Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday April 21st 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Formal ties : ASCOTS
7 Corp. homes : HQS
10 Govt. farming monitor : USDA
14 Symphony type pioneered by Beethoven : CHORAL
15 Agreement that sounds like fun? : OUI
16 Clogging is one of its two st. dances : N CAR
17 *Lamb Chop, e.g. : HAND PUPPET
19 Laura with an Oscar : DERN
20 Holiday aide : ELF
21 Back : AGO
22 Decisiveness : SPINE
24 Hunk : SLAB
26 DJIA listings : COS
29 Candy cup creator : REESE
31 *Start a number : BREAK INTO SONG
35 Forbes competitor : INC
36 Legal encumbrance : LIEN
37 Holiday drink : NOG
38 Lions and tigers and … not bears : BIG CATS
42 Swap with, as in a player-for-player deal : TRADE TO
44 Busy-bee link : AS A
45 “Très __” : BIEN
47 GPS info : RTE
48 *Sheriff Woody’s sidekick : BUZZ LIGHTYEAR
52 “Silas Marner” child : EPPIE
53 Plaza de toros cry : OLE
54 Lily pad squatter : FROG
57 Sap : PATSY
59 Erode, with “away” : EAT
62 Team’s lack, in a cliché : AN I
63 Scot’s swimming spot : LOCH
64 *Spoken language, in semiotics : SIGN SYSTEM
68 Tennis great who wrote “Days of Grace” : ASHE
69 First lady not married to a president? : EVE
70 1996 slasher film : SCREAM
71 “To __ not … ” : BE OR
72 Lunch bread : RYE
73 Pasta unit : NOODLE
DOWN
1 Workout aftermath : ACHES
2 Word of intent : SHALL
3 Chitchat : CONFAB
4 O’Hare, on tix : ORD
5 Chorizo snack : TAPA
6 Belt : SLUG
7 Word with hip or bunny : -HOP
8 Hernando’s “Huh?” : QUE?
9 Has a capacity of, as a diner : SITS
10 Briefs : UNDIES
11 33-Down start, usually : SCENE ONE
12 Wouldn’t dream of it : DARES NOT
13 Valiant’s son : ARN
18 Indented blemish : POCK
23 Rotate so the palm faces down or backward : PRONATE
25 __-a-brac : BRIC
27 Kind of lamp : OIL
28 Tizzy : SNIT
30 French Toaster Sticks brand : EGGO
32 Provides with the means : ENABLES
33 Intermission follower, perhaps : ACT II
34 Towel material : TERRY
38 Ruth on a diamond : BABE
39 “Sure, probably” : I SUPPOSE
40 Andalusian vegetable soup served cold : GAZPACHO
41 Bell-shaped lily : SEGO
43 Ignoring, with “to” : DEAF
46 Org. with Jets and Flyers : NHL
49 Instrument laid flat during play : ZITHER
50 Many a freshman : TEEN
51 Like 70-Across : R-RATED
55 “Paper Moon” Oscar winner : O’NEAL
56 Tot’s sassy demand … or a hint to the start of the answers to starred clues : GIMME
58 River of Flanders : YSER
60 YWCA part: Abbr. : ASSN
61 1997 Mattel acquisition : TYCO
63 Chem class part : LAB
65 Climbing greenery : IVY
66 “Wow!” : GEE
67 Sellout letters : SRO
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