Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday June 18th 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Puff up : BLOAT
6 Brief survey : APERCU
12 Gestation location : WOMB
16 Printer spec. : DPI
19 Word of thanks : MERCI
20 Holy scrolls : TORAHS
21 Former sea in Central Asia : ARAL
22 Geologic age : EON
23 *Witch’s dialect? : WICKED TONGUE
25 French Calvinist of the 16th and 17th centuries : HUGUENOT
27 Fed. benefits agency : SSA
28 Unfreeze, as a plane’s wing : DEICE
29 Avian crop : CRAW
31 Kid-lit character who says, “It’s not much of a tail, but I’m sort of attached to it” : EEYORE
32 Jazz drummer Max : ROACH
33 Slopes headgear : SKI CAP
35 __ nut chewing : BETEL
36 Insect appendage : ANTENNA
39 *Snowman’s joint? : COLD SHOULDER
41 Chimney residue : SOOT
42 Organ array : PIPES
43 Psych 101 topic : EGO
44 *Rocket scientist’s trap? : SMART MOUTH
48 Accepted doctrine : ORTHODOXY
54 Unfavorable renown : NOTORIETY
55 Bill of fare : MENU
57 Messing of “Will & Grace” : DEBRA
58 Breaks a commandment : SINS
59 “Hamilton” creator : MIRANDA
62 Teller of tall tales : LIAR
63 Umami source, briefly : MSG
66 *Baker’s digits? : BUTTERFINGERS
70 “Danny and the Dinosaur” writer Hoff : SYD
71 “Woe is me!” : ALAS
73 Marine creatures : SEA LIFE
74 Greek campus group : FRAT
76 Ariz. neighbor : CALIF
78 Smooch : KISS
79 Sneaker strings : SHOELACES
84 Withdraws to safety : EVACUATES
87 *Gingerbread man’s chomper? : SWEET TOOTH
88 Ultimate degree : NTH
89 Preadolescent : TWEEN
91 Actress Skye : IONE
92 *Soda jerk’s noggin? : FOUNTAINHEAD
97 Feline grooming sites : CAT SPAS
100 Outfielder Ramirez who won two World Series with the Red Sox : MANNY
101 Offend : INSULT
102 Wine grape : PINOT
103 Game-enhancing toy by Nintendo : AMIIBO
105 Traffic blocker? : NARC
106 BLT part : BACON
107 Golfer’s goal : PAR
110 Oscar-winning film featuring a bunny named Judy Hopps : ZOOTOPIA
112 Nonverbal communication, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? : BODY LANGUAGE
115 Pressure for payment : DUN
116 Fit together neatly : NEST
117 Hammed it up : EMOTED
118 Crèche figure : ANGEL
119 Crèche figure : ASS
120 Salinger title heroine : ESME
121 L.A. suburb mentioned in Tom Petty’s “Free Fallin’” : RESEDA
122 Emotionally demanding : NEEDY
DOWN
1 Some autobahn autos : BMWS
2 Luau wreaths : LEIS
3 Killer whale : ORCA
4 “Yikes!” : ACK
5 Secured, in a way : TIED ON
6 Aegean region that includes Athens : ATTICA
7 Doggie : POOCH
8 Fish-eating bird : ERNE
9 Dust cloth : RAG
10 Laugh : CHUCKLE
11 Login handles : USER IDS
12 “Sad trombone” sound : WAH WAH
13 Christian sch. in Tulsa : ORU
14 2023 Kentucky Derby winner : MAGE
15 *Smurf’s plasma? : BLUE BLOOD
16 Mean : DENOTE
17 Not as prosperous : POORER
18 Recon acquisition : INTEL
24 Official at Oberlin, e.g. : DEAN
26 Gave the once-over : EYED
30 Runners in hot weather: Abbr. : ACS
32 Auxiliary rockets, for short : RETROS
33 JV player, perhaps : SOPH
34 Verse writer : POET
36 Focused gp. : ASSN
37 1995 NL Rookie of the Year Hideo : NOMO
38 Perfectly : TO A T
39 Map dot : CITY
40 “That’s just nasty” : UGH
42 “To __ it mildly!” : PUT
45 Chi-Town daily, with “the” : TRIB
46 Calculator button : MINUS
47 Left, on un mapa : OESTE
48 __ annual basis : ON AN
49 Ladder step : RUNG
50 Argentine tennis player Juan Martín __ Potro : DEL
51 Silk ties : OBIS
52 __ vision : X-RAY
53 Cloth measure : YARD
55 Annoys a little : MIFFS
56 Empire State canal : ERIE
59 Diagnostic pics : MRIS
60 “Moll Flanders” author : DEFOE
61 Stop, in Strasbourg : ARRET
63 Nutmeg spice : MACE
64 Balkan native : SLAV
65 Glitzy gathering : GALA
67 Make off with : TAKE
68 New Haven alumni : ELIS
69 Tots seasoning : SALT
72 [Not my mistake] : SIC
75 Disciple of Laotzu : TAOIST
77 *Comic’s humerus? : FUNNY BONE
79 Scand. nation : SWED
80 81-Down resident : HEN
81 Structure with layers? : COOP
82 Italian rumbler : ETNA
83 Billy Joel’s “__ Got a Way” : SHE’S
85 NFL stat : ATT
86 Asian cuisine with drunken noodles and massaman curry : THAI
87 Boarding pass information : SEAT
89 Walter Mitty creator James : THURBER
90 Greet warmly : WELCOME
92 Widely known : FAMOUS
93 Kitchen bulbs : ONIONS
94 Military group : UNIT
95 Not learned : INNATE
96 Wiretapping org. : NSA
97 Insect that resembles a locust : CICADA
98 Soon, poetically : ANON
99 Citizen of a Polynesian archipelago : TONGAN
100 Miata maker : MAZDA
102 Grew ashen : PALED
104 “See how the morning __ her golden gates”: Shakespeare : OPES
106 Mega- or giga- ending : BYTE
107 Leaf (through) : PAGE
108 On in years : AGED
109 Depend (on) : RELY
111 Doctrine suffix : -ISM
113 Tijuana pair : DOS
114 French article : UNE
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