Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday June 15th 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Kitten chorus : MEWS
5 Flirt with a new hobby : DABBLE
11 Sandwich initials : BLT
14 Pianist Gilels : EMIL
15 Disinfectant brand : CLOROX
16 __ de parfum : EAU
17 *Fruit pastry : APRICOT TART
19 Space race? : ETS
20 Stan Musial’s nickname : THE MAN
21 Tile type : CERAMIC
23 Noodles that may be topped with chashu : RAMEN
24 Be in arrears : OWE
26 Colleague of Sonia and Ketanji : ELENA
27 Great Basin people : UTES
28 *”Star Wars” role for Oscar Isaac : POE DAMERON (EDAM filling)
30 Start of an early Grafton title : B IS
31 Mental fog : HAZE
32 __-Mex cuisine : TEX
33 Ravioli option, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have? : CHEESE FILLING
38 Light touch : PAT
39 “That works” : OKAY
40 Organic lip balm brand : EOS
42 *Array in some wine bars : CAFE TABLES
46 John Irving title character : GARP
47 Less amiable : ICIER
48 Letters between names : AKA
49 “__ and Bess” : PORGY
50 Superficial : CURSORY
52 Expired : LAPSED
53 Self-conscious query : AM I?
54 *Unwanted color fluctuations, in digital photography : CHROMA NOISE
57 Homey hole : DEN
58 Big name in single-serve coffee makers : KEURIG
59 Durian feature : ODOR
60 Filmmaker Lee : ANG
61 Lively Brazilian dances : SAMBAS
62 Swampy areas : FENS
DOWN
1 Barbecue supply : MEAT RUB
2 Stressed : EMPHATIC
3 Deer fencing material : WIRE MESH
4 Covers in goo : SLIMES
5 Glue trap brand : D-CON
6 Secondary RPG character : ALT
7 Droid : BOT
8 Prepared (oneself), as for a shock : BRACED
9 Oral tradition : LORE
10 Very : EXTREMELY
11 High-end wheels, informally : BEEMER
12 Spanglish speaker, often : LATINO
13 “Under the __ Sun”: Frances Mayes memoir set in Italy : TUSCAN
18 “__ you not?” : CAN
22 Soccer Hall of Famer Lalas : ALEXI
24 Goo : OOZE
25 Fairies and sprites, quaintly : WEE FOLK
28 Fare for one who’s carbo-loading : PASTA
29 Country record? : ATLAS
31 Basking spots for cold-blooded pets : HEAT ROCKS
34 Foil alternatives : EPEES
35 Maker of SEKTION kitchen cabinets : IKEA
36 Lunar hemisphere visible from Earth : NEAR SIDE
37 Eats a ton of : GORGES ON
41 Classic Porsches : SPYDERS
42 Noisy bug : CICADA
43 Shrewdness : ACUMEN
44 Process after glazing : FIRING
45 Distillate used as an aftershave : BAY RUM
46 Vanish just like *that* : GO POOF
49 Unfavorable review : PAN
51 Seehorn of “Better Call Saul” : RHEA
52 Doesn’t keep up : LAGS
55 Sphere atop a wizard’s staff, e.g. : ORB
56 Soccer star Hamm : MIA
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