Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday January 20th 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Meet portion, or portion of meat : LEG
4 Film franchise featuring Lightning McQueen : CARS
8 Regarding : ABOUT
13 Portfolio options, for short : IRAS
15 Perched on : ATOP
16 Deteriorating : WORSE
17 “Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of __” : NIMH
18 NYC gallery with a Bell helicopter on display : MOMA
19 Melted together : FUSED
20 Dinner roll that provides an unexpected boost? : ENERGIZER BUN
23 Pool necessity : CUE
24 Had as a regular customer : SOLD TO
27 Outlandish stories about Vietnamese soup? : PHO BALONEY
32 Bulky boats : ARKS
34 Lithium-__ battery : ION
35 Seized auto : REPO
36 Tease mercilessly : RIDE
37 Valued at one fancy ballpoint? : COSTS A PRETTY PEN
42 Texter’s “But … ” : OTOH
43 “Monday Night Football” commentator Aikman : TROY
44 Young man : LAD
45 Anklebones : TALI
46 Golfers who just need to dance, dance, dance before every drive? : TEE BOPPERS
49 Stretching muscle : TENSOR
51 Common Market letters : EEC
52 Chophouse order, and an apt title for this puzzle? : NEW YORK STRIP
58 Silky fabric : SATIN
61 The “genu-” in “genuflect” : KNEE
62 American tennis phenom Gauff : COCO
63 Begins : OPENS
64 Low-pH stuff : ACID
65 Is shy : OWES
66 Play area : STAGE
67 Egg layers : HENS
68 After taxes : NET
DOWN
1 Command to a prompter : LINE
2 Actress Moriarty who plays Starlight on “The Boys” : ERIN
3 PlayStation, for one : GAME CONSOLE
4 Strappy top, for short : CAMI
5 Comprehensive : A TO Z
6 Trevi Fountain city : ROME
7 Like Greenland’s population : SPARSE
8 “Zero stars” : AWFUL
9 Edge : BOUNDARY
10 Sterile work environs : ORS
11 Employ : USE
12 “Thank you for coming to my __ Talk” : TED
14 Azalea, e.g. : SHRUB
21 Park and drive : GEARS
22 “If I Were a __”: Beyoncé ballad : BOY
25 Horseracing achievement : TRIPLE CROWN
26 “Will do, hon” : OK DEAR
27 Crochet loop : PICOT
28 Heckle : HOOT AT
29 Seydoux of “No Time to Die” : LEA
30 On the facing pg. : OPP
31 Compass dirección : NORTE
33 Mails : SENDS
38 Watering down : THINNING
39 Tarzan creator’s monogram : ERB
40 Also : TOO
41 Blood groups : TYPES
46 AAA job : TOW
47 Neo-soul artist Badu : ERYKAH
48 Boxer’s favorite store, maybe? : PETCO
50 Feel : SENSE
53 “… cut __”: end of a carpentry maxim : ONCE
54 Bridle strap : REIN
55 Canvas shoe brand : KEDS
56 Frozen treat brand : ICEE
57 Station : POST
58 Distress signal : SOS
59 Likely (to) : APT
60 Leaves for dim sum : TEA