Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday October 30th 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Fancy alternative to a classic necktie : ASCOT
6 Time sheet abbr. : HRS
9 Meat salad from Laos : LARB
13 Shop : STORE
14 Informal assent : YEP
15 Third-longest African river : NIGER
16 “Push It” hip-hop trio : SALT-N-PEPA
18 Verdi work : OPERA
19 “Am __ picky?” : I TOO
20 Mattel game based on Crazy Eights : UNO
21 Spoke monotonously : DRONED
22 Omen : SIGN
23 Mardi Gras : FAT TUESDAY
25 Traveler’s stopover : INN
26 Hypotheticals : IFS
27 Crumb-carrying critter : ANT
28 App annoyances : ADS
29 Microbe : GERM
31 Freeze over : ICE UP
33 Chef and cookbook writer whose four elements of cooking are the first words of the answers to 16-, 23-, 48-, and 56-Across : SAMIN NOSRAT
37 Extinct birds : DODOS
38 Russian denial : NYET
40 Foldable bed : COT
43 2016 Summer Olympics city : RIO
44 Meditation sounds : OMS
46 Period of history : ERA
48 Inclination to use biting sarcasm : ACID TONGUE
51 Quick cut : SNIP
52 Say again : REPEAT
53 GPS suggestion : RTE
54 Support staff member : AIDE
55 Artist’s stand : EASEL
56 “Feels like” figure that combines temperature and humidity : HEAT INDEX
58 Foul moods : SNITS
59 “I __ your pardon?” : BEG
60 “Basic Instinct” actress Sharon : STONE
61 IRS IDs : SSNS
62 Poem of praise : ODE
63 Puts a stop to : HALTS
DOWN
1 Birthplace of St. Francis : ASSISI
2 Announcing : STATING
3 Choices at perfume counters : COLOGNES
4 WWE champion Randy who had a long rivalry with John Cena : ORTON
5 Low card in a royal flush : TEN
6 African scavengers whose cries sound like laughter : HYENAS
7 Transplant in the greenhouse : REPOT
8 Relaxation station : SPA
9 Slimming surgeries, informally : LIPOS
10 Meeting outline : AGENDA
11 Go over again, as a contract : REREAD
12 Blended sitcom family of classic TV : BRADYS
15 “All sales are final” : NO RETURNS
17 Bit of smoke : PUFF
21 Sand formations : DUNES
24 Snack in a shell : TACO
26 Mount Olympus dwellers, e.g. : IMMORTALS
30 “Awesome!” : RAD
31 Allstate’s industry: Abbr. : INS
32 Foot the bill : PAY
34 “American __”: rock musical based on a Green Day album : IDIOT
35 Twelve sharp : NOON
36 Many a Disney Channel star : TEEN IDOL
39 Poseidon’s staff : TRIDENT
40 Gentle touch : CARESS
41 Quite a lot : OCEANS
42 Deflects through a basketball rim : TIPS IN
44 Electrical interruption : OUTAGE
45 Run into : MEET
47 Pinnacles : APEXES
49 Info, slangily : DEETS
50 Avarice : GREED
51 Father Christmas : SANTA
56 “Barry” cable network : HBO
57 “Or so” suffix : -ISH
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