Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday January 26th 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Intro courses? : APPS
5 Female turkeys : HENS
9 Features of some islands : SINKS
14 Attract : DRAW
15 Lotion ingredient : ALOE
16 Sleeper’s rumble : SNORE
17 Mascot who pursued the Hamburglar : DETECTIVE BIG MAC
20 Dutch cheese : EDAM
21 Right at sea? : AYE
22 So last year : OUT
23 Mascot with a goatee and a string tie : GENERAL SANDERS
28 Flying fig. : ALT
29 Carve up a black diamond? : SKI
30 Currier and __ : IVES
31 Entreaty : PLEA
33 Shade tree : ELM
35 Service charge : FEE
36 Mascot “born in the Sea of Milk” : ADMIRAL CRUNCH
41 Choice indicators : ORS
42 English pronoun : SHE
43 Excursion : TRIP
45 Océano contents : AGUA
47 “Sorta” : ISH
49 Estadio cheer : OLE!
50 Mascot who says, “I want to eat your cereal!” : MARQUIS CHOCULA
55 Samantha Bee’s former network : TBS
56 Calgary summer hrs. : MDT
57 Left at sea? : PORT
58 Marketing strategies, and what the mascots in this puzzle have all been given? : SALES PROMOTIONS
64 With 40-Down, legal scholar played by Kerry Washington in HBO’s “Confirmation” : ANITA
65 Past regulation, briefly : IN OT
66 Smooch in a lift : SNOG
67 Cat collar dangler : ID TAG
68 Affixes a patch, say : SEWS
69 Hushed “Hey!” : PSST
DOWN
1 Verb on a dipstick : ADD
2 Paid intro? : PRE-
3 Protected, in a way : PATENTED
4 Greta Thunberg, notably : SWEDE
5 Ones who work with bowlers and boaters : HATMAKERS
6 Yalie : ELI
7 Super stars : NOVAS
8 “Buh-bye!” : SEE YA
9 Govt. stipend : SSI
10 Dutch banking giant with an orange lion logo : ING
11 “I give!” : NO MORE
12 Alison in the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame : KRAUSS
13 Chip off the old flock? : SECT
18 Sonata and Cadenza : CARS
19 “__-Hur” : BEN
23 Missing segment : GAP
24 Spanish pronoun : ELLA
25 Singer/activist Downs : LILA
26 French Lord : DIEU
27 __ planner : EVENT
32 Affaire de coeur : AMOUR
34 NYC FC’s org. : MLS
35 Just-brewed carafes of coffee, e.g. : FRESH POTS
37 Kirkuk’s country : IRAQ
38 Smart : CHIC
39 Salad topping : CROUTONS
40 See 64-Across : HILL
44 Storied cause of royal insomnia : PEA
45 Radio setting : AM BAND
46 Like the streets in some period pieces : GASLIT
48 Nocturnal call : HOOT
51 Strike caller : UMP
52 Elba of “The Suicide Squad” : IDRIS
53 Curling target : STONE
54 Brittle : CRISP
55 Taiwan’s first female president : TSAI
59 “When do u get in?” : ETA
60 Old futon problem : SAG
61 Lower a pitch? : MOW
62 Figs. : NOS
63 “__ Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” : SGT