Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday September 29th 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Some twitches : TICS
5 Cicada predators : WASPS
10 Challenges for nannies : IMPS
14 Compatriot : ALLY
15 Bracelet spot : ANKLE
16 “Smashing!” : NEAT
17 Official portraitist for a Mongolian leader? : KHAN ARTIST
19 “Water for Elephants” novelist Gruen : SARA
20 Sinus infection woes : EARACHES
21 Sheer : UTTER
22 Suddenly become alert : SNAP TO
23 Tone down : EASE
25 Condiment for an Ottoman leader? : SULTAN PEPPER
31 __ curls : BICEP
34 Tends to a draft : EDITS
35 Paris street : RUE
36 R&B singer Redding : OTIS
37 Hitches : SNAGS
38 Cartoon girl who often says “Swiper, no swiping” to a masked fox : DORA
39 Web : NET
40 Afternoon hr. : ONE PM
41 Creator of a cocky hare : AESOP
42 Paltry stipend for a Middle Eastern leader? : EMIR PITTANCE
45 Scoreboard count : OUTS
46 Effect : IMPACT
50 Thrones : SEATS
53 Alcoves : RECESSES
55 Stretched to the max : TAUT
56 Humble abode for an Arab leader? : SHEIK SHACK
58 Hobby farm measure : ACRE
59 Horror or mystery : GENRE
60 Haitian friend : AMIE
61 Comparison word : THAN
62 Jacket wool : TWEED
63 Coat with gold leaf : GILD
DOWN
1 Points of view : TAKES
2 Omar of Congress : ILHAN
3 Civil War nurse Barton : CLARA
4 Automatic transmission parts? : SYNAPSES
5 Pop art icon played by Bowie in “Basquiat” : WARHOL
6 Chip in a new pot : ANTE
7 Goes downhill fast : SKIS
8 “__ fix thx!” : PLS
9 Complete group : SET
10 Keeping up (with) : IN STEP
11 Impossible Burger’s lack : MEAT
12 Peel : PARE
13 Lead : STAR
18 Cause trouble : ACT UP
21 Exploits : USES
23 “The Imitation Game” encryption machine : ENIGMA
24 Some 2BR listings : APTS
26 Creeds : TENETS
27 Go with the flow : ADAPT
28 Aces : PROS
29 Italian bread? : EURO
30 Use a scythe on : REAP
31 Hip hop’s __ Thugs-n-Harmony : BONE
32 Thing : ITEM
33 Big name in credit cards : CITI
37 Huffy state : SNIT
38 High-pile carpet style : DEEP SHAG
40 Numbered piece : OPUS
41 High spots : ACMES
43 Raising a stink? : ROTTEN
44 Barely cut : NICKED
47 “Ditto,” more formally : AS AM I
48 Poet Day-Lewis who wrote the Nigel Strangeways detective novels as Nicholas Blake : CECIL
49 Expressed disapproval : TSKED
50 RBI or ERA : STAT
51 A pop : EACH
52 Vibe picked up by a psychic, supposedly : AURA
53 Russo who plays Frigga in Marvel’s “Thor” films : RENE
54 Dún Laoghaire’s land : EIRE
56 Rank above cpl. : SGT
57 Fell : HEW
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