Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday October 2nd 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Symbol on the Texas state flag : STAR
5 Central point : GIST
9 Sailboat poles : MASTS
14 Muted, as colors : PALE
15 Cuatro y cuatro : OCHO
16 To no __: without success : AVAIL
17 North Carolina university : ELON
18 Clothing part that might split : SEAM
19 As of late : NEWLY
20 Talks things out to resolve tension : CLEARS THE AIR
23 Miss Piggy’s favorite pronoun : MOI
24 Spice amt. : TSP
25 Post for an MBA, maybe : CFO
28 Slumbers soundly : SLEEPS LIKE A LOG
33 Ecol. or geol. : SCI
34 Catch a glimpse of : SEE
35 Digital camera insert, briefly : SD CARD
36 “Good Lord!” : OH GOD
39 Food drive donation : CAN
41 Familiar “Who’s there?” reply : IT’S ME
42 Arrived by air : FLEW IN
44 Push-up bra feature : PAD
46 __ Diego Padres : SAN
47 Applies more pressure : TURNS UP THE HEAT
51 Paramount channel : CBS
52 Paramount channel : TMC
53 Web pioneer : AOL
54 Jack London short story set in harsh winter conditions, and what the ends of 20-, 28-, and 47-Across can be used for : TO BUILD A FIRE
60 Green energy category : SOLAR
63 Tend the soup : STIR
64 Big celebrity : IDOL
65 Learn to fit in : ADAPT
66 “__, Brute?” : ET TU
67 Sizable bodies of water : SEAS
68 Formally hands over : CEDES
69 Amy of “The Wire” : RYAN
70 Rabbit kin : HARE
DOWN
1 On __: how much freelance work is done : SPEC
2 Like many supermodels : TALL
3 Sunburn soother : ALOE
4 Change the title of : RENAME
5 Deals in dirt : GOSSIPS
6 Rapper who plays Fin on “Law & Order: SVU” : ICE-T
7 Toppled Iranian leader : SHAH
8 Black Lives Matter co-founder Ayo __ : TOMETI
9 Nail treatment at a salon, informally : MANI-PEDI
10 State definitively : AVER
11 Toothed tool : SAW
12 Up to, briefly : ‘TIL
13 Underhanded : SLY
21 Fish eggs : ROE
22 Inquires : ASKS
25 Top-grade : CLASS-A
26 Word processing menu heading : FORMAT
27 “Happiness is having a scratch for every itch poet Nash” : OGDEN
28 Disheveled clod : SCHLUB
29 Crossbred big cats : LIGERS
30 Brief time, briefly : SEC
31 Cleared a hurdle : LEAPT
32 Take steps : ACT
33 Component of cider but not cola? : SOFT C
37 Hold the deed to : OWN
38 Twists, as data : DISTORTS
40 “Nope” : NAH
43 Pink Floyd’s “Comfortably __” : NUMB
45 All-out sprint : DEAD RUN
48 Many a laptop owner : PC USER
49 Condo management gp. : HOA
50 Mischievous : ELFISH
54 Cassette : TAPE
55 Teeny : ITTY
56 “Close My Eyes Forever” singer Ford : LITA
57 Brain wave : IDEA
58 Stadium sound : ROAR
59 “Who __ knows?” : ELSE
60 Cul-de-__ : SAC
61 Rhyming tribute : ODE
62 Young fellow : LAD
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