Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday July 14th 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Email option that protects privacy : BCC
4 Hands down : BY FAR
9 Syrup source : MAPLE
14 “There it is!” : AHA
15 Compact cosmetic : ROUGE
16 Build a new room, say : ADD ON
17 “Da 5 Bloods” setting, for short : ‘NAM
18 Second on a ticket : RUNNING MATE
20 Nutrition regimen : DIET
22 North America’s tallest peak : DENALI
23 “Bring it in, dude” embrace : BRO HUG
26 Hushes : SILENCES
30 Vanity cases : EGOS
32 Pt. of USNA : NAV
33 “Selma” director DuVernay : AVA
34 “Selma” actor David : OYELOWO
37 Small bird with a big voice : WREN
38 Childhood companion depicted five times in this puzzle, thanks to some Down clues : IMAGINARY FRIEND
42 Helgenberger of “CSI” : MARG
43 West Coast sch. whose application process may include an audition : CALARTS
44 Break off : END
45 Cynical start? : CEE
48 Epiphany trio : MAGI
49 Finishes a gin rummy turn, e.g. : DISCARDS
52 Overseas correspondent? : PEN PAL
56 Aye-aye or dik-dik : ANIMAL
58 Flight board info : GATE
59 “Booksmart” or “Dumb and Dumber” : BUDDY COMEDY
64 No-frills bed : COT
65 Slow tempo : LARGO
66 Future esposa, perhaps : NOVIA
67 Roxy Music name : ENO
68 12-year-old, e.g. : TWEEN
69 Ridley of the “Star Wars” sequel trilogy : DAISY
70 TV room : DEN
DOWN
1 Wedding __ : BAND B AND B
2 Hindi word for “tea” : CHAIR
3 Showed up : CAMEO
4 Exclamation during a polar bear plunge : BRR
5 “__ had one job!” : YOU
6 Endow : FUND
7 Moorehead of “Bewitched” : AGNES
8 Restrain : REIN IN
9 Bullet train technology : MAGLEV
10 Server’s edge, in tennis : ADMIN
11 Law enforcement org. : PDA
12 __ and behold : LOT
13 Dash used in date ranges : ENE
19 “The Lion King” lion : NALA
21 Option in a classic paradoxical dilemma : THE EGG
24 Wrinkled tangelo : UGLI
25 Jennifer Egan’s “A Visit From the __ Squad” : GOON
27 Web store icon : CARET
28 12/24 and 12/31 : EVENS
29 __ Antonio : SAND
31 Budget carrier HQ’d in Dallas : SWA
34 Muscat resident : OMANI
35 Fabric measures : YARDS
36 Tolkien monster : ORC
37 Twist, as a wet rag : WIRING
38 Cyberchatted with, briefly : IM’ED
39 Orange tuber : YAM
40 __ of luxury : FLAP
41 Number of candles, perhaps : RAGE
45 Big name in cameras : CANYON
46 Actor Bana : ERIC
47 Astronomer Halley : EDMOND
50 Batting __ : CADGE
51 South Pacific island group : SAMOA
53 Finished perfectly : PACED
54 Musical pitch : ATONE
55 Historic British school : LET ON
57 __ Strauss & Co. : LEVI
59 USN officer : BLT
60 “How cute!” : UAW
61 Do, __, mi : DRE
62 Knock : DIS
63 “Huzzah!” : YAY
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