Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday January 23rd 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Throw with effort : HEAVE
6 Like some moody punk music : EMO
9 Hold responsible : BLAME
14 Own up to : ADMIT
15 Slip on : DON
16 Complete : TOTAL
17 Sound that may accompany a salute : HEEL-CLICK
19 Meager : SCANT
20 Novelist Tyler : ANNE
21 Dull pain : ACHE
22 Golden Fleece ship : ARGO
23 Inexpensive way to spend time off : STAYCATION
26 Escorted to the door : LED OUT
31 Freezer cubes : ICE
32 Appropriate inappropriately : USURP
33 Moisten while cooking : BASTE
36 Pixie : ELF
39 “Mention you, and there you are!” : SPEAK OF THE DEVIL
42 “Inside the NBA” airer : TNT
43 Make joyful : ELATE
44 “Goodnight, __”: Lead Belly song : IRENE
45 Grazing field : LEA
46 Gawked : STARED
47 Ride shotgun : SIT UPFRONT
53 Smack hard : WHOP
54 Early Ron Howard role : OPIE
55 At one’s __ and call : BECK
59 Spooky : EERIE
61 “Come again?” : BEG-PARDON
63 Says goodbye : PARTS
64 Mined resource : ORE
65 PayPal alternative : VENMO
66 Reward for a pup who obeys the commands at the starts of 17-, 23-, 39-, 47-, and 61-Across : TREAT
67 Roofing goo : TAR
68 Change to fit : ADAPT
DOWN
1 “Good joke!” : HA HA
2 Genesis garden : EDEN
3 Prayer ending : AMEN
4 Despicable : VILE
5 And so on: Abbr. : ETC
6 Formal decree : EDICT
7 Coffee-and-chocolate flavor : MOCHA
8 Perfectly pitched : ON KEY
9 “Butter” K-pop band : BTS
10 Pinpoint : LOCATE
11 Game company since 1972 : ATARI
12 Snapple’s __ Madness : MANGO
13 John who sings “Cold Heart” with Dua Lipa : ELTON
18 Final : LAST
24 Quote as a source : CITE
25 Crushed the test : ACED IT
26 Romance novel emotion : LUST
27 “NBA Today” airer : ESPN
28 Song for two : DUET
29 “You for Me” singer Rita : ORA
30 Property manager’s responsibility : UPKEEP
33 Painter’s deg. : BFA
34 QB stat : ATT
35 “Nevertheless, __ persisted” : SHE
36 At any point : EVER
37 Queue : LINE
38 Ran away : FLED
40 “Frozen” snowman : OLAF
41 Stretch of history : ERA
45 Nyong’o of “Black Panther” : LUPITA
46 Ladder rung : STEP
47 Cleaned the floor : SWEPT
48 “Word on the street is … ” : I HEAR
49 MLB exec Joe who was the Yankees’ manager for 12 seasons : TORRE
50 Automaton : ROBOT
51 Word with space or soap : OPERA
52 Landlocked nation in West Africa : NIGER
55 Raised, as farm animals : BRED
56 Poet __ St. Vincent Millay : EDNA
57 Give for free : COMP
58 Hardwood flaw : KNOT
60 Approximate fig. : EST
62 Principal on ABC’s “Abbott Elementary” : AVA
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