LA2431 Saturday, August 31, 2024 LA Times Answers Predictions Steps by CrosswordHints blogs

Today is LA Times Crossword for August 31, 2024 by Carl Elias. The theme of the puzzle revolves around concepts like "AFTERPARTY" and "NIGHT MOVES".

 Saturday, August 31, 2024 LA Times Answers 

Across  Clues with Answers
Clues	Answers
Opportunity for late-night stargazing	AFTER-PARTY
March 1 : lion :: March 31 : __	LAMB
Manga heroine romantically linked to Tuxedo Mask	SAILOR MOON
“Queen Sugar” actor Dorsey	OMAR
Element of the Pythagorean theorem	HYPOTENUSE
Museum piece	VASE
Triumphant shout	YES!
Actress Mireille	ENOS
Gabor sister whose given name was Sári	ZSA ZSA
Wheat protein	GLUTEN
Objects	ITEMS
Utterly unavailing	NO HELP
Performer in a cloud swing	ACROBAT
Comforting words	I CARE
Small pile of leaves	QUIRE
Wall St. whiz	ARB
Give up	CEDE
Like a road with many blind spots	CURVY
Northern Nevada county	ELKO
Ryssdal who hosts NPR’s “Marketplace”	KAI
Clan title	THANE
“The Bear” Emmy winner Jeremy __ White	ALLEN
Being heard	ON TRIAL
Most dot matrix printers and flip phones, now	E-WASTE
Handout	FLIER
Emmy-winning show about Clio-winning execs	MAD MEN
Strands in the winter?	TINSEL
Runs away in haste	LAMS
In	HIP
Deets	INFO
Big fan	AFICIONADO
Dull roar?	MEOW!
Bob Seger hit about “trying to lose the awkward teenage blues”	NIGHT MOVES
Misses the mark	ERRS
Booker prize?	SENATE SEAT

Down Clues with Answers
Clues	Answers
Like terrain downwind of an erupting volcano	ASHY
“Atlanta Millionaires Club” singer Webster	FAYE
Word in Box 1 of a Form W-2	TIPS
Jeff Lynne’s gp.	ELO
Pasta similar to fiori	ROTELLE
Union contract	PRENUP
Terse denial	AM NOT!
Prod	ROUSE
Game breaks, for short	TOS
California’s Santa __ Valley	YNEZ
“Sorry Not Sorry” singer	LOVATO
“Epic!”	AMAZEBALLS!
Publishing option	MASS MARKET
Body part that includes the xiphoid process	BREASTBONE
Father	SIRE
Two-time Roberts co-star	GERE
Credulous	NAIVE
Last-second	NICK OF TIME
Vacation venue with cabins	OCEAN LINER
Plotted against	HAD IT IN FOR
Tear up	CRY
Reservation	QUALM
Museum piece	URN
“__-ching!”	CHA
Flair	ELAN
Semi circle?	TIRE
“Epic!”	AWESOME!
Makes seedier?	RESOWS
Cowboy legend Smith	EMMITT
Join forces (with)	ALIGN
Georgia retreat	DACHA
Brief hookups at the office?	LANS
Host	HAVE
Hunch	IDEA
Denver daily	POST
“King Lear” curse	FIE
Sudoku figs.	NOS

