Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday September 03 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Mature : AGE
4 “Things Fall __”: Chinua Achebe novel : APART
9 Exam for jrs. : PSAT
13 Lack compatibility, as colors : CLASH
18 Clickable address : URL
19 One of 17 properties on a Monopoly board : AVENUE
20 Supply company in Road Runner cartoons : ACME
21 Must : HAS TO
22 Simon and Garfunkel, e.g. : DUO
23 Button on a quartermaster’s calculator? : MILITARY OPERATION
26 Little rascal : IMP
27 Term of endearment : BAE
28 Burden : ONUS
29 Amount consumed : INTAKE
30 One? : OPENING NUMBER
35 Burdened : LADENED
36 “For sure!” : YES
37 Archer of myth : EROS
38 Builds to a crescendo : SWELLS
40 Colorado site of the Winter X Games : ASPEN
43 Thick & Fluffy waffle brand : EGGO
44 Detest : HATE
45 Ceiling : CAP
48 Bad mood : SNIT
49 “__ McCartney”: 2016 compilation album : PURE
50 Birds + Bees = Bundle of Joy? : BABY FORMULA
54 Jump over : HOP
55 Judean king : HEROD
56 Stockpile : AMASS
57 Valuable minerals : ORES
58 Female sheep : EWE
59 Laundry appliance : IRON
60 Self-checkout action : SCAN
61 Australian sextet : STATES
63 Staunch advocates of quotients? : DIVISION CHAMPIONS
68 Category on Disney+ : MARVEL
70 Cries from Homer : D’OHS
71 Cogito __ sum : ERGO
72 Down Under bird : EMU
75 Neighborhood : AREA
76 Vowel sequence : A-E-I-O-U
78 Move furtively : SLINK
79 Shrill bark : YAP
80 Average thoroughfares? : MEAN STREETS
83 Silent assents : NODS
84 Actor Mostel : ZERO
85 School of thought : ISM
86 Tattle : TELL
87 Dull : FADE
88 Expand : WIDEN
89 “Gunsmoke” star : ARNESS
91 APR-reducing loan : REFI
92 Author : PEN
93 Sleeping spots for tabbies : CAT BEDS
96 Knack for reciting multiplication tables? : PRODUCT RECALL
102 City west of Flint, Michigan : OWOSSO
103 Hydrox rival : OREO
104 Lend a hand : AID
105 Poseidon’s realm : SEA
106 Fails to complete a subtraction problem? : MAKES NO DIFFERENCE
111 Toque, e.g. : HAT
112 Cara of “Fame” fame : IRENE
113 Learning by repetition : ROTE
114 In tatters : RAGGED
115 Time for last-minute gift wrapping : EVE
116 Pennies : CENTS
117 Title for a fictional fox : BR’ER
118 Rose : STOOD
119 Simone de Beauvoir’s “The Second __” : SEX
DOWN
1 Video counterpart : AUDIO
2 Curmudgeon : GRUMP
3 Act unceremoniously? : ELOPE
4 Birds : AVIANS
5 Ship owner who described Ahab as “ungodly, god-like” : PELEG
6 “Both Hands” singer DiFranco : ANI
7 Road groove : RUT
8 Dim sum drink : TEA
9 Liam of One Direction : PAYNE
10 Uses steel wool, maybe : SCOURS
11 Increases, with “up” : AMPS
12 “Fore!” site : TEE
13 Friend on “Friends” : CHANDLER
14 Foamy hot beverages : LATTES
15 From the Philippines, e.g. : ASIAN
16 Stir up : STOKE
17 Sharpened : HONED
19 Insomnia option : AMBIEN
24 Rips off : ROBS
25 Oldest bridge spanning Venice’s Grand Canal : RIALTO
31 Duma veto : NYET
32 Campari cocktail : NEGRONI
33 Goaded : URGED
34 Farm sound : MOO
35 Flips (through) : LEAFS
39 Reasons : WHYS
40 Arthur in the International Tennis Hall of Fame : ASHE
41 40-Across forecast : SNOW
42 Wildly improbable goal : PIPE DREAM
43 Portuguese bread? : EUROS
45 Greeted a queen, perhaps : CURTSEYED
46 Away from the wind, nautically : ALEE
47 “Hard no” : PASS
49 Hazard : PERIL
50 Greek god of wine : BACCHUS
51 Indian nurses : AMAHS
52 “Munich” star Eric : BANA
53 Sound of pain or pleasure : MOAN
55 Bee hub : HIVE
60 Supercilious sort : SNOOT
61 Inks : SIGNS
62 __ one’s time : TOOK
64 Lendl in the International Tennis Hall of Fame : IVAN
65 Garfield’s goofy housemate : ODIE
66 Like a hummable tune : MELODIC
67 June celebration : PRIDE
68 Spanish term of affection : MAMI
69 Son of Zeus : ARES
73 Female zebra : MARE
74 Over : UPON
76 City in Provence : ARLES
77 Snaky fish : EELS
78 Big blunder : SNAFU
81 Emphasizes : STRESSES
82 Muscle-bone connector : TENDON
84 Metal in pennies : ZINC
87 Made dinner for : FED
88 Tidied the garden : WEEDED
89 Away : ABSENT
90 Pixie : SPRITE
91 Ski rack spot : ROOF
92 __ to sell : PRICED
93 Open mic performer, often : COMIC
94 Plugged in : AWARE
95 Arcade coin : TOKEN
97 Send (to) : REFER
98 Letter between Sierra and Uniform : TANGO
99 Clambake leftovers : ASHES
100 Split : LEAVE
101 Paint choice : LATEX
103 Stench : ODOR
107 Globe : ORB
108 Hosp. areas : ERS
109 “I smell a __!” : RAT
110 Psyche component : EGO