Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday August 28th 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Swerve : VEER
5 Person in a toque : CHEF
9 Explicit content warning letters : NSFW
13 Vogue rival : ELLE
14 Short video on Instagram : REEL
15 “Cloud Atlas” star Berry : HALLE
16 “That’s my cue to leave” : I BETTER GO
18 Instruments with bell-shaped bottoms : OBOES
19 Field near a volcano : LAVA BED
20 Race in place : REV
22 Go all in, maybe : BET
23 Help : AID
24 Person who doesn’t sugarcoat things : REALIST
26 Envelope abbr. : ATTN
28 Fed a friend’s iguana, say : PET-SAT
29 Heckles a performance : BOOS
30 Cranberry farm : BOG
31 Finale : ENDING
35 Microwave aluminum foil, say : ERR
36 Endearing : LOVABLE
38 Word between last names : NEE
39 “_ learned!” : LESSON 41 Apple platform : IOS 42 _-Alt-Del : CTRL
43 Endorses digitally : E-SIGNS
45 Weight : HEFT
46 Takes a nosedive : CRATERS
48 Khan Academy founder Khan : SAL
49 Election Day mo. : NOV
50 Jockey item with straps? : BRA
51 Prophets : ORACLES
55 Cravalho who voices Moana : AULI’I
57 “How’s everybody feeling?,” e.g., and an apt description of this puzzle’s circled letters : VIBE CHECK
59 Plug protrusion : PRONG
60 Actor Bana : ERIC
61 Hurt : ACHE
62 Jazz legend James : ETTA
63 Allows : LETS
64 Stash, as a carry-on : STOW
DOWN
1 Accessory for some brides : VEIL
2 Brazilian singer-songwriter Ramalho : ELBA
3 Story connectors : ELEVATORS
4 Keeps : RETAINS
5 First Nations people : CREE
6 Bison bunch : HERD
7 Neuro letters : EEG
8 Cauliflower cut : FLORET
9 Catch in the act : NAB
10 Mess-makers : SLOBS
11 Group of ships : FLEET
12 “_ Coast best coast” : WEST
15 Freeway section marked with diamonds : HOV LANE
17 “More info soon” : TBD
21 Studio supports : EASELS
24 Wins back : REGAINS
25 “_ be amazing if … ” : IT’D
26 Cain’s brother : ABEL
27 Ripped : TORE
28 Perspective, for short : POV
30 Less meaty : BONIER
32 Smarts : INTELLECT
33 Make less powerful, in gamer slang : NERF
34 Coins in a game of dreidel : GELT
36 Got blown out : LOST BIG
37 Code for the busiest airport in Massachusetts : BOS
40 Black _ : SEA
42 Does a fast-paced Latin dance : CHA-CHAS
44 Colorful stones at the bottom of an aquarium : GRAVEL
46 Pickleball venue : COURT
47 Airstream stopover, for short : RV LOT
48 Cul-de-_ : SAC
49 Back of the neck : NAPE
51 Notice in passing? : OBIT
52 Suggestions, for short : RECS
53 Reverberation : ECHO
54 Distort : SKEW
56 Cookbook writer Garten : INA
58 Intense anger : IRE
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