Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday May 2nd 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Tools with teeth : RAKES
6 Geocaching device : GPS
9 Did a face-plant : ATE IT
14 “This really matters to me” : I CARE A LOT
16 First name in country : MERLE
17 Keep on keeping on : PERSEVERE
18 Like a misty pond after dark : EERIE
19 Genre that includes dubstep : EDM
20 Dudes : MEN
21 Vegetable in a yellow pod : WAX BEAN
23 “So true!” : AMEN
25 Color of rambutan skin : RED
26 Contributes : ADDS
27 Deli jarful : MAYO
29 “The Chimpanzees I Love” author Jane : GOODALL
32 Showbiz “grand slam” : EGOT
33 “Xanadu” band : ELO
34 Classic Chevy : BEL AIR
38 Gas in some lasers : ARGON
40 List-ending abbr. : ETC
42 Shelter made of compressed snow : IGLOO
43 Pacific Palisades location : LA AREA
45 Take legal action : SUE
47 Lie adjacent to : ABUT
48 Shelter dogs : RESCUES
50 Fail to see : MISS
51 Branch of Islam : SHIA
54 Short flight : HOP
55 Subsequently : THEN
57 Keep under wraps : CONCEAL
59 Kung _ tofu : PAO
60 “Lookee here!” : OHO
63 Reversed : UNDID
64 Tipping point : LAST STRAW
67 For the time _ : BEING
68 Bankrupt company’s transaction : ASSET SALE
69 Opposites attract, e.g. : ADAGE
70 Tedious routine : RUT
71 Squelched : SAT ON
DOWN
1 Like a yellow papaya : RIPE
2 Scored on a serve : ACED
3 Spiritual path of action : KARMA YOGA
4 Hectic hosp. areas : ERS
5 Note with a low grade, perhaps : SEE ME
6 Narrow valley : GLEN
7 “__ favor” : POR
8 Slow-boiled : STEWED
9 “Don’t live life without it” card co. : AMEX
10 Event for minor leaguers? : TEE-BALL GAME
11 Blundered : ERRED
12 Poem that inspired Pat Barker’s “The Women of Troy” : ILIAD
13 Freezing temps : TEENS
15 Get payback for : AVENGE
22 Very little : A DAB
24 Sport with pit stops, in Britain : MOTOR RACING
25 Digs out, or what can be found in four long Down answers? : ROOTS UP
27 Dim sum, e.g. : MEAL
28 City southeast of New Delhi : AGRA
30 Fútbol cheer : OLE
31 Necklace shipped with ice packs : LEI
35 Lab animal with white fur : ALBINO RAT
36 Markers : IOUS
37 Becomes inedible : ROTS
39 Maiden name indicator : NEE
41 Billiards stick : CUE
44 “The Prisoner’s Wife” author Bandele : ASHA
46 Sprawling property : ESTATE
49 Shirt feature : COLLAR
51 Reef explorer’s gear : SCUBA
52 Made sharper : HONED
53 28-Down’s country : INDIA
56 Podcast moderators : HOSTS
58 Slight lead : EDGE
59 Soft “Look over here!” : PSST
61 Divine circle : HALO
62 Clive of “Monsieur Spade” : OWEN
65 Sun Devils sch. : ASU
66 Airport org. that approves some locks : TSA
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