Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday August 12th 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Draft pick? : OXEN
5 Bentley of “Yellowstone” : WES
8 __ Canarias : ISLAS
13 Backs : SIDES WITH
16 Use, in a way, with “off” : MOOCH
17 Texas Revolution figure : SANTA ANNA
18 Ask : PUT TO
19 Hot : ON A STREAK
20 Like some accents : ACUTE
21 Uniform item, often : CAP
22 Best Original Song Oscar winner for “No Time to Die” : EILISH
24 March honoree, familiarly : ST PAT
27 21st century explorer : DORA
28 Job listing ltrs. : EEO
30 Golf shot : CHIP
31 2002 AFI Life Achievement Award honoree : HANKS
32 Pandora or Spotify : APP
33 Demolish : RAZE
34 Rest stop visitors : SEMIS
35 Take the lead : STAR
36 Snack brand since 1921 : UTZ
37 Cocky gait : STRUT
38 Olympian queen : HERA
39 Org. honored with a commemorative stamp for its 50th anniversary in 1960 : BSA
40 Assistant’s job, often : PREP
41 Deserving of : WORTH
42 “Criminal Minds” actress : AJ COOK
44 Cut (off) : LOP
45 Runners at the corners, say : TWO ON
46 Request to be heard : INDULGE ME
52 Garden hose gasket : O-RING
53 TV series that teamed a conspiracy theorist with a doctor : THE X-FILES
54 Poet whose work helped establish modern Italian : DANTE
55 Critters with discs on their extremities : TREE FROGS
56 Wasn’t indecisive : OPTED
57 Kennel sound : YAP
58 “Fuller House” actress Ashley : LIAO
DOWN
1 __ buco : OSSO
2 Capital of Shaanxi Province : XI’AN
3 “The Incredibles” designer Mode : EDNA
4 Loser to Explorer in the first browser war : NETSCAPE
5 __ Country : WINE
6 Volcano where Zeus trapped Typhon, in some myths : ETNA
7 Agree : SHAKE ON IT
8 Chevys retired in 2020 : IMPALAS
9 Sans __: carefree : SOUCI
10 Odyssey dreamer : LOTUS-EATER
11 Behave as required : ACT THE PART
12 Brake __ : SHOE
14 Occupied, in a way : SAT AT
15 Distort : WARP
23 Bugs : IRKS
24 Really clean : SCRUB
25 Closing words : THAT’S A WRAP
26 Pie seller, casually : PIZZA JOINT
27 Block : DAM UP
29 Media mogul born in Mississippi : OPRAH
31 Summons whose last word is often repeated : HERE KITTY
34 Minute Maid Park player, to fans : ‘STRO
35 Meg Ryan’s screen name in “You’ve Got Mail” : SHOPGIRL
37 Used, in a way, with “off” : SPONGED
41 Mezzo-soprano Beverly : WOLFF
43 Italian noble title below marchese : CONTE
44 Opulent : LUXE
45 Well attachment? : -TO-DO
47 Drag org. : NHRA
48 Word with freeze or fry : DEEP-
49 H.G. Wells race : ELOI
50 Colossal : MEGA
51 Petrol brand : ESSO