Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday September 8th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Chess result : DRAW
5 “NASCAR on NBC” analyst Earnhardt Jr. : DALE
9 Metalworker : SMITH
14 Cancún coin : PESO
15 A party to : IN ON
16 Island near Maui : LANAI
17 *Devoted ESPN viewer : SPORTS NUT
19 Uneasy feeling : ANGST
20 Word after box or law : OFFICE
21 Bullish sound? : SNORT
22 Wail : CRY
23 *Spec for sandpaper or salt : COARSE GRAIN
27 Coll. near the Rio Grande : UTEP
29 Hard rain : SLEET
30 Dance class topic : STEP
31 First name in skin care : ESTEE
33 Caddie’s offering : CLUB
35 Make a wrong turn, say : ERR
36 *Quarry that supplies aggregate : GRAVEL PIT
40 Guys : HES
43 Jai __ : ALAI
44 Quebec’s __ Peninsula : GASPE
48 Racecourse shape : OVAL
50 Ready for bed, briefly : IN PJS
53 Long-running CBS series : NCIS
54 *Garden walkway component : PAVING STONE
57 Malarkey : ROT
58 Pachelbel work : CANON
59 Treasury secretary Janet : YELLEN
61 Sahara features : DUNES
62 Last player selected for a Wimbledon ranking … or part of each answer to a starred clue : FINAL SEED
65 Locale : VENUE
66 Heck of a hike : TREK
67 Dell rival : ACER
68 Brings in : REAPS
69 Actor Grant : CARY
70 Drive-__ : THRU
DOWN
1 MLB rally killers : DPS
2 Researchers’ publications : REPORTS
3 To date : AS OF YET
4 Klingon officer in the “Star Trek” franchise : WORF
5 ’70s hot spots : DISCOS
6 Strengthen, as glass : ANNEAL
7 Seuss’ Cindy __ Who : LOU
8 Suffix with exist : -ENT
9 Language student’s challenge : SLANG
10 Medieval estates : MANORS
11 Thankless sort : INGRATE
12 Preferable, gastronomically : TASTIER
13 Major success : HIT
18 Half a mint? : TIC
21 Contrived plot : SETUP
22 Alert for an actor : CUE
24 Checkout printout : RECEIPT
25 Unload, say : SELL
26 “Morning Edition” airer : NPR
28 Alternative to Margie : PEG
32 Noted period : ERA
34 Important : BIG
37 Square up : ALIGN
38 Hotel shuttles : VANS
39 Light earth tone : TAN
40 Short flight : HOP
41 Hurricane mandate responder : EVACUEE
42 Tropical grassland : SAVANNA
45 Sudden stop sound : SCREECH
46 Trailblazer : PIONEER
47 “C’__ la vie!” : EST
49 Umpire’s pregame request : LINE UP
51 Olympic star Jackie __-Kersee : JOYNER
52 Deceptive : SNEAKY
55 Wine qualities : NOSES
56 Building wing : ELL
60 Challenge for an atty. wannabe : LSAT
61 TiVo, for one : DVR
62 Agcy. concerned with fraud : FTC
63 Gershwin brother : IRA
64 R&B’s __ Hill : DRU
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