Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday July 28th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Rural assent : YES’M
5 Michelle who wrote “Becoming” : OBAMA
10 Rikishi’s sport : SUMO
14 Beat fast, as a heart : RACE
15 __ Wiggum, Lisa Simpson classmate : RALPH
16 Bracketology org. : NCAA
17 Expand regs to one’s advantage : STRETCH THE RULES
20 SEA postings : ETAS
21 Very large : MEGA
22 Emerald City creator : BAUM
23 NBC’s “Weekend Update” show : SNL
26 Exile isle : ELBA
28 Impulsively get involved : JUMP IN HEAD-FIRST
32 Nanny, mostly? : ENS
33 ” … a farm, __” : E-I-E-I-O
34 AP rival : UPI
35 With 38-Across, take a dangerous risk : SKATE ON
38 See 35-Across : THIN ICE
41 Carried : TOTED
42 Sub detector : SONAR
43 Mystical old letter : RUNE
46 Salty margarita glass spots : RIMS
48 Fishy email asking for personal info, perhaps : SPAM
51 Many an April birth : ARIES
53 Lessen in intensity : EASE
57 Actress Ullmann : LIV
58 Rights activist Carmichael : STOKELY
60 “Planet Money” network : NPR
61 Do the opposite of what those who 17-, 28- or 35-/38-Across do : EXERCISE CAUTION
64 Ritzy NYC thoroughfare : PARK AVE
65 Joins the service : ENLISTS
66 Taste test request : TRY ONE
67 Can’t bear : DETEST
DOWN
1 Jr. and sr. : YRS
2 Chow down : EAT
3 Lets have it : SCREAMS AT
4 Connect (with) : MEET UP
5 Hobbit enemies : ORCS
6 Exclamation from Scrooge : BAH
7 Key to some shortcuts? : ALT
8 Meas. with city and highway calculations : MPH
9 “If I might interrupt … ” : AHEM
10 Aptly named baby carrier brand : SNUGLI
11 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, in coll. : UCLA BRUIN
12 Sallie __ : MAE
13 Western treaty gp. : OAS
18 Suspense novelist Hoag : TAMI
19 Great Barrier __ : REEF
22 Swindling scheme : BUNKO
23 Place for a soccer guard : SHIN
24 Once known as : NEE
25 Pain au __: French dessert : LAIT
27 Org. concerned with boxers : ASPCA
28 Kid : JEST
29 Classical prefix : NEO-
30 Exclamation from Homer : D’OH
31 Level : TIER
36 One of two for 52-Down : TERM
37 Dot follower, on campuses : EDU
39 Doctrine suffix : -ISM
40 Win by a __ : NOSE
44 Locally grown : NATIVE
45 Like jagged edges : EROSE
46 Volleyball star Gabrielle : REECE
47 Madagascar, e.g. : ISLAND
48 Snoozed : SLEPT
49 “Inside Out” studio : PIXAR
50 Looney Tunes animator Tex : AVERY
52 Prez before Jack : IKE
54 Licorice-like flavoring : ANISE
55 Parking places : SPOTS
56 Physicist Mach : ERNST
58 Read, as a bar code : SCAN
59 ‘Tis the season : YULE
62 “Citizen Kane” distributor : RKO
63 Chickadee kin : TIT
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