Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday October 21st 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Wildfire prevention ads, e.g.: Abbr. : PSAS
5 Short video : CLIP
9 Valentino classic, with “The” : SHEIK
14 Certain sax : ALTO
15 Cocktail garnish : LIME
16 Redhead of Bedrock : WILMA
17 Top prize : GOLD MEDAL
19 Highly skilled : ADEPT
20 Lab eggs : OVA
21 Stereotypical baby “words” : GOO GOO GAGA
23 Minimal damage : DENTS
25 Mag. edition : ISS
26 Small but distinctive amount : DASH
28 Mandatory bet : ANTE
29 __ Bar: Apple support service : GENIUS
32 CIA relative : NSA
33 Homer’s “Sailing a Dory,” e.g. : SEASCAPE
35 Insults, with “on” : HATES
37 __ land : LA-LA
38 Word with date or dance : RAIN
40 Pickle unit : SPEAR
43 Scottish winds : BAGPIPES
47 Number of “Friends” seasons : TEN
48 Siesta wrap : SERAPE
51 NYC gallery : MOMA
52 Where women click on the links?: Abbr. : LPGA
54 Backing : FOR
55 Course from a bar : SALAD
56 You may not need a bookmark for one … and a hint to this puzzle’s circles : PAGE-TURNER
60 Feminine side : YIN
61 Spawn : BEGET
62 Square, for one : RECTANGLE
64 Place for games : ARENA
65 Do some craftwork : KNIT
66 Troubles : WOES
67 CEO’s aides : ASSTS
68 Italian pronoun : ESSA
69 Words in many law firm names : ANDS
DOWN
1 Temples with up-curved roofs : PAGODAS
2 Resident of Ljubljana, probably : SLOVENE
3 Margaret Mitchell’s birthplace : ATLANTA
4 Gardener’s purchase : SOD
5 Egyptian queen, familiarly : CLEO
6 Venetian resort : LIDO
7 “Just think!” : IMAGINE
8 She’s behind Harris in the current presidential line of succession : PELOSI
9 Bravado : SWAG
10 Greeting from a sideline, maybe : HI DAD
11 Polished : ELEGANT
12 Deadlock : IMPASSE
13 Kit __ : KAT
18 Classic British sports cars : MGS
22 Pac-12’s Beavers : OSU
24 Where Musk is CEO : TESLA
27 Owns : HAS
29 Gadot of “Wonder Woman” : GAL
30 Org. concerned with PCB’s : EPA
31 Mail in a box : SHIP
34 Pixar film in which Paul Newman voiced a Hudson Hornet : CARS
36 Jung’s inner self : ANIMA
38 63-Down genre : RAP
39 It’s just a number, they say : AGE
40 Home of the NHL’s Blues : STL
41 Pizza topping : PEPPERS
42 Fascinates : ENGAGES
43 Scrubby wastelands : BARRENS
44 62-Across, for one : POLYGON
45 Sent a note to, nowadays : EMAILED
46 Blue state : SADNESS
49 Little newt : EFT
50 Boxer/actor Mickey : ROURKE
53 Secret __ : AGENT
55 Spanish Mrs. : SRA
57 Flight sked info : ETAS
58 TV series for 18 seasons : NCIS
59 Jazz diva Jones : ETTA
61 Sheepish remark? : BAA
63 “Straight Outta Compton” group : NWA
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