Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday September 22nd 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Chow down : EAT
4 Military bigwigs : BRASS
9 Bar codes? : LAWS
13 Injure severely : MAIM
15 This __ to be good : OUGHT
16 Hemoglobin mineral : IRON
17 College chem course, informally : ORGO
18 Basketry willow : OSIER
19 Actress Garr : TERI
20 Big name in 1980s heartland rock : JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP
23 Opening words : INTRO
24 Pomp and Circumstance composer : ELGAR
25 Leslie __ Jr. of “Hamilton” : ODOM
28 Not much : A BIT OF
32 Some suede kicks : PUMA SNEAKERS
37 One who may be shorthanded at work? : STENO
38 Wish undone : RUE
39 Flag : DROOP
41 Baby Cobra comedian Wong : ALI
42 Hub city for Royal Jordanian Airlines : AMMAN
45 If I Were King of the Forest singer : COWARDLY LION
48 Oh so very : TOO TOO
50 Turn on an axis : SLUE
51 Medieval Times prop : LANCE
54 Shot-putter? : NURSE
58 Frustratingly difficult, and an apt title for this puzzle : LIKE HERDING CATS
63 Brainstorm : IDEA
64 Established beliefs : DOGMA
65 Tall birds : EMUS
66 Is appropriate : FITS
67 Get 100% on the test : ACE IT
68 Movie theater drink : SODA
69 Quartet for Jennifer Hudson, for short : EGOT
70 Question type : YES/NO
71 BOS rivals : NYY
Down
1 Japanese term whose similarity to “emotion” is coincidental : EMOJI
2 Crooner Neville : AARON
3 Snug : TIGHT
4 Market upswing : BOOM
5 Scheme : RUSE
6 Spry : AGILE
7 Narrow racing boat : SHELL
8 __ Nona: Tomie dePaola picture book : STREGA
9 English major’s course, informally : LIT CRIT
10 Geometry calculation : AREA
11 Wriggly bait : WORM
12 Clean up loose ends, in a way : SNIP
14 Basketball Hall of Famer Earl “The Pearl” __ : MONROE
21 Symphonic finale : CODA
22 Snags : NABS
26 Allowed : OK’D
27 Chi-town exchange, with “the” : MERC
29 Dark greenish blue : TEAL
30 Part of YOLO : ONLY
31 Wrap that shouldn’t be microwaved : FOIL
32 Brit twit : PRAT
33 Sport that’s big in Japan : SUMO
34 Sought-after fish : NEMO
35 Hundred Acre Wood kid : ROO
36 Females with pig tails : SOWS
40 Bud : PAL
43 No less than : AT LEAST
44 Ark-itect? : NOAH
46 Step up : RUNG
47 Low pair : DEUCES
49 Not now : ONE DAY
52 Time in a Bottle singer : CROCE
53 Margins : EDGES
55 Will Trent star Rodríguez : RAMON
56 Den : STUDY
57 Many an assignment in 9-Down : ESSAY
58 Board game with car-shaped tokens : LIFE
59 Capisce! : I DIG
60 Atkins variant : KETO
61 Sign me up! : I’M IN
62 Gp. headed by Jens Stoltenberg : NATO
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