Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday July 20th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 FX for some Marvel characters : CGI
4 ’30s veep John __ Garner : NANCE
9 Different : OTHER
14 __ & Hammer baking soda : ARM
15 Throw for __: upset : A LOOP
16 Lumbering critter seen on safaris : RHINO
17 Make like Drake : RAP
18 Hot dog topper : CHILI
19 Gave up formally : CEDED
20 “That’s what we agreed on” : A DEAL IS A DEAL
23 La., once : TERR
24 Latin word for “brought back” used in titles : REDUX
25 Haleakala National Park locale : MAUI
29 “Can’t argue with the truth” : FACTS ARE FACTS
32 Period of time : SPELL
34 Bollywood wrap : SARI
35 Who, in Paris : QUI
36 Tic-__-toe : TAC
37 Drink suffix : -ADE
40 Inc.’s U.K. cousin : LTD
41 Coffee dispenser : URN
42 Pertinent : APT
43 Ostracize : SHUN
45 Barely making, with “out” : EKING
47 “Can’t fight City Hall” : RULES ARE RULES
51 One-named “Pillowtalk” singer : ZAYN
52 Pitney __ : BOWES
53 Puerto __ : RICO
56 “That’s life” … and a summing-up of 20-, 29- and 47-Across : IT IS WHAT IT IS
59 Baby Yoda’s real name : GROGU
62 Workout regimen : TAE BO
63 Rollover acronym : IRA
64 Wavy dos : PERMS
65 HR assessments : EVALS
66 Mork’s home planet : ORK
67 Tiptoe deviously : SNEAK
68 “For __ sake!” : PETE’S
69 Long of “Empire” : NIA
DOWN
1 Jeweler’s measure : CARAT
2 Test score : GRADE
3 In a flawed way : IMPERFECTLY
4 Salt formula : NACL
5 Trumpet great with a statue in New Orleans : AL HIRT
6 Creaks and shrieks : NOISES
7 Piña __: rum drinks : COLADAS
8 Anesthetic injection that eases pain : EPIDURAL
9 Black-and-white ocean predator : ORCA
10 Louise’s title pal : THELMA
11 Kept out of sight : HID
12 L.A.-to-Chicago dir. : ENE
13 Curtain holder : ROD
21 Devastated sea : ARAL
22 Use, as influence : EXERT
26 Corporate expansion tactic : ACQUISITION
27 Turnpike no-no, usually : U-TURN
28 “Of Thee __” : I SING
30 Many a Zoom session : CLASS
31 Castro of Cuba : FIDEL
32 Cable network that’s a homophone for movie headliners : STARZ
33 __ New Guinea : PAPUA
38 Abu __ : DHABI
39 Tricky basketball footwork named for the continent of its origin : EURO STEP
44 ’70s-’80s genre associated with the Knack’s “My Sharona” : NEW WAVE
46 Actress Russell : KERI
48 Real puzzle : ENIGMA
49 Nuke, as leftovers : REHEAT
50 Of service : USABLE
54 Clouds that sound like a virtual assistant : CIRRI
55 Japanese port : OSAKA
57 Warthog weapon : TUSK
58 Throw easily : TOSS
59 Navig. technology : GPS
60 Stimpy’s sidekick : REN
61 Iron mine output : ORE
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