Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday July 13th 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Have more than a snack : DINE
5 Fib : LIE
8 Blind components : SLATS
13 Four-award acronym : EGOT
14 Far from ne’er : OFT
15 Words : TERMS
16 *Nobel-winning mathematician portrayed in “A Beautiful Mind” : JOHN NASH
18 Website bigwig, for short : ADMIN
19 “Raise your glass!” : A TOAST
20 __-gritty : NITTY
22 A-lister : VIP
23 *”Captain America: The First Avenger” star : CHRIS EVANS
27 Some Pac-12 athletes : UTES
29 Green prefix : ECO
30 Green prefix? : NEO
31 Tool with teeth : COMB
34 Casual eatery : BISTRO
37 *Gospel legend with the hit “Move On Up a Little Higher” : MAHALIA JACKSON
41 Sheepish ones? : OVINES
42 McFlurry cookie : OREO
43 Fellows : MEN
44 Sheepish one? : EWE
46 Absence : LACK
50 *Tennis great for whom the ESPY Courage Award is named : ARTHUR ASHE
55 Meditative discipline : ZEN
56 Rigorous : HARSH
57 Like bargain-basement items : ON SALE
59 Handling brilliantly : ACING
61 Town targeted by the Grinch, and an apt description of the ends of the answers to the starred clues? : WHOVILLE
63 Kayak kin : CANOE
64 Arctic diving bird : AUK
65 Bargain : DEAL
66 Voices against : ANTIS
67 “Listen!” : HEY
68 Good listeners? : EARS
DOWN
1 “This seems familiar” feeling : DEJA VU
2 “Let me handle this” : I GOT IT
3 Pessimist’s phrase : NO HOPE
4 Volcano between Messina and Catania : ETNA
5 Reluctant : LOATH
6 Conditions : IFS
7 Sharing a cultural identity : ETHNIC
8 Condition : STATE
9 Insignia or LG product, for short : LED TV
10 Colonial soldiers? : ARMY ANTS
11 Brief “That’s wildly personal” : TMI
12 Personal ID : SSN
17 Defense advisory gp. : NSC
21 Meteorologist’s pressure line : ISOBAR
24 McEntire in the Country Music Hall of Fame : REBA
25 Archie’s boss, in detective fiction : NERO
26 In short order : SOON
28 Digitize, in a way : SCAN
32 Flamenco shout : OLE
33 Scrooges : MISERS
35 Raw-bar need : ICE
36 “__, Vikings”: Minnesota fight song : SKOL
37 NYC home of van Gogh’s “Starry Night” : MOMA
38 Assert as true : AVER
39 Comment said with a nudge : HINT HINT
40 Trader __ : JOE’S
45 Guitar pedal : WAH-WAH
47 Rhododendron variety : AZALEA
48 Basement : CELLAR
49 Pays respect, in a way : KNEELS
51 Capital on the Red River Delta : HANOI
52 Strong desires : URGES
53 What absent-minded students play? : HOOKY
54 Ltr. holder : ENV
58 __ hustle : SIDE
59 Obama-era legislation, initially : ACA
60 Spam container : CAN
62 Shade : HUE