Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday August 26th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Group for whom “Drive” was a Top 10 hit, with “The” : CARS
5 Sarge’s charges, briefly : PFCS
9 Finishes in the bakery : ICES
13 Part of an agenda : ITEM
14 Fracas : MELEE
15 Bar purchase : SOAP
16 Wanted things : DESIDERATA
18 Santa __: Sonoma County seat : ROSA
19 Kin of urban legends : OLD WIVES’ TALES
21 Shows : BARES
23 Wander : ROVE
24 James of jazz : ETTA
25 Possible result of a bankruptcy filing : CLEAN SLATE
31 ERA, for example : STAT
32 Suffer : AIL
33 Some, in Potsdam : EINES
34 Dirt alternative, at times : TAR
35 Minimally : AT LEAST
38 Member of the 2019 World Series champs : NAT
39 Large quantity : OCEAN
41 Beethoven preceder : VAN
42 “Qué __?” : PASA
43 “That’s some bargain you got!” : WHAT A STEAL
46 Assist badly? : ABET
47 Indian nurse : AMAH
48 Jacques’ title, in a children’s song : FRERE
49 Dated jokes … and what the ends of four Across answers are, in a way : STALE MATERIAL
55 Guitarist’s gadget : CAPO
56 Tennessee Williams specialty : ONE-ACT PLAY
59 King toppers : ACES
60 Brazilian range __ do Mar : SERRA
61 Architect Saarinen : EERO
62 Leader : BOSS
63 Egyptian vipers : ASPS
64 “Glee” character, usually : TEEN
DOWN
1 “Le __”: 1636 Corneille play : CID
2 Put away : ATE
3 Vacation destination : RESORT AREA
4 Greet with a grin : SMILE AT
5 Prefix meaning “all around” : PERI-
6 Rapper with a clock necklace, familiarly : FLAV
7 Et __ : CETERA
8 Salt, say : SEASON
9 Begin, for one : ISRAELI
10 Hip : COOL
11 Alleviate : EASE
12 Places to relax : SPAS
14 Cry from a litter : MEW
17 ADA member : DDS
20 Tube, so to speak : TV SET
21 Grant : BESTOW
22 Staple, e.g. : ATTACH
25 Monopoly token that replaced the iron : CAT
26 Unlike Abner, actually : LI’L
27 École attendee : ELEVE
28 “Kingdom by the sea” maiden of poetry : ANNABEL LEE
29 Come-on : TEASER
30 Executor’s concern : ESTATE
35 “What’s in __?” : A NAME
36 Motorists’ org. : AAA
37 NBC weekend show : SNL
40 Clueless : AT A LOSS
42 Castle feature : PARAPET
44 Stuffed Indian pastry : SAMOSA
45 Macduff and Macbeth : THANES
48 Hale : FIT
49 Sign of healing : SCAB
50 Snack from a truck : TACO
51 Primatologists’ subjects : APES
52 UMD athlete : TERP
53 Some crop units : EARS
54 __ Building, now 30 Rockefeller Plaza : RCA
57 Exist : ARE
58 “… the morn … / Walks o’er the dew of __ high eastward hill”: “Hamlet” : YON
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