Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday October 12th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Crosses by wading : FORDS
6 Bag-checking org. : TSA
9 Juice buy : QUART
14 Spreads used instead of butter : OLEOS
15 Bar passer, briefly : ATT
16 Latin bears : URSAE
17 Crude carrier : OIL TANKER
19 De La Garza of “FBI” : ALANA
20 “Stop stalling!” : DO IT
21 Like a stunt pilot’s maneuvers : AERIAL
23 Disfigure : MAR
24 Part of an act : SCENE
26 Notable biblical birth : NATIVITY
28 “Inferno” poet : DANTE
30 Tour de France saison : ETE
31 Gem set by itself : SOLITAIRE
35 “She loves you” followers, in song : YEAHS
39 What may be before now? : ERE
40 Old nuclear agcy. : AEC
41 Chicago winter hrs. : CST
43 Statesman with an eponymous jacket : MAO
44 Court case : TRIAL
46 It’s useless to argue with one : KNOW-IT-ALL
49 Predicament : FIX
51 “Speed Racer” genre : ANIME
52 Hikers’ flasks : CANTEENS
56 Serena’s sister : VENUS
59 Time to remember : ERA
60 Twist in pain : WRITHE
62 Barbershop sound : SNIP
64 Kaka’ako crooner : DON HO
66 Dramatic descents, and a hint to each set of circles : TAILSPINS
68 Prenatal test, informally : AMNIO
69 Circus closing? : ESS
70 Pigeon shelters : COTES
71 Like starfish : RAYED
72 Legal thing : RES
73 It’s quite a blast : H-TEST
DOWN
1 __ chain : FOOD
2 Hodgepodges : OLIOS
3 Bit of antiquity : RELIC
4 Punctuational symbol of completeness : DOTTED I
5 U.S. ID issuer : SSA
6 Word before heart or heed : TAKE
7 Less lax : STERNER
8 Skylit courts : ATRIA
9 Good thing to spend with one’s kids : QUALITY TIME
10 Internet acronym : URL
11 “Ditto” : AS AM I
12 Approached aggressively : RAN AT
13 Lachrymose : TEARY
18 Swaying hip-hop dance : NAE NAE
22 Downed : ATE
25 “Rebel Without a Cause” co-star : NATALIE WOOD
27 Sign of success : VEE
29 Clock sound : TICK
31 Collector’s goal : SET
32 Yossarian’s “Catch-22” tentmate : ORR
33 Island garland : LEI
34 Janet Yellen’s field: Abbr. : ECON
36 Physicians’ org. : AMA
37 Scary “2001” computer : HAL
38 Fifth of a musical series : SOL
42 Desk chair feature : SWIVEL
45 Admiral’s rear : AFT
47 ’70s tennis star Ilie : NASTASE
48 Two fins : TEN-SPOT
50 Gen-__ : XER
52 Aromatic closet-lining wood : CEDAR
53 Barbecue draw : AROMA
54 Child minder : NANNY
55 Fertilizer compound : NITER
57 Act in concert : UNITE
58 Angle calculations : SINES
61 Escaping-steam sound : HISS
63 Verbal nudge : PSST
65 Step on it, quaintly : HIE
67 BYU or NYU : SCH
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