Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday June 23rd 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Noisy toy : RATTLE
7 Went fast : SPED
11 Oroville structure : DAM
14 Legends on the road : ACURAS
15 Depilatory brand : NAIR
16 Post-op area : ICU
17 Beatles song with the lyric “Sunday morning creeping like a nun” : LADY MADONNA
19 Fistful of bills : WAD
20 “It’s all untrue!” : LIES
21 Possess : OWN
22 Coup de __ : GRACE
24 Remorseful : ASHAMED
28 Nobelist Wiesel : ELIE
29 Epicurious.com offering : RECIPE
32 Lucille Clifton’s “Homage to My Hips,” for one : ODE
33 Lab container : VIAL
34 Bright bloom : DAHLIA
35 Gymnast Simone : BILES
37 “Rules __ rules” : ARE
38 Hesitant sound : ERM
40 Minor matter : NIT
41 “Delish!” : YUM
44 SLR setting : F-STOP
46 Halloumi, e.g. : CHEESE
48 Québec chum : AMIE
51 Early Beatle Sutcliffe : STU
52 Got bronze? : TANNED
53 Window part : PANE
54 Froyo choice : TOPPING
56 Subject of many June parades : PRIDE
58 “Awesome!” : RAD
59 Exercise aftermath : ACHE
63 Cap : LID
64 Freedoms protected by the Equality Act, and an apt title for this puzzle? : LGBTQ RIGHTS
68 “__ say!” : I’LL
69 Pouty face : MOUE
70 Backup squads : B-TEAMS
71 “¿__ pasa?” : QUE
72 Cheek : SASS
73 Attend without a partner : GO SOLO
DOWN
1 Bounces back : RAL-L-IES
2 Berry that’s a superfood : ACAI
3 Truculent behavior, informally : ‘TUDE
4 Seafarer’s choice during a storm : TRYSAIL
5 On the __ : LAM
6 Finnish conductor __-Pekka Salonen : ESA
7 Some Arctic Cats : SNOWMO-B-ILES
8 Prepared for a close-up shot : PANNED IN
9 German article : EIN
10 RuPaul’s competition : DRA-G-RACE
11 South Asian festival of lights : DIWALI
12 Tree favored by giraffes : ACACIA
13 Bottom-dwelling fish : MUD EEL
18 __ double take : DO A
23 Cranks (up) : REVS
25 Spots : SPIES
26 Extremely beautiful, perhaps : HEARTS-T-OPPING
27 Corpus __: prosecutor’s concern : DELICTI
29 Nutrition fig. : RDA
30 Sideburn neighbor : EAR
31 Michael of “SNL” : CHE
36 Actor Hawke : ETHAN
39 Tour vehicle, quaintly : MOTOR BUS
41 Osaka currency : YEN
42 Exploit : USE
43 __ school : MED
44 Satellite signal : FEED
45 Leaves the larval stage : PUPATES
47 Ties up : ENGAGES
48 Quilting technique : APPLI-Q-UE
49 Henner of “Taxi” : MARILU
50 Warming up the car, say : IN IDLE
55 ASAP kin : PDQ
57 Trees with many streets named after them : ELMS
60 Rosalind of 2020’s “Mulan” : CHAO
61 Web page standard : HTML
62 Petro-Canada rival : ESSO
65 Indian state known for white-sand beaches : GOA
66 First member of SCOTUS to officiate a same-sex wedding : RBG
67 Manga artist Junji : ITO
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