Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday December 14th 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Have a ball? : DANCE
6 Part of the fam : SIB
9 Parking unit : SPACE
14 Some foreign language exams : ORALS
15 “The View” co-host Navarro : ANA
16 Super-duper : ULTRA
17 Fashionable sort? : LATECOMER
19 Reflexology targets : SOLES
20 The “you” of “Do You Want To Build a Snowman?” : ELSA
21 Trumpet, e.g. : HORN
22 One of Australia’s six : STATE
23 Crow bar? : ROOST
25 Ship : VESSEL
26 Store : STASH
29 Lined up for a cornhole toss : AIMED
31 Strikes and rebounds : CAROMS
33 Copy : APE
34 Moore of “G.I. Jane” : DEMI
38 Pointed a finger at : ACCUSED
40 Welcoming presence : GREETER
42 “That’s the __ ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard!” : MOST
43 Rowing need : OAR
45 Deli slice : SALAMI
46 Penne, essentially : TUBES
48 Stirs up : RILES
49 Attack : ASSAIL
53 Emmy-winning journalist Connie : CHUNG
55 Begin : START
56 Televises : AIRS
57 Test the weight of : HEFT
61 Alabama city in civil rights history : SELMA
62 Embellish the truth, and what the sets of circled letters do? : SPIN A TALE
64 HP rival : EPSON
65 Garment edge : HEM
66 Even : LEVEL
67 Romanov rulers : TSARS
68 Mind reader’s claim : ESP
69 Optimal : IDEAL
DOWN
1 Agricultural giant whose mascot is Bobby Banana : DOLE
2 __ Sea: lake documented in UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register : ARAL
3 2019 World Series champs : NATS
4 Takes it on the lam : CLEARS OUT
5 Keyboard panic button : ESC
6 Potatoes-and-peas pastry : SAMOSA
7 Obstacle to progress : INERTIA
8 Rural sight : BARN
9 Doped (out) : SUSSED
10 Tracts : PLOTS
11 Map lover’s book : ATLAS
12 Island with the ancient Minoan palace at Knossos : CRETE
13 Artist’s support : EASEL
18 “Why, what’s this!?” : OHO
24 Units of resistance : OHMS
25 Zigs or zags : VEERS
26 Con : SCAM
27 Chipotle order : TACO
28 Lines on a flight-tracker map : ARCS
30 EPA concern : MPG
32 Gangnam District city : SEOUL
34 On cloud nine : DELIGHTED
35 Latin abbreviation in a bibliography : ET AL
36 Spider-Man pointing, e.g. : MEME
37 Spring perennial : IRIS
39 Smack-__ in the middle : DAB
41 Merit : EARN
44 America’s Test Kitchen output : RECIPES
46 Giants : TITANS
47 __ cocktail : SHRIMP
49 Selling point : ASSET
50 Choreography units : STEPS
51 Topping for a 27-Down : SALSA
52 Knight’s protection : ARMOR
54 SEAL’s org. : USN
56 Tennis icon Arthur : ASHE
58 Roof projection : EAVE
59 Pest that pesters pets : FLEA
60 “__ me about it!” : TELL
63 Soccer star Krieger : ALI