Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday January 29th 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Cat’s attention-getter, maybe : PAW
4 Car once advertised as a “well-built Swede” : SAAB
8 Endpoint for some boots and skirts : THIGH
13 Like cookies soon after the Cookie Monster spots them : EATEN
18 Equine parent : SIRE
20 Anti-censorship org. : ACLU
21 Provençal mayo : AIOLI
22 Only just : NEWLY
23 Drill sergeant, perhaps? : PRIVATE ENEMY NUMBER ONE
27 New York, for one : STATE
28 Lubricate : GREASE
29 Return : PROFIT
30 Audrey Hopburn letters : IPA
31 Distribution parties : ISSUERS
34 Ellington composition : RAG
35 Inning’s trio? : ENS
36 Collective action by society women? : DEBUTANTE STRIKE
41 French bread? : EURO
43 Part of an underwater forest : KELP
44 One-eighty : UIE
45 Movie trailer? : CREDITS
47 Pick up : DETECT
49 Farm bird that never topples? : NO-FALL CHICKEN
55 Wrath : IRE
56 Honeycomb unit : CELL
57 Rep. from the Bronx : AOC
58 WWF, e.g. : NGO
59 Mountain goats’ terrain : CRAGS
62 Temperamental : MOODY
63 Org. with the largest-circulation magazine in the U.S. : AARP
65 Corner store : MART
66 Amendment proposed by a technophile? : RIGHT TO ONE’S OWN DEVICES
70 Cut and paste, say : EDIT
71 Ibex range : ALPS
72 Drops : OMITS
73 Invite for : ASK TO
74 Gretchen of “Boardwalk Empire” : MOL
75 La Liga cheer : OLE
76 Contact __ : LENS
77 Carol contraction : ‘TIS
78 Like a typical ride on a mechanical bull? : A FEW BUCKS LONG
83 Some Japanese TVs : SANYOS
86 “I don’t care!” : SO, SUE ME
87 Terr. divided in 1889 : DAK
88 Kiwi-shaped : OVAL
90 Color of Montana’s flag : BLUE
92 Endure within a group of peers? : LAST AMONG EQUALS
97 __ carte : A LA
98 “Hair Love” voice actress Issa : RAE
100 Strapless bralette : BANDEAU
101 “__ Lasso” : TED
102 Passing remark? : GO DEEP
104 Slides (over) : SCOOTS
107 Hides in plain sight? : TIPIS
109 Death and taxes, per Benjamin Franklin? : UNIVERSAL BASIC OUTCOME
114 Contributed : ADDED
115 French 101 verb : AVOIR
116 Ziggurat level : TIER
117 Shoestring catch? : SNAG
118 Creates a Maillard reaction on a steak, say : SEARS
119 Gave back, as land : CEDED
120 Be worthy of : EARN
121 Nestlé’s __-Caps : SNO
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1 Nintendo : DS :: Sony : __ : PSP
2 Measure typically given in knots : AIRSPEED
3 Like some data disks : WRITABLE
4 Chili-based Vietnamese condiment : SATE SAUCE
5 The “A” of LGBTQIA+, for short : ACE
6 The “A” of 30-Across : ALE
7 __ cord : BUNGEE
8 Maximally vanilla : TAMEST
9 “Howdy there!” : HIYA
10 Cyclotron particles : IONS
11 “I’m rubber, you’re __ … ” : GLUE
12 That guy : HIM
13 Fired up : ENERGETIC
14 Prefix with Mexico : AERO-
15 BOGO deal : TWOFER
16 Weather-affecting Pacific current : EL NINO
17 Politburo nos : NYETS
19 Noblezada of “Easter Sunday” : EVA
24 Bumping heads : AT IT
25 Drops the ball, say : ERRS
26 __-free plastic : BPA
30 Brief “Beats me!” : IDK
32 Fit of pique : SNIT
33 Great Basin native : UTE
34 Sends off the soccer pitch : RED-CARDS
37 Far from relaxed : UPTIGHT
38 Color TV pioneer : RCA
39 Offline, briefly : IRL
40 Kenan’s “Good Burger” co-star : KEL
42 Sch. that competes against Notre Dame for the Jeweled Shillelagh : USC
46 [Crossing my fingers!] : I HOPE
48 German “first” : ERST
49 Bright shades : NEONS
50 Ye __ Shoppe : OLDE
51 Eschew a co-pilot : FLY SOLO
52 Real talent : KNACK
53 Wading bird : EGRET
54 “Au contraire!” : NOT SO
56 Member-owned grocery : CO-OP
59 Espresso froth : CREMA
60 Free from : RID OF
61 Fleet of foot : AGILE
62 Chemistry class model : MOLECULE
63 Filling with wonder : AWING
64 Children’s song marchers : ANTS
65 Text in a long-distance relationship, maybe : MISS YOU
67 Tibia neighbor : TALUS
68 Spilled salt, to some : OMEN
69 Thinking a song is about oneself, say : VAIN
75 Music store supply : OBOE REEDS
77 Roll the dice, say : TAKE A TURN
79 Pacific Northwest sch. : WSU
80 Hawaiian for “white” : KEA
81 Texting tech : SMS
82 “If we must die, O __ us nobly die”: McKay : LET
83 Herb used in some smudging rituals : SAGE
84 Big hands? : OVATIONS
85 Word in an Arthur Miller title : SALESMAN
87 RPG with a 20-sided die : DND
89 Acid initials : LSD
90 Strawberry __ : BLONDE
91 Highfalutin : LA-DI-DA
93 “All __!” : ABOARD
94 Rolls in yoga class : MATS
95 In the office : ON SITE
96 Word after rage or force : -QUIT
97 __ frescas: fruit drinks : AGUAS
99 Passover’s month, often: Abbr. : APR
103 Even once : EVER
104 Back up : SAVE
105 Graceless one : CLOD
106 Four Tops singer Benson : OBIE
108 Some laptops : PCS
110 __ fly : SAC
111 Spy-fi org. : CIA
112 Not ‘neath : O’ER
113 Nwodim of “SNL” : EGO
Try as I may, I can’t understand the QUIT answer to 96-down in the 1/29/2023 crossword. Please help me overcome this OCD moment!