Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday August 27th 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Talmud scholars : RABBIS
7 Always and forever : ADVERBS
14 Test runs : TRIALS
20 Wide of the mark : ERRANT
21 Italian aperitif : CAMPARI
22 “What a piece of work is a man” speaker : HAMLET
23 “The Mousetrap” playwright : AGATHA CHRISTIE
25 Magazine sale : AD PAGE
26 A, in braille : DOT
27 “The Westing Game” novelist Raskin : ELLEN
28 Fort Knox block : INGOT
30 Press : URGE
31 Green Toyota : PRIUS
32 Fishy bagel topper : SMOKED SALMON
35 Turn down : DECLINE
38 Dry-spell relief : RAIN
39 Non-neutral atoms : IONS
40 Really bothered : ATE AT
41 Objectives : AIMS
42 Greyhound, e.g. : BUS
44 Former quarterback Tim : TEBOW
48 Dinner table question : WHAT’S FOR DESSERT
52 Mimic : APE
53 Spot for a Hindu bride’s nath : NOSE
54 Winter sport where competitors wear spiked gloves : LUGE
55 “Queer Eye” fashion expert France : TAN
56 Lassie, for one : COLLIE
59 NNW opposite : SSE
60 Camera option : AUTO
61 Answered charges : PLED
63 Released early : PAROLED
64 Ikea task, and a task that can be applied to the sets of circled letters in this puzzle : FURNITURE ASSEMBLY
68 Car care franchise that started as a muffler specialist : MEINEKE
70 Recess : NOOK
71 Beanies and berets : CAPS
72 “That’ll be the day!” : HAH
75 Crossword heading : ACROSS
76 Club door requests : IDS
77 Jabot material : LACE
78 Deep sleep : COMA
79 “__ Wolf”: Shakira song : SHE
80 Colorful Galápagos bird : BLUE-FOOTED BOOBY
84 Puccini opera about an opera singer : TOSCA
87 Scrape (out) : EKE
88 Bird with a down-curved bill : IBIS
89 “21” and “25” Grammy winner : ADELE
90 USAF no-show : AWOL
92 Egyptian fertility goddess : ISIS
93 False fronts : FACADES
95 Free rein : CARTE BLANCHE
100 Rubbernecks : GAWKS
101 Some keg contents : ALES
102 “Gymnopédies” composer : SATIE
103 84-Across solos : ARIAS
104 OB-GYNs, e.g. : DRS
107 Swindle : FLEECE
109 “You must be joking!” : I CAN’T BELIEVE IT
113 Gimme courses : EASY AS
114 Possible to make out : LEGIBLE
115 Bring down a Giant, say : TACKLE
116 Mocking looks : SNEERS
117 Went viral on Twitter, say : TRENDED
118 Actress with the most Oscar nods : STREEP
DOWN
1 __ receipts : READ
2 Fictional movie in a real movie of the same name : ARGO
3 Tantrum thrower : BRAT
4 Baseball club : BAT
5 Comes into : INHERITS
6 Yalta conferee : STALIN
7 Some flu symptoms : ACHES
8 “Shucks” : DARN
9 Rival sch. of The Citadel : VMI
10 Mini-albums, briefly : EPS
11 Parcel out : RATION
12 Cliff’s edge : BRINK
13 10-year event in the “Iliad” : SIEGE
14 “You don’t say” : THAT SO
15 Wicked cool : RAD
16 Itch : IMPULSE
17 Freak out : ALARM
18 “Hands off my waffle!” : LEGGO
19 Dutch painter of “Peasants Before an Inn” : STEEN
24 Escape room find : CLUE
29 Horace, for one : ODIST
31 Saucer : PLATE
32 __ old story : SAME
33 Overlook : MISS
34 Amazon worker? : ANT
35 Begins : DAWNS
36 Value system : ETHOS
37 Engagement breakers? : CEASE-FIRES
38 Heckle relentlessly : RIDE
41 Shoptalk : ARGOT
42 Miyuki bracelet elements : BEADS
43 Banquet dispenser : URN
45 Heavily hyped : BALLYHOOED
46 Ryan Hurst’s “Sons of Anarchy” role : OPIE
47 Quack grass or crabgrass : WEED
49 Doesn’t pass : FLUNKS
50 Protruding navel : OUTIE
51 Swordfish cut : STEAK
56 Was in tents? : CAMPED
57 Spheres : ORBS
58 IM giggle : LOL
60 Mars counterpart : ARES
61 Narrative writing : PROSE
62 Soccer great Messi, to fans : LEO
63 “See ya!” : PEACE
65 __ Flip!: Mattel card game : UNO
66 Excessive : UNDUE
67 Improvises vocally : SCATS
68 Sailboat pole : MAST
69 Amazon gadget : ECHO
73 Hike leisurely : AMBLE
74 Sean of “Will & Grace” : HAYES
76 Variety : ILK
77 Reporter Lane of “Superman” : LOIS
78 Musical closings : CODAS
80 “Twilight” heroine : BELLA
81 Catch some rays? : FISH
82 Drama honor : OBIE
83 Spot for an irritating “driver” : BACK SEAT
85 Colorful marble : CAT’S-EYE
86 Feeling reported by astronauts viewing Earth from space : AWE
91 Fixate (on) : OBSESS
92 Animated film featuring a sloth named Sid : ICE AGE
93 “Words __ me!” : FAIL
94 Lies ahead : AWAITS
95 Latte art sites : CAFES
96 “Ulalume” author’s middle name : ALLAN
97 Witherspoon with a book club : REESE
98 Uneven : ATILT
99 More spruced-up : NICER
100 Selfish desire : GREED
103 Up to it : ABLE
104 Hockey term derived from “decoy” : DEKE
105 Agitate : RILE
106 Fitbit unit : STEP
108 Budget rental : CAR
110 “Delta of Venus” author Anaïs : NIN
111 Like postseason matchups before the end of the season: Abbr. : TBD
112 Old TV hookup : VCR
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