
34 Genesis twin : ESAU
35 Hose clamp tightener : T-BOLT
37 More klutzy : GAWKIER
40 Prepare, as a contract : DRAW UP
45 Like some dorms : CO-ED
46 *It goes up in cold weather : HEAT BILL
48 Sound of shock : GASP
49 Sharply hit baseball : LINER
51 Relax, maybe : LIE
52 Wolf down : EAT
54 Guru’s residence : ASHRAM
56 Pool concern : ALGAE
57 Loses steam : FLAGS
60 Claim no longer allowed on cigarettes : LESS TAR
62 Fortune : WEALTH
64 Show with constant cliff-hangers : SOAP
66 Cell division : MITOSIS
68 NL Central club : STL
69 *Nickname for Joe DiMaggio : YANKEE CLIPPER
73 Words of understanding : OHS
75 Uses, as a scale : STEPS ON
77 Candy bar with a Nordic name : SKOR
78 Self-reproach : REGRET
80 Thinks : IDEATES
82 Played really badly : STANK
85 Comic book artist : INKER
86 Mentally assimilate : DIGEST
88 A musician usually has a good one : EAR
90 Originally called : NEE
91 Bête __ : NOIRE
92 Willing to listen (to) : OPEN
93 *The sun will eventually be one : RED GIANT
97 Button alternative : SNAP
98 Posse carriers : HORSES
101 Max Ernst, for one : DADAIST
102 True : ALIGN
104 Yearn : ACHE
106 Eye, to a poet : ORB
107 Pickup relatives, briefly : UTES
108 Condemnation : REPROOF
111 Zip one’s lip : KEEP MUM
114 “Rugrats” dad : STU
117 *ICBM booster until 1987 : TITAN ROCKET
120 They’re on the same side … and a hint to the answers to starred clues : TEAMMATES
122 Pizzazz : ELAN
123 Spiritualist Deepak : CHOPRA
124 Bagpiper’s topper : TAM
125 Past pudgy : OBESE
126 Target of a military press : DELT
127 “Dear Evan __”: 2015 musical : HANSEN
128 Mahershala of “Moonlight” : ALI
129 Grown-up efts : NEWTS
DOWN
1 Perfume that sounds forbidden : TABU
2 VP under Jefferson : BURR
3 Par-3 choice, often : IRON
4 Not even rare? : RAW
5 Insurance that covers dams? : DENTAL
6 Manicurist’s board : EMERY
7 Yarn spinner : LIAR
8 Dark area on the moon : MARE
9 Surfboard/kayak hybrid : WAVESKI
10 Yellowfin tuna : AHI
11 Response to goo : ICK
12 Slugger’s creation : SHINER
13 Shades : TONES
14 “I’m __ to hear from you!” : SO GLAD
15 Smoothie fruit : ACAI
16 Cheese on crackers : BRIE
17 Telescope part : LENS
18 To this day : YET
24 Docking place : BERTH
26 Result of one too many, maybe : SLUR
29 Rookie, briefly : NEWB
31 “I can’t agree to this” : NO DEAL
33 Scrabble piece : TILE
35 Going places? : TOILETS
36 *Kipling’s Shere Khan is one : BENGAL TIGER
37 Author Sheehy : GAIL
38 Relaxed : AT EASE
39 Airline with an all-kosher menu : EL AL
41 Turkish bigwigs : AGHAS
42 *”Virtuous Woman” reggae singer : WARRIOR KING
43 Solheim Cup team : USA
44 Fluoride-in-water meas. : PPM
45 Cat’s weapons : CLAWS
47 Little trickster : ELF
50 Confirms, as a password : RETYPES
53 Sub : TEMP
54 China __: showy bloom : ASTER
55 Use for preservation, as wine barrels : STORE IN
58 Takes off : GOES
59 Pass rusher’s stat : SACKS
61 Small intake : SIP
63 Attacks : HAS AT
65 Story line : PLOT
67 Singer Ed featured in the 2019 film “Yesterday” : SHEERAN
70 “Just kidding!” : NOT
71 Place for a pad : KNEE
72 Modern Persians : IRANIS
74 __ throat : STREP
76 Utopias : EDENS
79 Knowledge of spiritual matters : GNOSIS
81 Bareilles of “Waitress” : SARA
83 Without ice : NEAT
84 Understanding : KEN
86 Quote from Homer : D’OH
87 2012 Facebook event, for short : IPO
89 Overhaul : REDO
94 Sunbather’s pride : DARK TAN
95 Poke fun at : GIBE
96 Best Supporting Actress before Ingrid : TATUM
99 Merit : EARN
100 Discolor by burning : SCORCH
101 Military alert state : DEFCON
103 Jack of “Some Like It Hot” : LEMMON
105 To-do : HOO-HA
107 It was added to create an everyday quintet in 1990 : UMAMI
108 Tick off : RILE
109 Series finale: Abbr. : ET AL
110 Huff and puff : PANT
112 R&B great James : ETTA
113 Ring at a wedding : PEAL
114 State of suppressed worry : STEW
115 Reason to cram : TEST
116 List for a versatile tool : USES
117 Talk acronym : TED
118 Mil. mess duties : KPS
119 Before, poetically : ERE
121 Presidential nickname : ABE
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