Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday September 12th 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 News magazine whose cover has a red border : TIME
5 Last year’s frosh : SOPH
9 Make merry : ELATE
14 Grows older : AGES
15 German woman : FRAU
16 Kansas governor Kelly : LAURA
17 Gumdrops brand in a yellow box : DOTS
18 Fuel for Greek gods? : OLYMPIC GAS
20 Present, as an idea : POSIT
22 “I’ve heard enough, thx” : TMI
23 Mystery Hunt sch. : MIT
24 Dirty sheets? : OFFENSIVE LINEN
29 Meadow : LEA
30 1990s girl group : TLC
31 Fillet : DEBONE
32 “The Little Red Chairs” novelist O’Brien : EDNA
34 Wanted poster letters : AKA
36 Commedia dell’__ : ARTE
37 Really obnoxious infants? : BABY BOORS
41 Fruit tree in a Christmas carol : PEAR
43 Upper limb : ARM
44 Ireland, to a native speaker : EIRE
48 U-shaped river bends : OXBOWS
51 Security aid, briefly : CAM
53 First name of two Spice Girls : MEL
54 Commit to eating leafy greens exclusively? : LEAD A CHARD LIFE
57 Pt. of ABV : ALC
58 Letter after pi : RHO
59 Fast-food chain with retro flair : SONIC
60 “I’m absolutely not interested,” and an apt title for this puzzle : COUNT ME OUT
65 Lack : WANT
66 When “The Room Where It Happens” happens : ACT II
67 Desert plateau : MESA
68 Decorative pitcher : EWER
69 Some big-box stores : IKEAS
70 Seeing things : EYES
71 Start over : REDO
DOWN
1 Pond youngster : TADPOLE
2 “Oops, my bad!” : I GOOFED
3 Many a baseball enthusiast in Queens : METS FAN
4 OPI rival : ESSIE
5 Bay Area hub, for short : SFO
6 Fla. NBA team : ORL
7 Fee-based service : PAY TV
8 Ran smoothly : HUMMED
9 Yalie : ELI
10 French body of water : LAC
11 Enhance : AUGMENT
12 Many a new hire : TRAINEE
13 Vane point : EAST
19 Accumulate, with “up” : PILE
21 Demo letters : TNT
25 Generous slice of cake : SLAB
26 Gross : ICKY
27 Flanged girder : I-BAR
28 Viking tongue : NORSE
33 Addis , Ethiopia : ABABA
35 Judicial org. : ABA
38 Nickname of the slugger who was the youngest player to hit 600 home runs : A-ROD
39 Killer whale : ORCA
40 Actor Epps : OMAR
41 Painter nicknamed “Jack the Dripper” : POLLOCK
42 Carry out : EXECUTE
45 “Mind. Blown.” : I’M IN AWE
46 Like some sugar : REFINED
47 High-voltage enemy of Spider-Man : ELECTRO
49 Heartfelt : WARM
50 Hatch a plot : SCHEME
52 Rx writers : MDS
55 Bunk : HOOEY
56 Farther down : LOWER
57 Smoothie berry : ACAI
61 Actress/director Vardalos : NIA
62 “ better to have loved and lost … ” : ‘TIS
63 Put to work : USE
64 Some grad students, for short : TAS
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