Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday August 15th 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Glasgow topper : TAM
4 Milky white gem : OPAL
8 Less friendly : ICIER
13 Slightly : A BIT
15 Nutmeg spice : MACE
16 Singer’s asset : RANGE
17 Firth kin : LOCH
18 Sound rebound : ECHO
19 Sandwiches for dessert : OREOS
20 Podcast category for electricians? : CURRENT EVENTS
23 Bart Simpson, e.g. : TOON
24 Nest egg initials : IRA
25 Early Beatles bassist Sutcliffe : STU
28 Podcast category for demolition experts? : BREAKING NEWS
33 Funny duo? : ENS
36 Knitting need : YARN
37 “_ Meenie”: Kingston/Bieber song : EENIE
38 One of the Three Bears : MAMA
40 Boating hazards : REEFS
43 Prefix meaning “height” : ACRO-
44 Do-: second chances : OVERS
46 Desktop light : LAMP
48 Keebler mascot : ELF
49 Podcast category for sanitation workers? : TALKING TRASH
53 Shape of a right angle : ELL
54 “Hamilton” creator -Manuel Miranda : LIN
55 Fill to the gills : SATE
58 Podcast category for beekeepers? : THE LATEST BUZZ
64 Had home cooking : ATE IN
66 Water source : WELL
67 “Would _ to you?” : I LIE
68 “It __ sunk in yet” : HASN’T
69 Convenience : EASE
70 Cannery row? : TINS
71 Lenya of “The Threepenny Opera” : LOTTE
72 “The Hidden Staircase” sleuth Nancy : DREW
73 Most preferred : PET
DOWN
1 Mineral softer than gypsum : TALC
2 Concerning : ABOUT
3 Prefix with biology or brewery : MICRO-
4 Harbinger : OMEN
5 Concord : PACT
6 Blue-Emu target : ACHE
7 Pope after John XI : LEO VII
8 Early metalworking period : IRON AGE
9 Links rental : CART
10 Basically : IN ESSENCE
11 I, to Claudius : EGO
12 In medias __ : RES
14 Beat : THROB
21 Professor Higgins, to Eliza : ‘ENRY
22 Directional ending : -ERN
26 Show off a new dress, say : TWIRL
27 Make : employ : USE OF
29 Singer’s asset : EAR
30 “The Boys Back in Town” : ARE
31 Genuflected : KNELT
32 Grant-giving gp. : NEA
33 Project feelings onstage : EMOTE
34 Part of USNA : NAVAL
35 Assessment of credibility : SMELL TEST
39 Deluge refuge : ARK
41 A ways away : FAR
42 Like a wee bairn : SMA
45 Nerve ending? : SILENT E
47 Start of a conversation in class, maybe : PSST
50 Nada : NIL
51 Chewed like a beaver : GNAWED
52 Regular tendency : HABIT
56 Blooming bulb : TULIP
57 Web mag : E-ZINE
59 Help for the stumped : HINT
60 Rend : TEAR
61 Ultimatum word : ELSE
62 Boatload : SLEW
63 Gusto : ZEST
64 Org. whose champion wins the Calder Cup : AHL
65 Chinese principle : TAO
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