Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday February 23rd 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Tries out : DEMOS
6 Nosegay : POSY
10 Pod whose cross sections are pentagonal : OKRA
14 Skip a syllable or two : ELIDE
15 Until : UP TO
16 “Stay” singer Lisa : LOEB
17 __ Cup: PGA Tour prize : FEDEX
18 Pollinator who can’t fly? : GROUND BEE
20 Middle of dinner? : ENS
21 Perfect : IDEAL
23 “Island of the Blue Dolphins” novelist Scott : O’DELL
24 Parents in the Hundred Acre Wood? : RAISES THE ROO
27 Joie de vivre : ZEST
28 Emo : ANGSTY
32 Storage furniture : CHEST
34 Prize money : PURSE
37 Sphere in old referee whistles : PEA
38 A pop : EACH
39 Camera setting, and what shortened 18-, 24-, 47-, and 58-Across? : F-STOP
40 Otter kin : MINK
41 Durango day : DIA
42 Apt rhyme for “freeze” : SEIZE
43 Well-mannered blokes : GENTS
44 Goofs in proofs : ERRATA
46 Tromp : PLOD
47 Product of Shenandoah Valley shepherds? : VIRGINIA WOOL
53 Bird in a bevy : QUAIL
56 Hot spots : OVENS
57 Signal : CUE
58 Experimental soft cheese? : TRIAL BRIE
60 Glossy material : SATIN
62 55-Down, properly : ISN’T
63 Like most whiskey : AGED
64 Heart Eyes or OK Hand : EMOJI
65 Fancy spread : PATE
66 Fool (with) : MESS
67 Wrap sheet : SARAN
DOWN
1 Schedule for later : DEFER
2 Two-time WNBA MVP __ Delle Donne : ELENA
3 Many a sedan : MIDSIZE CAR
4 Amit Majmudar’s “__ to a Drone” : ODE
5 People’s superlative : SEXIEST
6 Sound of the Northwest : PUGET
7 O icon : OPRAH
8 Took second, say : STOLE
9 Second person : YOU
10 One whose trick-learning years are behind them : OLD DOG
11 “The Mamba Mentality: How I Play” writer Bryant : KOBE
12 Rod and __ : REEL
13 Cain’s brother : ABEL
19 Nary a soul : NO ONE
22 “Spring forward” letters : DST
25 Quick meeting? : SESH
26 Tough talk? : RASP
29 Damage control pro : SPIN DOCTOR
30 High-stakes shelter : TENT
31 Shaggy beasts : YAKS
32 Relinquish : CEDE
33 31-Down abundance : HAIR
34 Pump letters : PSI
35 Lays aisle-mate : UTZ
36 Bass output : ROE
39 “__ the Turtle”: University of Maryland catchphrase : FEAR
40 “I would like some more catnip, please” : MEOW
42 Bootlegger’s vessel : STILL
43 Visual aids : GLASSES
45 Really take off : AVIATE
46 Blame (on) : PIN
48 Canyon : GORGE
49 Campus climbers : IVIES
50 Focus of Maslow’s hierarchy : NEEDS
51 Message board? : OUIJA
52 Red Square honoree : LENIN
53 Sample collector, maybe : Q-TIP
54 __ Major : URSA
55 62-Across, improperly : AIN’T
59 “Bang!” : BAM
61 Org. for OBs : AMA
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