Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday March 21st 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Defeated player’s concession : I LOST
6 Phone download : APP
9 Cobra’s warning : HISS
13 “Yes to Fresh” candy : MENTOS
15 Bath bathroom : LOO
16 Snack (on) : MUNCH
17 Black-and-white cruisers : PATROL CARS
19 “Aw, shucks!” : OH GEE
20 Fit to eat, to Muslims : HALAL
21 Bygone Russian royal : TSAR
23 First digit in a googol : ONE
24 Little cut : SNIP
26 Former name of Ball Arena : PEPSI CENTER
29 Cargo weight : TON
30 Sunscreen nos. : SPFS
31 Indonesian island between Java and Lombok : BALI
32 “So that’s it!” : OH I SEE
34 Knee injury initials : ACL
36 “What a shame!” : TSK
39 Public space in London’s West End : PICCADILLY CIRCUS
44 Oolong, e.g. : TEA
45 Combat sport, briefly : MMA
46 “We did it!” : HOORAY
47 __ year : LEAP
50 Blueprint detail, for short : SPEC
52 Overhead trains : ELS
53 Influential duo : POWER COUPLE
57 Tuckered out : BEAT
58 Spanish “that” : ESO
59 Short “And yet … ” : OTOH
60 Hunter in the night sky : ORION
62 Said yes to an invite, say : RSVP’D
64 Snack Pack product : PUDDING CUP
68 Jigsaw puzzle part : PIECE
69 Memorable period : ERA
70 Cruise venues : OCEANS
71 Beltway VIPs : SENS
72 Add sound to : DUB
73 Promotes aggressively : HYPES
DOWN
1 Little rascal : IMP
2 Actress DeLaria : LEA
3 In a precarious position : ON THIN ICE
4 Sandal fastener : STRAP
5 Home Depot purchase : TOOL
6 Fla. neighbor : ALA
7 Some dessert wines : PORTS
8 “Could be” : POSSIBLY
9 “Come again?” : HUH
10 Gold bar : INGOT
11 Play division : SCENE
12 See-through : SHEER
14 Hit with an open hand : SLAPPED
16 Gourmet mushroom : MOREL
18 Score symbol : CLEF
22 Obamacare, initially : ACA
24 “Knock it off!” : STOP
25 Like nine games of the 2021 baseball season : NO-HIT
27 Biblical song : PSALM
28 Part of TNT : -NITRO
30 Dead __ Scrolls : SEA
33 Weighing device : SCALE
35 Bracelet fastener : CLASP
37 Image in many a software tutorial : SCREENCAP
38 __ Lumpur, Malaysia : KUALA
40 “That was exhausting!” : I’M POOPED
41 “Toodle-oo!” : CHEERIO
42 Winter Games org. : IOC
43 Method: Abbr. : SYST
48 Slowly wear down : ERODE
49 The second “A” of 22-Down : ACT
51 Trudge : PLOD
53 Suspects, in police slang : PERPS
54 Davis of “Do the Right Thing” : OSSIE
55 Like wicker baskets : WOVEN
56 Freedom, in Swahili : UHURU
57 One over par, in golf : BOGEY
61 Ruler division : INCH
63 Some laptops, and a hint to five long answers in this puzzle : PCS
65 Perfume amount : DAB
66 French article : UNE
67 Ltr. add-ons : PS’S