Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday September 16th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Disappearing sounds : POOFS
6 Bridge support : TRUSS
11 __ rule : AS A
14 Principle : TENET
15 Arrived at a dock, perhaps, with “to” : SWAM UP
16 Bars often scanned, for short : UPC
17 Alternative medicine treatment : AROMATHERAPY
19 Masters figure : PAR
20 “Where are you?” response, perhaps : IN HERE
21 Staple of African food : TARO
22 Poet Gorman who read at President Biden’s inauguration : AMANDA
25 Publicity packages : PRESS KITS
29 Puts up a fight : RESISTS
31 Tijuana titles : SENORAS
32 FEMA supplies : COTS
33 High-end Apple line : MAC PRO
36 “Night on Bald Mountain” inspiration : WITCHES’ SABBATH
42 Arrive, as clouds : ROLL IN
43 Take in a heist : LOOT
45 Market in advance : PRE-SELL
49 Stuffy : AIRLESS
52 Perspicacious : EAGLE-EYED
55 “¿Cuánto __?”: “How much is it?” : CUESTA
56 More than listen : OBEY
57 Lengthy account : LITANY
59 “Washington Week” airer : PBS
60 Order served with toothpicks … and what each of the other four longest answers is? : CLUB SANDWICH
66 English __ : LIT
67 Phillips 66 brand : CONOCO
68 Former first daughter : MALIA
69 Exobiology subj. : ETS
70 Holds up : SLOWS
71 “Battlestar Galactica” enemy : CYLON
DOWN
1 School support gp. : PTA
2 Poetic adverb : O’ER
3 Tokyo’s Yoko : ONO
4 Like “The Handmaid’s Tale,” to many critics (but not to the author) : FEMINIST
5 Arena section : STANDS
6 Squirt : TWERP
7 Less cooked : RARER
8 Thurman of “Batman & Robin” : UMA
9 “Yo, what’s new?” : ‘SUP
10 Word with glass or ware : SPY-
11 Worker with a host family : AU PAIR
12 Helen’s homeland : SPARTA
13 To the opposite side of : ACROSS
15 Pop duo __ & Him : SHE
18 Unnamed object : THAT
21 Ring ref’s decision : TKO
22 Hoops three-point line, e.g. : ARC
23 “Where’s my Fancy Feast?” : MEOW
24 Bubbly brand : ASTI
26 Land bordering los Pirineos : ESPANA
27 Belgrade native : SERB
28 Classist type : SNOB
30 Foul : SMELLY
34 Silent speech syst. : ASL
35 CBS series with multiple spin-offs : CSI
37 First Nations tribe : CREE
38 Doughnut __ : HOLE
39 Common dumpster spot : ALLEYWAY
40 Ring sites : TOES
41 Entertain : HOST
44 Airport safety org. : TSA
45 Folks : PEOPLE
46 Peter or Jessica : RABBIT
47 Expels : EGESTS
48 Calculating : SLY
50 “Leave it to me” : I CAN
51 ’80s hip-hop pioneers : RUN-DMC
53 Macaroni type : ELBOW
54 Brake parts : DISCS
58 Yin/yang principle : TAO
60 Loops in, briefly : CCS
61 Texter’s chuckle : LOL
62 One in Mexico : UNO
63 Far less than 100% : ILL
64 AFL partner : CIO
65 Solo of “Star Wars” : HAN
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