Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday October 7th 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Common : CRASS
6 “Got other plans, sorry” : CAN’T
10 Low pair : TWOS
14 Knew the answer : HAD IT
15 Drink mentioned in the Walker Hayes song “Fancy Like” : OREO SHAKE
17 Detroit __: stratified automotive paint polished and cut for jewelry : AGATE
18 Reptile at Kélonia aquarium in Saint-Leu, Réunion : SEA TURTLE
19 Spotify playlist that calls itself “the most influential playlist in hip-hop” : RAPCAVIAR
21 Trial versions : BETAS
22 Jazz dance : STOMP
23 Key st.? : FLA
24 “Jeopardy!” champion with the show’s second-longest win streak : AMY SCHNEIDER
30 Speeds : JETS
32 Sphere : REALM
33 Gesture that means “no” in some cultures : NOD
35 Lennox of R&B : ARI
36 Element in the tale of Sleeping Beauty : SPINDLE
38 Glop : GOO
39 Many a Wiki article : BIO
40 Home of the Kaaba : MECCA
41 Knack : GIFT
42 Interior support structure : ENDOSKELETON
46 __-weekly : ALT
47 Reclusive sort : LONER
49 Like the smell of burning plastic : ACRID
52 Instrument for Seiichi Tanaka or Eitetsu Hayashi : TAIKO DRUM
56 Laxity : LOOSENESS
58 Yankees manager Aaron : BOONE
59 Like someone on the stand : UNDER OATH
60 Vocally : ALOUD
61 Private dinner? : MESS
62 __ gin : SLOE
63 Checks : DAMPS
DOWN
1 Red-bellied trout : CHAR
2 Some improvisation in Hindi cinema : RAGAS
3 2002 meta dramedy starring Nicolas Cage as the film’s screenwriter : ADAPTATION
4 Light shows? : SITCOMS
5 Hot and heavy : STEAMY
6 Mozart’s “__ fan tutte” : COSI
7 Vicinity : AREA
8 In the vicinity : NEAR
9 Little one : TOT
10 Fine line : THREAD
11 One joule per second : WATT
12 Great Plains st. : OKLA
13 Catches : SEES
16 Stunning : SUBLIME
20 Biden and Harris, initially : VPS
23 Toppled : FELL
25 Pain in the neck : CRICK
26 So : HENCE
27 First man to complete tennis’s Surface Slam : NADAL
28 Shipping center? : ENGINE ROOM
29 Top : ROOF
30 Poke : JAB
31 Historical allies of the Huron : ERIE
34 Point : DOT
36 Burn slowly : SMOLDER
37 Nuisance : PEST
41 Slopes conveyance : GONDOLA
43 Spots for roasters and toasters : DAISES
44 Large deer : ELK
45 “Them’s the breaks” : TOO BAD
48 Preparatory period : RUN-UP
49 Grad : ALUM
50 Retinal cell : CONE
51 Retinal cells : RODS
52 Marsh duck : TEAL
53 Apropos of : AS TO
54 “Who __ kidding?” : IS HE
55 Scrip orders : MEDS
57 Anti bloc : NOS
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