2424 Sat Aug 24, 2024 | LA Times Crossword Clues Hints

Sat Aug 24, 2024  LA Times Crossword Clues Hints

• 1 Across - Price-less event (11 letters): RED TAG SALE
• 11 Across - [You did what?] (4 letters): GASP
• 15 Across - Square deals (11 letters): EVEN TRADES
• 16 Across - Actress Shawkat (4 letters): ALIA
• 17 Across - Surprise party request (11 letters): DON'T BE LATE
• 18 Across - Lasses (4 letters): GALS
• 19 Across - Two in a million? (3 letters): ELS
• 20 Across - Peak performance (5 letters): A-GAME
• 21 Across - Bags (5 letters): SACKS
• 22 Across - Tennis great who won 18 Grand Slam singles championships (5 letters): EVERT
• 24 Across - “Queen Sugar” role for Bianca Lawson (5 letters): DARLA
• 26 Across - Parabola piece (3 letters): ARC
• 27 Across - No more than (4 letters): MERE
• 28 Across - Blues and bluegrass (6 letters): GENRES
• 29 Across - Quintana __, Mexico (3 letters): ROO
• 30 Across - Tool for making eyelet holes (3 letters): AWL
• 32 Across - Some reunión familiar attendees (4 letters): TIAS
• 33 Across - Trifling amount (3 letters): TAD
• 34 Across - Big play ground (7 letters): STADIUM
• 38 Across - Lead up to (7 letters): PRECEDE
• 40 Across - Many a “Derry Girls” teacher (3 letters): NUN
• 41 Across - Lacking a date (4 letters): STAG
• 43 Across - Casual dating letters (3 letters): NSA
• 44 Across - “Twisted Love” author Huang (3 letters): ANA
• 45 Across - Inside looks (6 letters): DECORS
• 47 Across - Connected notes (4 letters): SLUR
• 51 Across - Super gp.? (3 letters): PAC
• 52 Across - Japanese city known as The Nation’s Kitchen (5 letters): OSAKA
• 53 Across - Social media action (5 letters): SHARE
• 54 Across - Tourney format (5 letters): PRO-AM
• 56 Across - Sauce served with biryani (5 letters): RAITA
• 58 Across - Free spot (3 letters): PSA
• 59 Across - Eternities (4 letters): EONS
• 60 Across - Elote en vaso (11 letters): CORN IN A CUP
• 62 Across - Emmy winner who hosts the “Clear+Vivid” podcast (4 letters): ALDA
• 63 Across - Story that gets lost in time (10 letters): UNTOLD TALE
• 64 Across - Smack (4 letters): SLAP
• 65 Across - Brenda Song, once (10 letters): DISNEY STAR
• 1 Down - Offset, in a way (6 letters): REDEEM
• 2 Down - Change over time (6 letters): EVOLVE
• 3 Down - More compact (6 letters): DENSER
• 4 Down - Explosive letters (3 letters): TNT
• 5 Down - Ready to swing (5 letters): AT BAT
• 6 Down - “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” kid (4 letters): GREG
• 7 Down - French course (6 letters): SALADE
• 8 Down - Not moving (7 letters): ADAMANT
• 9 Down - “Don’t hold back!” (11 letters): LET ‘ER RIP!
• 10 Down - -babble (3 letters): -ESE
• 11 Down - Totally smitten (4 letters): GAGA
• 12 Down - Separately (9 letters): A LA CARTE
• 13 Down - Route that facilitated the spread of Buddhism (8 letters): SILK ROAD
• 14 Down - Face scan alternative (8 letters): PASSCODE
• 21 Down - Gets smart (6 letters): SASSES
• 23 Down - Scan (4 letters): READ
• 25 Down - Picks up (6 letters): LEARNS
• 28 Down - Squat muscles (6 letters): GLUTES
• 31 Down - Sagacity (6 letters): WISDOM
• 34 Down - Chikuzenni vegetables (8 letters): SNAP PEAS
• 35 Down - Tekkamaki (8 letters): TUNA ROLL
• 36 Down - Amazon predator (8 letters): ANACONDA
• 37 Down - Kraft supply (8 letters): MACARONI
• 39 Down - “Songwriter” country singer (4 letters): CASH
• 42 Down - Small racers (7 letters): GO-KARTS
• 46 Down - Spoil, as a barbecue (7 letters): RAIN ON
• 48 Down - Purr-fect companion (7 letters): LAP-CAT
• 49 Down - “The Little Mermaid” villain (7 letters): URSULA
• 50 Down - Harvesting machine (6 letters): REAPER
• 53 Down - Like used beach towels (5 letters): SANDY
• 55 Down - Urgent letters (4 letters): ASAP
• 57 Down - Rummikub piece (4 letters): TILE
• 60 Down - Ruminant’s mouthful (3 letters): CUD
• 61 Down - Mentions on X (3 letters): ATS