Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday June 19th 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Stand-up comic’s material : JOKES
6 Take down with a wrecking ball : RAZE
10 Lickety-split : FAST
14 Similar : ALIKE
15 Former flames : EXES
16 Miscellany : OLIO
17 Professional parker : VALET
18 Exceptional lithograph? : FINE PRINT
20 Toward the stern : AFT
21 Therefore : THUS
23 Mental picture : IMAGE
24 Dab with a tissue : BLOT
25 Spread, as cream cheese : SMEARED
27 Exceptional place to play tennis? : SUPREME COURT
31 Foy of “The Crown” : CLAIRE
32 Heavenly headwear : HALO
33 Chitchat : GAB
36 __ Spunkmeyer cookies : OTIS
37 Sprang : LEAPT
39 Gondolier’s stick : POLE
40 Bundle of bills : WAD
41 Destitute : POOR
42 Weather map line : ISOBAR
44 Exceptional job vacancy? : GRAND OPENING
46 Florida squad that was the first to win two World Series titles as a wild-card team : MARLINS
49 Modeling medium : CLAY
50 Language student’s challenge : IDIOM
51 Hold on to : KEEP
52 Abbr. in a high-rise address : APT
55 Exceptional plantain? : TOP BANANA
58 Pro sports VIP : OWNER
60 “Magic __ House”: kid-lit series : TREE
61 Plow-pulling team : OXEN
62 Back in fashion : RETRO
63 Strong desires : YENS
64 Summer shirts : TEES
65 On edge : TESTY
DOWN
1 Morning cuppa : JAVA
2 “Frozen” snowman who sings “In Summer” : OLAF
3 Bagpiper’s wear : KILT
4 __ out a living: just get by : EKE
5 Oregon Trail traveler, e.g. : SETTLER
6 Prove wrong : REFUTE
7 x or y, on graphs : AXIS
8 Extremely chill : ZEN
9 Opposite of WNW : ESE
10 Layout : FORMAT
11 “Are you calling me __?” : A LIAR
12 Burn the tips of : SINGE
13 Lugged : TOTED
19 Early Renaissance painter __ della Francesca : PIERO
22 Mortgage, often : HOME LOAN
24 Jewish ceremony for a newborn son : BRIS
25 Suds source : SOAP
26 __-choice test : MULTIPLE
27 Flat-bottomed boat : SCOW
28 “The Possibilities Are Beautiful” cosmetics superstore : ULTA
29 Picked up the tab : PAID
30 Swiss __: leafy vegetable : CHARD
33 Asian desert : GOBI
34 “Succession” actor Ruck : ALAN
35 Glacier chunk : BERG
38 Ages and ages : EONS
39 Chincoteague horse : PONY
41 Ballerina descriptor : PRIMA
43 City on a harbor : SEAPORT
44 Spinning classroom spheres : GLOBES
45 Waters between continents : OCEANS
46 “The Secret Life of Walter __” : MITTY
47 Cherish : ADORE
48 Reach peak flavor : RIPEN
51 Patella’s place : KNEE
52 Targets of Terro bait traps : ANTS
53 Sassy : PERT
54 Donald Glover’s “Community” role : TROY
56 Commandment word : NOT
57 Body spray brand : AXE
59 Teeny-tiny : WEE