Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday February 1st 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Unexpected obstacle : SNAG
5 “Pronto!” letters : ASAP
9 Suffers after a Pure Barre class, say : ACHES
14 __ Top ice cream : HALO
15 Four Corners state : UTAH
16 “If only!” : I HOPE
17 “Will do!” : ON IT
18 Emperor after Claudius : NERO
19 __ touch : MAGIC
20 Forgettable band with a memorable song : ONE-HIT WONDER
23 Jazz pianist McCoy : TYNER
24 Unnecessary : NEEDLESS
28 Pie crust fat : LARD
31 Ace a presentation : NAIL IT
32 “Pipe down!” : KEEP QUIET
37 Lingerie selection : TEDDY
38 Musical ability : EAR
39 Old PC platform : MS-DOS
41 Snaky fish : EEL
42 Shopping cart fillers : ITEMS
45 Spot for spare change : COIN PURSE
48 Cook’s Illustrated offering : RECIPE
50 Lake bird with a wild laugh : LOON
51 Sotheby’s auctions, e.g. : ART SALES
54 Fragrance : SCENT
58 Element of irony, and what can be found in each set of circled letters? : TWISTED HUMOR
61 Like 18-Across : ROMAN
64 Goalie’s success : SAVE
65 Per-hour amount : RATE
66 Not sleeping : AWAKE
67 Diva’s big moment : ARIA
68 Simpson daughter voiced by Yeardley Smith : LISA
69 Came to a close : ENDED
70 Shout : YELL
71 Opening for a hotel key card : SLOT
DOWN
1 “Ask me anything!” : SHOOT
2 Mary Poppins, for one : NANNY
3 Out of this world? : ALIEN
4 Went to a tutoring session, say : GOT HELP
5 Many a godmother : AUNT
6 Fret (over) : STEW
7 Judge who hit 62 home runs in 2022 : AARON
8 Galaxy, for one : PHONE
9 Set one’s sights on : AIMED AT
10 “All the Birds in the Sky” Nebula winner __ Jane Anders : CHARLIE
11 Monopolize : HOG
12 Prefix with dermis : EPI-
13 Triple __: orange-flavored liqueur : SEC
21 Baghdad’s country : IRAQ
22 Room that may have a sectional sofa : DEN
25 Respected leader : ELDER
26 Cucumber salad, coconut rice, etc. : SIDES
27 Panache : STYLE
29 Bacardi liquor : RUM
30 Blu-ray buy : DISC
32 Knightley of “Bend It Like Beckham” : KEIRA
33 “Peter, Peter, pumpkin __ … ” : EATER
34 Build : ERECT
35 Old name of Tokyo : EDO
36 Work hard : TOIL
40 __-cone : SNO
43 Error : MISTAKE
44 Brought about, as a movement : SPAWNED
46 Like a red-carpet event : POSH
47 Opens, as a fern frond : UNCURLS
49 Former quarterback Manning : ELI
52 Writing contest entry, maybe : ESSAY
53 Long look : STARE
55 “Reply all” medium : EMAIL
56 “Untrue!” : NOT SO
57 October 31 option : TREAT
59 Malicious : EVIL
60 Hand out cards : DEAL
61 “Insecure” star Issa : RAE
62 Woolf’s “A Room of One’s __” : OWN
63 Fit to be tied : MAD
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