Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday August 3rd 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Big __, California : SUR
4 Photographer’s directive : SMILE
9 Medicare section for doctors’ services : PART B
14 Functionality : USE
15 Hauled away : TOWED
16 China from Japan : IMARI
17 Cowed, aptly : BUFFALOED
19 To help, to Henri : AIDER
20 “House” star Hugh : LAURIE
21 “I can’t think straight right now” : I’M FRIED
23 “Rocketman” John : ELTON
24 “It’s obvious” : I SEE
26 Baba in a cave : ALI
27 “The Waste Land” poet’s monogram : TSE
28 Fed. law known as Obamacare : ACA
29 Hamper : HOG-TIE
32 Industry honcho : BARON
34 High times? : NOONS
35 Honestly … also, like each set of circles? : FAIR AND SQUARE
39 Cubs’ group : PRIDE
40 Between dry and soggy : MOIST
41 Like library books : REREAD
43 IRS examiner : AUD
44 “Don’t say anything!” : SHH
47 Always, to a poet : E’ER
48 Amazon transports : VANS
50 “Caveman” diet : PALEO
52 Wok dish : STIR FRY
55 Fire alarms : SIRENS
56 Bulgaria’s capital : SOFIA
57 Bob Marley’s religion : RASTAFARI
60 Looked at the wrong way? : OGLED
61 No longer on one’s plate : EATEN
62 Red choice, briefly : ZIN
63 Yule melodies : NOELS
64 Tell : SAY TO
65 ER graph : EKG
DOWN
1 Rent from a renter : SUBLET
2 Regular requests : USUALS
3 Prove wrong : REFUTE
4 Ink blot, for one : STAIN
5 Espionage figure : MOLE
6 “Letters from __ Jima”: Eastwood film : IWO
7 “To Kill a Mockingbird” author : LEE
8 Money in music : EDDIE
9 “La Vie en Rose” chanteuse : PIAF
10 “The Kite Runner” boy : AMIR
11 Home heater or engine cooler : RADIATOR
12 Forest perimeter : TREELINE
13 They’re below par : BIRDIES
18 To’s opposite : FRO
22 “I could take it or leave it” : MEH
24 Desktop image : ICON
25 Folklore sleep aid : SANDMAN
28 Coach Parseghian : ARA
30 Burden : ONUS
31 Bearded critter : GOAT
32 __ one’s time: wait : BIDE
33 Neighborhood : AREA
35 Off the hook : FREE TO GO
36 Pellet gun, for one : AIR RIFLE
37 __-chef : SOUS
38 Four times a day, in an Rx : QID
39 Fake, as some nails : PRESS-ON
42 TV recording device : DVR
44 Raunchiness : SLEAZE
45 Playwright Ibsen : HENRIK
46 Cleaning, as a driveway : HOSING
49 Lew who played Dr. Kildare : AYRES
50 It has keys for flats : PIANO
51 Chow request : ARF
53 Cambodian cash : RIEL
54 In things : FADS
55 [Keep this clue] : STET
58 Remote battery size : AAA
59 Babe’s place : STY
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