Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday May 8th 2019, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Try to punch JAB AT
6 Org. concerned with outbreaks CDC
9 Follower of Guru Nanak SIKH
13 Shapes for running laps OVALS
14 Shapiro of NPR… ARI
15 Sunlit lobbies ATRIA
16 Crunch-like exercise SIT-UP
17 *Mint target BAD BREATH
19 Soccer legend Mia HAMM
20 *Overhead buzzers POWERLINES
21 Verb type without a direct obj. INTR
23 Sing smoothly CROON
24 Bad guy you root for ANTIHERO
27 __ de cologne EAU
30 Slangy “No reason” CUZ
31 *Lists of wrestling matches, say EVENT CARDS
35 Prepare to drag REV
36 Like maple syrup VISCOUS
37 Geographical resource MAP
39 *Building sites VACANT LOTS
41 “Wherever __”: OneRepublic song I GO
42 “I see it now!” OHO!
43 Yet to be tried UNTESTED
45 Flightless birds RHEAS
49 Aspiring DA’s exam LSAT
50 *Civil War volley CANNON FIRE
54 Pet healers VETS
57 *HBO vampire series TRUE BLOOD
58 San Diego player PADRE
59 Like games in an arcade bar RETRO
60 Protein-building molecule RNA
61 Shoelace tip AGLET
62 Young woman LASS
63 Mountain road curve ESS
64 Spanish rulers REYES
DOWN
1 Kid JOSH
2 Nike competitor AVIA
3 Jewish girl’s coming-of-age BAT MITZVAH
4 Many college donors ALUMNI
5 Baker’s meas. TSP
6 __ San Lucas: Baja resort CABO
7 Infer … or what the answers to starred clues end with? DRAW CONCLUSIONS
8 Fall drink CIDER
9 “Gone With the Wind” composer Max STEINER
10 Shiraz’s country IRAN
11 Toy on a string KITE
12 Guffaws HAHS
15 Woody’s son ARLO
18 Pal BRO
20 Musician André with 11 Grammys PREVIN
22 GIs’ support gp. THE VA
24 Like six starred puz. answers ACR
25 New, in Nogales NUEVO
26 Snooze REST
28 “Truth be told … ” ADMITTEDLY
29 Grammarian’s concern USAGE
32 Animation creation TOON
33 Nautilus cousin CUTTLE
34 Donkeys ASSES
38 Sci-fi escape unit POD
40 Least gooey brownie pieces CORNERS
44 Brutal SAVAGE
46 Stereotypical train hopper HOBO
47 Blowup: Abbr. ENL
48 Ere AFORE
50 Bottom row PC key CTRL
51 Real estate calculation AREA
52 Bar freebies NUTS
53 Nutritional stds. RDAS
55 Christmas decoration TREE
56 “Action!” places SETS
58 72 for 18 holes, often PAR
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