Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday January 21st 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 MS-__ : DOS
4 He’s Santa in “Elf” : ASNER
9 Fish-and-chips fish : COD
12 Andean stew tubers : OCAS
14 Geoffrey of fashion : BEENE
15 “You have a point” : TRUE
16 Hanukkah moolah : GELT
17 Cut with sharp teeth : SAW UP
18 Greasy spoon sign : EATS
19 Board game endings : MATES
21 Dudes : MEN
22 Sonora flora : CACTI
23 Jungian inner self : ANIMA
24 Anti-apartheid org. : ANC
25 Actor Werner of “Fahrenheit 451” : OSKAR
26 Element #50 : TIN
27 More squalid : MANGIER
30 Scrape (out) : EKE
31 Crackerjack : ACE
32 Restricted road area : BUS LANE
33 High-__ image : RES
34 Red variety of this puzzle’s circles : MANHATTAN
36 Larry __, former Phillies All-Star shortstop who was 2001 N.L. Manager of the Year : BOWA
39 Meat-eating aids : TINES
40 River to the Baltic : ODER
44 “Invisible Cities” author Calvino : ITALO
46 Copper orgs.? : PDS
47 Happy, but not cheerful or upbeat? : DWARF
48 Spoonful, say : DOLLOP
50 Was in the cards : LOOMED
51 Group with rackets : MAFIA
53 Long __ : JOHNS
54 Slightly cracked : AJAR
56 Glass-half-empty sort : CYNIC
58 Computer giant : DELL
61 “Amen!” : WORD!
62 Memorable mission : ALAMO
63 Director Kazan : ELIA
64 “I’m up for it!” : LET’S!
65 Sashimi selection : AHI
66 Initial request for an answer? : RSVP
DOWN
1 Church doctrines : DOGMATA
2 Airline on “Lost” : OCEANIC
3 With 9-Down, crispy go-with for this puzzle’s circles : SALTINE
4 Washboard __ : ABS
5 Sailor’s skill : SEAMANSHIP
6 White variety of this puzzle’s circles : NEW ENGLAND
7 Doesn’t mumble : ENUNCIATES
8 Press in a gym, say : REP
9 See 3-Down : … CRACKER
10 Scene not meant to be seen : OUTTAKE
11 Wish list items, e.g. : DESIRES
13 Stern’s opposite : STEM
15 They’re often in hot water : TEAS
20 Bossa nova ancestor : SAMBA
22 Chick of jazz : COREA
28 Family member : AUNT
29 Tolkien’s Quickbeam et al. : ENTS
34 Adaptable ducks : MALLARDS
35 “I get it now” : NO WONDER
36 Two diamonds, possibly : BID
37 Ioway relative : OTO
38 Store whose first three letters come from its founder’s name : WALMART
41 Ones “in distress” : DAMSELS
42 Before, before : ERE
43 “Mayberry __”: ’60s sitcom : RFD
45 Body blow reaction : OOF
47 Simpson outburst : D’OH
49 12-point type : PICA
50 El Pollo __: chain in the U.S. and Mexico : LOCO
52 “The Clan of the Cave Bear” heroine : AYLA
53 Hendrix at Woodstock : JIMI
54 Leatherwork tool : AWL
55 Film noir coffee : JOE
57 “I’ll pass” : NAH
59 Tyler who played Arwen in the “Lord of the Rings” films : LIV
60 Catcher behind the plate? : LAP
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