Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday January 23rd 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Epithet : LABEL
6 Econ. indicators : GNPS
10 Sp. title : SRTA
14 Loud item in a closet : ALOHA SHIRT
16 Easily manipulated type : TOOL
17 Study buddies, often : CLASSMATES
18 Natl. law group whose “M” is largely obsolete : RCMP
19 Picnic serving : EAR
20 Prandial pokers : TINES
21 Cool veggies? : CUKES
22 Café de __: Mexican drink brewed in a pot : OLLA
23 Arduous tasks : SLOGS
25 Like some premium services : AD-FREE
28 Scrapped : WRANGLED
31 On the offensive, legally : SUING
32 It’s not a side road : TRUNK LINE
33 Skin lotion brand : KERI
34 Stopping at a KOA, say : RVING
35 Fall place : EDEN
36 Doubts : MISTRUSTS
38 Some shared rides : UBERS
39 Excites : ENTHUSES
40 Fictitious 18th-century autobiographer : CRUSOE
41 Mighty Dump Truck maker : TONKA
42 Hold-up group? : BRAS
43 Like some milk, alas : SPILT
45 Watch with a webcam, perhaps : SPY ON
47 Impromptu speech fillers : UHS
50 Italy’s Lake __ : COMO
51 “How many licks does it take … ?” treat : TOOTSIE POP
53 Jackie’s designer : OLEG
54 Overwhelms : SNOWS UNDER
55 Lean and muscular : WIRY
56 Capital on a fjord : OSLO
57 Up one day, down the next : MOODY
DOWN
1 Spike : LACE
2 Ragù __ Bolognese : ALLA
3 Leaner alternative to pork : BOAR
4 “What?” utterances : EHS
5 Anchor’s responsibility : LAST LEG
6 Akufo-Addo’s land : GHANA
7 Marquee evening : NITE
8 Continuous newsroom operations : PRESS RUNS
9 Familiar gp. of 50 : STS
10 Facetious metaphor for a difficult situation : STRUGGLE BUS
11 Mountain dangers : ROCKSLIDES
12 Big volume : TOME
13 They didn’t stop Hannibal : ALPS
15 Alfred E. Neuman feature : SMILE
21 Bop on the bean : CONK
22 Aptly named jazz work co-written by Charlie “Bird” Parker : ORNITHOLOGY
24 When repeated, acclaimed Chinese pianist : LANG
25 “I’m here to help” : ASK ME
26 Expected : DUE IN
27 Inexperienced one : FIRST-TIMER
28 Legal orders : WRITS
29 Two before marzo : ENERO
30 Fog word : DENSE
32 Pilots start them : TV SEASONS
34 Twice-baked bread : RUSK
37 Squirt : RUNT
38 Metal named for a planet : URANIUM
40 Not pleased : CROSS
42 In half : BY TWO
43 Shallows craft : SCOW
44 Social science course, briefly : POLI
46 Gene __ : POOL
47 Prom style, often : UPDO
48 Turned some ground : HOED
49 Active : SPRY
51 Ontario-based music gp. : TSO
52 Self-described “non-musician” Brian : ENO