Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday January 2nd 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 List on the side of a taco truck : MENU
5 TV’s __ at Nite : NICK
9 College student’s declaration : MAJOR
14 8-Down mineral : IRON
15 Vegetable pod that thickens gumbo : OKRA
16 Photoshop maker : ADOBE
17 NPR journalist Totenberg : NINA
18 Rotary phone part : DIAL
19 Add to an email, as a gif : EMBED
20 *Frozen structures that help with some winter migration : ICE BRIDGES
23 __ facto : IPSO
24 Small batteries : AAS
25 Pang : THROE
27 *Food that lacks nutritional value : EMPTY CALORIES
33 Stories : TALES
34 Valentine’s Day icon : CUPID
35 Bubble bath spot : TUB
38 Yucky buildup : CRUD
39 __ throat : STREP
40 Word on some diet products : LITE
41 Stitched border : HEM
42 Scornful smile : SNEER
43 Trite : BANAL
44 *For all to see, after “in” : BROAD DAYLIGHT
47 Before, with “to” : PRIOR
48 20-vol. lexicon : OED
49 Many an Eastern European : SLAV
50 *Yoga mat material : FOAM RUBBER
57 Group of pundits on a TV news show, e.g. : PANEL
59 Difficult trip : TREK
60 Mystical glow : AURA
61 Braugher of “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” : ANDRE
62 Oscar winner Malek : RAMI
63 Baby bed : CRIB
64 Authority to decide : SAY-SO
65 __ vera gel : ALOE
66 ACL location : KNEE
DOWN
1 Short skirt : MINI
2 “What Truth Sounds Like” writer Michael __ Dyson : ERIC
3 Zero : NONE
4 Without any reduction in intensity : UNABATED
5 DVD player error message : NO DISC
6 “Just messin’ with ya!” : I KID
7 Jagged rock : CRAG
8 Leafy vegetable rich in 14-Across : KALE
9 “Parenthood” actress Whitman : MAE
10 Respect : ADMIRE
11 Entry on Indeed.com, e.g. : JOB POSTING
12 Like many sumo wrestlers : OBESE
13 Start over : REDO
21 Tampa Bay team : RAYS
22 Narrow piece : STRIP
26 Kept secret : HID
27 __ A Sketch : ETCH
28 Female horse : MARE
29 Distilled alcohol made with fruit : PLUM BRANDY
30 Played a part : ACTED
31 Drew (in) : LURED
32 “The Phantom of the __” : OPERA
36 Salt Lake state : UTAH
37 Accessory with a buckle : BELT
39 Wolf (down) : SNARF
40 Easygoing : LAID BACK
42 Tony nominee Phillipa : SOO
43 Chicken cordon __ : BLEU
45 Missouri and Ohio : RIVERS
46 Small terrier : YORKIE
47 Opening strategy : PLAN A
49 Health resorts : SPAS
51 Spanish “other” : OTRA
52 Depleted Asian sea : ARAL
53 Personnel note : MEMO
54 “Hamilton” song about destroying love letters, or what one can do to the ends of the answers to the starred clues : BURN
55 Cleveland’s lake : ERIE
56 Broccoli __ : RABE
58 Novelist Tolstoy : LEO
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