Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday August 04 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Neck, in Nottingham : SNOG
5 Antlered ruminants : STAGS
10 European range : ALPS
14 Cab, for one : WINE
15 Young trainee : CADET
16 Spring, essentially : COIL
17 Op-ed column feature? : “OPEN” BORDER
19 “Un-Break My Heart” singer Braxton : TONI
20 Reply “stop” to a text message campaign, say : OPT OUT
21 One of a kind : UNIT
23 Nickname that drops -in : KEV
24 MIT __: business school : SLOAN
25 Spa service feature? : “SPACE” CASE
27 Mother clucker : HEN
28 School of whales : GAM
30 __ sauce: seafood dressing : TARTAR
31 Garnish in Mexican cuisine : PEPITA
34 Rascals : IMPS
35 Free booze feature? : “FREEZE” FRAME
38 Singer Parks with the 2023 album “My Soft Machine” : ARLO
40 Tick off : ENRAGE
41 Rose ominously : LOOMED
44 Poetic contraction : O’ER
45 Path : WAY
48 Lotus pose feature? : “LOOSE” ENDS
51 Lyric poem : EPODE
53 Former Russian orbiter : MIR
54 Plotting spot : LAIR
55 __ wheel : FERRIS
56 Some early PCs : IBMS
58 Chocolate mousse feature? : “CHOSE” SIDES
60 “Marriage Story” writer/director Baumbach : NOAH
61 Desert refuges : OASES
62 Pivot around : SLUE
63 Jimmy V Award for Perseverance, for one : ESPY
64 Some piercing spots : NOSES
65 Toy (with) : MESS
DOWN
1 Sportswear logo : SWOOSH
2 Baby bottle topper : NIPPLE
3 Pickup spec : ONE TON
4 Ligurian port on a namesake gulf : GENOA
5 Glasgow citizen : SCOT
6 Road goo : TAR
7 Total : ADD UP
8 Davis of “Beetlejuice” : GEENA
9 Stern : STRICT
10 Pretend : ACT
11 Cry for attention : LOOK AT ME
12 Turpentine ingredient : PINE SAP
13 Tweezers targets : SLIVERS
18 Jumper cable? : BUNGEE
22 39-Down, e.g. : TEA
25 Portmanteau coined by Tyra Banks on “America’s Next Top Model” : SMIZE
26 Harlan Coben genre : CRIME
29 Simian : APE
31 Dances with queens : PROMS
32 Sundial X : TEN
33 Some natural hairstyles : AFROS
35 Blueprint : FLOOR MAP
36 “Black Beatles” hip-hop duo __ Sremmurd : RAE
37 Matches : AGREES
38 “None for you!” : ALL MINE
39 Herbal red 22-Down : ROOIBOS
42 Unadon fish : EEL
43 Church official : DEACON
45 Guessing game where the answer can be false, but not true? : WORDLE
46 Farewells : ADIEUS
47 Approvals : YESSES
49 Hangzhou “Hello” : NIHAO
50 Metallic waste : DROSS
52 Spectrum-maker : PRISM
55 Own (up) : FESS
57 Short : SHY
59 “The thing is … ” : SEE
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