Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday September 04 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Crown sparkler : JEWEL
6 Like the Mandarin and Thai languages : TONAL
11 Surgery ctrs. : ORS
14 Spanish birthplace of St. Teresa : AVILA
15 Food flavoring : SPICE
16 Conjunction that’s the “B” in the FANBOYS mnemonic : BUT
17 *Clue suspect dressed in red : MISS SCARLET
19 Commotion : ADO
20 4×4, briefly : UTE
21 Boston newspaper : HERALD
22 Foreboding sign : OMEN
23 Package : PARCEL
25 *The key to good locks? : HAIR CARE
27 Poems of praise : ODES
29 Muscle twitch : TIC
30 Regarding : AS TO
33 Civil rights icon Parks : ROSA
36 Tropical fruit : GUAVA
40 *”I confess! You got me!” : GUILTY AS CHARGED
43 Tennis star Naomi : OSAKA
44 Silicon Valley’s __ Alto : PALO
45 Pond plant : REED
46 “__ be the judge of that” : I’LL
48 Temptation : URGE
50 *Parakeet’s home : BIRDCAGE
55 Elbows : NUDGES
59 Some nest eggs, for short : IRAS
60 Puts underground : BURIES
62 Baseball official : UMP
63 __ Quixote : DON
64 Begin a conversation, and what the answers to the starred clues do to their circled letters? : BREAK THE ICE
66 Ted Lasso setting: Abbr. : ENG
67 Out of style : PASSE
68 Painter’s stand : EASEL
69 Night anticipating the Ball Drop, informally : NYE
70 Where most of “Moby-Dick” takes place : AT SEA
71 Romance novelist Danielle : STEEL
DOWN
1 Become clogged, as a printer : JAM UP
2 “Buenos Aires” musical : EVITA
3 Knowing better now : WISER
4 Golfer Ernie known as “The Big Easy” : ELS
5 __ out: reacted angrily : LASHED
6 Russian autocrat : TSAR
7 “Queen of All Media” Winfrey : OPRAH
8 __ wafers : NILLA
9 Nailed an exam : ACED IT
10 Net judge’s call : LET
11 President who appointed two women to the Supreme Court : OBAMA
12 Less civil : RUDER
13 Curling piece : STONE
18 Dip stick? : CELERY
22 Happened : OCCURRED
24 Popular group in school : COOL KIDS
26 Latvia’s capital : RIGA
28 Sudsy bar : SOAP
30 Earlier : AGO
31 Dubious, slangily : SUS
32 Argentine aunt : TIA
34 Nine-digit ID issuer : SSA
35 LGBTQ+ advocacy org. : ACLU
37 Dating app info : AGE
38 “Peace” shape : VEE
39 Go on to say : ADD
41 Barber’s powder : TALC
42 Stinging insect : HORNET
47 Rodent in a maze : LAB RAT
49 Raves (about) : GUSHES
50 President who declared Juneteenth a federal holiday : BIDEN
51 “The Twilight Zone” specialty : IRONY
52 “Home on the __” : RANGE
53 Speculate : GUESS
54 Wipe clean : ERASE
56 False front : GUISE
57 Quiz-show host : EMCEE
58 Say “C-H-E-E-S-E”? : SPELL
61 Self-assembly furniture giant : IKEA
64 Chemical in some plastics, briefly : BPA
65 “Dig in!” : EAT
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