Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday October 16th 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Former Iranian rulers : SHAHS
6 Muscle twitch : SPASM
11 Midwest winter hrs. : CST
14 Slather with grease : OIL UP
15 “It’s been said … ” : I HEAR
16 Hosp. recovery area : ICU
17 Move with a mouse, say : DRAG AND DROP
19 Neither’s partner : NOR
20 Karaoke selection : SONG
21 Overhead trains : ELS
22 Like bibs and aprons, usually : TIED ON
24 Lotion additive : ALOE
26 Sign of spiders : COBWEBS
27 Farrelly brothers buddy comedy : DUMB AND DUMBER
31 Cockeyed : ATILT
32 Mine find : ORE
33 Psychic powers : ESP
36 Uses an all-in-one printer feature : FAXES
37 Role-playing game with a 20-sided die, familiarly, and a feature of this puzzle’s four longest answers : DND
38 Pixar title robot : WALL-E
40 BTW part : … THE
41 Shark feature : FIN
42 Luminous : AGLOW
43 Small, irregular amounts : DRIBS AND DRABS
48 Wandering from place to place : NOMADIC
50 Lighten (up) : EASE
51 Assuming that : EVEN IF
52 Common TV set-top box : DVR
53 Bigger than big : EPIC
57 Unite : WED
58 Eat without paying the bill : DINE AND DASH
61 One more than bi- : TRI-
62 Trojan War saga : ILIAD
63 Not merely decorative : UTILE
64 RR stop : STA
65 Two more than bi- : TETRA-
66 Doomed one : GONER
DOWN
1 Lays down the lawn : SODS
2 “Big Hero 6” hero : HIRO
3 Actor Alda : ALAN
4 Inviting cuddles : HUGGABLE
5 Pampering spot at a four-star hotel : SPA
6 Moved like a crab : SIDLED
7 Advanced degs. : PHDS
8 Gassy prefix : AER –
9 __ and Príncipe: island country in the Gulf of Guinea : SAO TOME
10 Onetime Dr Pepper rival : MR PIBB
11 Glass slipper wearer in a fairy tale : CINDERELLA
12 Shaggy’s pal, to Shaggy : SCOOB
13 Chances to play : TURNS
18 Bright light in the big city : NEON
23 Lamb nurser : EWE
25 Back muscles, for short : LATS
26 Morsel Miss Muffet ate with whey : CURD
27 Electronic music duo __ Punk : DAFT
28 Home of the Mighty Five national parks : UTAH
29 Hybrid art technique : MIXED MEDIA
30 Fashion designer Karan : DONNA
34 Neatnik’s opposite : SLOB
35 Chapel benches : PEWS
37 Part of CD : DISC
38 Bunches of bucks : WADS
39 Shook hands on : AGREED TO
41 Record that may be accessed in the electronic FOIA Library : FBI FILE
44 Tried to win an election : RAN
45 “Yay, me!” : I DID IT
46 28-Down’s western neighbor : NEVADA
47 “Shoot!” : DARN
48 Small salamanders : NEWTS
49 Not hidden : OVERT
52 Much loved : DEAR
54 Big hassle : PAIN
55 Capri, for one : ISLE
56 Pop diva who was the 2017 Billboard Icon Award honoree : CHER
59 Tiny criticism : NIT
60 Broke ground : DUG
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