Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday August 22nd 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 “Ethan Frome” writer Wharton : EDITH
6 Zenith : ACME
10 Bygone airline with an iconic terminal at JFK : TWA
13 Roughstock event : RODEO
14 _ dunk : SLAM
15 Pretense : SHAM
16 *Center : SWEETHEART
18 Pacific Islands root : TARO
19 “_ of story!” : END
20 Clinking occasion : TOAST
21 Made a guest appearance during a jazz set, perhaps : SAT IN
22 Cattle chew : CUD
23 *Hound : SALTY DOG
25 Wedding budget saver, maybe : CASH BAR
29 Approximately : OR SO
30 Not pro : ANTI
31 “A nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore” coiner : BERRA
34 Garden-variety fish? : EEL
37 Something not immediately appreciated, or what the answers to the starred clues have? : AN ACQUIRED TASTE
41 Neither’s partner : NOR
42 “If only I could _ that” : UNSEE
43 Charles III, e.g. : KING
44 Angler’s need : BAIT
46 Cantina sizzlers : FAJITAS
49 *Memo : SOUR NOTE
53 Signature need : PEN
54 Exponent symbol : CARET
55 Wage increase : RAISE
57 Airport served by BART : SFO
60 _ Major : URSA
61 *Tablet : BITTER PILL
63 “All __ are off!” : BETS
64 Self starter? : YOUR-
65 Barely beat : EDGED
66 Spots : ADS
67 Spot : ESPY
68 Copenhagen citizens : DANES
DOWN
1 Gaelic tongue : ERSE
2 Word with payment or pillow : DOWN
3 Put a name to a face : ID’ED
4 Many an undershirt : TEE
5 Bubbly bath : HOT TUB
6 On the briny : ASEA
7 Elegance : CLASS
8 One of the von Trapp girls : MARTA
9 Triage pro : EMT
10 “OK, now I’m really mad” : THAT DOES IT
11 Nintendo antagonist in purple overalls : WARIO
12 Interlaced with : AMONG
15 Legal suspensions : STAYS
17 “Today” co-host Kotb : HODA
21 Guitar that Bob Dylan went electric with, familiarly : STRAT
22 Smart : CHIC
24 Member of the peerage : LORD
25 James of “The Godfather” : CAAN
26 Montessori year? : ANNO
27 Patterns around explosive comic book sound effects : STARBURSTS
28 World Series stat : RBIS
32 Previously found in poetry? : ERE
33 49-Down spot : REEF
35 Volcano with 2,700 years of documented eruptions : ETNA
36 Staying power : LEGS
38 One of five : QUINT
39 Golden Rule word : UNTO
40 Similar (to) : AKIN
45 Some geometry exam answers : AREAS
47 Cardinal’s wing? : APSE
48 Reacted to a flagrant foul, perhaps : JEERED
49 Underwater gear : SCUBA
50 Obeyed the coxswain : OARED
51 Le Tigre and HAIM : TRIOS
52 Devour : EAT UP
56 “Glad my effort was good enough” : I TRY
57 Leo or Libra : SIGN
58 Leave in a hurry : FLEE
59 Former GM brand : OLDS
61 “Sayonara!” : BYE
62 Kissing in the park, e.g. : PDA
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