Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday January 23rd 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Mike and __: fruit-flavored candy : IKE
4 Spanish small plates : TAPAS
9 Bungling : INEPT
14 Supervillain Luthor : LEX
15 On one’s toes : ALERT
16 Fourth prime number : SEVEN
17 Fish-throwing Muppet __ Zealand : LEW
18 Wall Street fluctuation : MARKET SWING
20 Sambuca flavor : ANISE
22 Spanish grandmother : ABUELA
23 Unpaved side of the road : SOFT SHOULDER
27 Patella place : KNEE
28 Common first section of a menu, familiarly : APPS
29 Food Network host Garten : INA
32 Jeans accent : RIVET
34 Architect’s creation : DESIGN
37 Take a different route, and a hint to the circled letters : CHANGE DIRECTION
41 Grumble over : BEMOAN
42 Swamp reptile, for short : GATOR
43 “lol oops” : SRY
44 Exceedingly : OH SO
45 Mountain climber’s goal : ACME
49 Boundary of a black hole : EVENT HORIZON
53 See where one’s coming from : RELATE
55 Like a couch potato : INERT
56 Overly cute “So cute!” : TOTES ADORBS
60 Business VIP : CEO
61 Country singer Gill or writer/producer Gilligan : VINCE
62 Deceitfulness : GUILE
63 Meat in a Dr. Seuss title : HAM
64 Shutter strips : SLATS
65 Les __-Unis : ETATS
66 Player coming off the bench, for short : SUB
DOWN
1 “Let me find out” : I’LL ASK
2 Passionate about : KEEN ON
3 Post-divorce party : EX-WIFE
4 Brings under control : TAMES
5 Styled after : A LA
6 “As __ our agreement” : PER
7 Noah’s boat : ARK
8 Fantastic deals : STEALS
9 Debate topic : ISSUE
10 More contemporary : NEWER
11 Like a supervillain : EVIL
12 Former MLB catcher Tony in the Caribbean Baseball Hall of Fame : PENA
13 “Star Trek” series, for short : TNG
19 Not yet scheduled: Abbr. : TBD
21 Fondue fuel : STERNO
24 Safe space : HAVEN
25 Persuasive column : OP-ED
26 High-strung : UPTIGHT
29 Sundial three : III
30 Private aid gp. : NGO
31 “I Hope You Dance” singer Lee __ Womack : ANN
33 Tennis player Swiatek : IGA
34 Half a droid name : -DETOO
35 Prefix with system : ECO-
36 Use a colander : STRAIN
37 “Ghosts” network : CBS
38 Yonder lass : HER
39 Minnesota senator Klobuchar : AMY
40 Poison ivy reaction : RASH
44 High-strung : ON EDGE
46 Prague residents : CZECHS
47 “The Island of Doctor __”: H.G. Wells novel : MOREAU
48 Bury : ENTOMB
49 Put in power : ELECT
50 Bouquet holders : VASES
51 Pilot’s update, briefly : ETA
52 Reacts to yeast : RISES
53 Bubble and churn : ROIL
54 One of four active volcanoes in Italy : ETNA
56 Den sets : TVS
57 Not trendy : OUT
58 Fjord kin : RIA
59 Simple sammie : BLT
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