LA Times Crossword 11 Oct 24, Friday Clues and Answers

Complete List of Clues/Answers

Across

1 Mishandle, as a grounder : BOOT
5 Accelerated sci. class : AP BIO
10 __ Eats : UBER
14 Colorful deepwater fish : OPAH
15 Hospital prep area : PRE-OP
16 Aviation milestone : SOLO
17 Hook : PETER PAN NEMESIS
20 Sentimentality : SCHMALTZ
21 IMO relative : I’D SAY
22 Orangutan, e.g. : APE
23 Chilly product prefix : SNO-
24 Line : SCRIPT COMPONENT
33 Basic decision-maker : COIN
34 Weak poker hand : A PAIR
35 Actress Zadora : PIA
36 Sometime in the past : ONCE
37 Inconsiderable : SCANT
38 Fantasy franchise letters : LOTR
39 Amanda Gorman’s “An __ We Owe” : ODE
40 __ dish : PETRI
41 Prefix with -genarian : OCTO-
42 Sinker : TOUGH PITCH TO HIT
46 Plant sci. : BOT
47 “A spider!” : EEK!
48 Take by force : WREST
51 “Sadly, yes” : AFRAID SO
56 Hook, line, and sinker : WITHOUT QUESTION
59 New Rochelle campus : IONA
60 Hook, line, and sinker, e.g. : NOUNS
61 One on a seal : UNUM
62 “Yep, already spotted that” : I SAW
63 Hard to navigate : SNAKY
64 John or Paul, but not Ringo or George : POPE

Down

1 Danceable songs : BOPS
2 Gp. whose most populous member is Nigeria : OPEC
3 Citizenship recitation : OATH
4 Ship in a late 19th century tragedy : THE MAINE
5 Simple program : APPLET
6 Lead-in to fall : PRAT-
7 Julie who played Rita on “Dexter” : BENZ
8 Lithium-__ battery : ION
9 Reveal, in verse : OPE
10 Tried to influence with : USED ON
11 Order (around) : BOSS
12 Director Kazan : ELIA
13 Good-looking? : ROSY
18 “Snow Angel” singer Reneé : RAPP
19 Key type : MINOR
23 Barbecue rod : SPIT
24 Slide on a seat : SCOOT
25 Vrbo listing : CONDO
26 The Owls of the NCAA : RICE U
27 Jumping chollas, e.g. : CACTI
28 Victor Vasarely’s movement : OP ART
29 Frenzied : MANIC
30 Holocene, for one : EPOCH
31 Tucci’s “Road to Perdition” role : NITTI
32 Deck with kings and queens : TAROT
37 Equinox mo. : SEPT
38 “You have a dictionary, don’t you?” : LOOK IT UP
40 Snap : PHOTO
43 “Pygmalion” playwright, for short : GB SHAW
44 Grounds for excommunication : HERESY
45 Drinks with scones : TEAS
48 “Captain America: The First Avenger” backdrop, briefly : WWII
49 Spanish flowers : RIOS
50 Italian volcano that’s a UNESCO World Heritage Site : ETNA
51 Turquoise hue : AQUA
52 Low state : FUNK
53 Shape of some chicken nuggets, briefly : DINO
54 First course, often : SOUP
55 Generous offer : ON ME
57 Young’__ : UNS
58 Long or short measure : TON