LA Times Crossword Answers Saturday September 23rd 2023
Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday September 23rd 2023 puzzle.
ACROSS
1 High fashion? : UPDO
5 Gramps alternative : PAPA
9 Scratches, e.g. : FLAWS
14 Large-eyed primate with a toxic bite : SLOW LORIS
16 Medium for delivering course corrections : RED INK
18 Look : FACIAL EXPRESSION
20 Phrase heard during a demonstration : LIKE SO
21 Frozen drinks : ICEES
22 Hip-hop pioneer Kool __ Dee : MOE
23 Tops : ACES
24 Quite a lot : HEAPS
25 “The thing with feathers,” per Dickinson : HOPE
26 Come into : GET
27 Ready to play : CUED
29 Percocet, codeine, etc. : OPIATES
31 Cry for attention? : TEN HUT
33 “That wasn’t exactly honest” : I LIED
34 Working capital, in a way : TRADE SECRETS
36 Get new life out of : REUSE
37 Tarator ingredient : TAHINI
38 Clouseau player : SELLERS
40 Hudson of “Glass Onion” : KATE
41 Kitty : POT
44 Like some holiday sweaters : UGLY
45 Pocket protector? : MISER
47 Rebecca in the Basketball Hall of Fame : LOBO
48 Furrow : RUT
49 Could or could not : MIGHT
50 Goes around in circles : TWIRLS
52 Snack with which one could be caught red-handed? : FLAMIN’ HOT CHEETOS
55 __ solution : SALINE
56 Happy place : CLOUD NINE
57 Show again : REAIR
58 Spare __ : KEYS
59 Yields to gravity : SAGS
DOWN
1 Symbol on a space suit, for short : US FLAG
2 “The carp play the harp / The __ play the bass”: “Under the Sea” lyrics : PLAICE
3 List for a trial period? : DOCKET
4 Baby bumps? : OWIES
5 Sport that’s a lot of horsing around : POLO
6 Is for two : ARE
7 Part of a fictional flight plan : PIXIE DUST
8 Rescue org. : ASPCA
9 Nonconformist : FREE SPIRIT
10 Not so much : LESS
11 Subway car decor : ADS
12 Handheld Nintendo devices : WIIMOTE
13 Did some digging : SNOOPED
15 “__ Mañanitas”: Mexican birthday song : LAS
17 Strike zone bottom : KNEES
19 Credit report blot : REPO
24 “lol” : HE-HE
25 Tortuga’s country : HAITI
27 Cut off : CEASE
28 “The Incredibles” villain likely inspired by Marvel Comics’ Mole Man : UNDERMINER
30 “The Handmaid’s Tale” executive producer Chaiken : ILENE
31 White Claw rival : TRULY
32 Whistler on the range : TEAKETTLE
34 Clear sign : TELLTALE
35 Arctic __ : CHAR
36 Frequent patron : REGULAR
38 Goes over board? : SURFS
39 Eye roll accompanier, maybe : SIGH
41 “The Merchant of Venice” heroine : PORTIA
42 Like most mozzarella sticks : OBLONG
43 Flings : TOSSES
46 Flabbergast : SHOCK
47 Bank claims : LIENS
49 __ fridge : MINI
50 Q.E.D. : THUS
51 Unite beneath a chuppah, e.g. : WED
53 Emma’s “La La Land” role : MIA
54 Demure : COY
