Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday March 23rd 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Acrobat format : PDF
4 Mumford & Sons instrument : BANJO
9 __ school : PREP
13 Non opposite : OUI
14 Burmese or Lao : ASIAN
15 Trading floor order : SELL
16 *Players who cover wide receivers : DEFENSIVE BACKS
19 Part of a winesap or a wineglass : STEM
20 Major headache : HASSLE
21 Actress Shawkat : ALIA
24 Pals : AMIGOS
28 *Film fanatic : MOVIE BUFF
33 Uttered : SPOKE
34 “… because you don’t want to cross me” : OR ELSE
35 Burj Khalifa’s fed. : UAE
37 Frog’s kid-lit friend : TOAD
38 “You’re it!” : TAG
39 *Black Friday slogan : SAVE BIG
42 Go green, say? : DYE
43 Gay __ : ICON
45 GQ or EW : MAG
46 Pampers product : DIAPER
48 Chimney ducts : FLUES
50 *Couple in the honeymoon phase : LOVEBIRDS
52 Plays matchmaker for : SETS UP
54 Greek war god : ARES
55 18-Down units : TROOPS
58 Actor Neeson : LIAM
62 “This doesn’t feel right,” and what can be said about some letters in the answers to the starred clues? : THE VIBES ARE OFF
66 Intense anger : RAGE
67 Birthplace of the violin : ITALY
68 Darjeeling, for one : TEA
69 Neither calm nor collected : EDGY
70 Like some foggy nights : EERIE
71 Cribside chorus : AWS
DOWN
1 Vanilla units : PODS
2 Piece for two : DUET
3 Marching band pipe : FIFE
4 Block : BAN
5 Donkey : ASS
6 Hawaiian island whose population was 84 in the 2020 census : NIIHAU
7 Cup of joe : JAVA
8 Snack machine inserts : ONES
9 Old Testament collection : PSALMS
10 Lengthy register printout from CVS : RECEIPT
11 Mammals also known as wapiti : ELK
12 Letters from a polite texter : PLS
17 Message in Outlook : EMAIL
18 Org. with sashes and badges : BSA
22 On sale, say : LESS
23 Pronoun-shaped girder : I-BEAM
25 Favorable optics, for short : GOOD PR
26 Approved : OKAYED
27 Passover rituals : SEDERS
28 Recurring themes : MOTIFS
29 Soothsayer : ORACLE
30 Ride the couch : VEG OUT
31 Fire, in Spanish : FUEGO
32 British Invasion adjective : FAB
36 Arctic Circle duck : EIDER
40 2021 documentary about actor Kilmer : VAL
41 Taunt : GIBE
44 Funds for a rainy day : NEST EGG
47 Market section : AISLE
49 Introductory course : SURVEY
51 Jane Fonda’s alma mater : VASSAR
53 Starchy luau dish : POI
56 Award related to a Tony : OBIE
57 Slugger Alonso nicknamed “Polar Bear” : PETE
59 Whit : IOTA
60 Not many : A FEW
61 Degs. for ballerinas : MFAS
62 Uno e uno e uno : TRE
63 “I’ve been __!” : HAD
64 “Moonlight” Oscar winner Mahershala : ALI
65 Manhattan liquor : RYE
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