Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday August 31 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 First word of a Shakespeare title : ALL’S
5 Chorus member : ALTO
9 Autumn bloom : ASTER
14 Wobble : REEL
15 Bellyache : MOAN
16 Volleyball shot : SPIKE
17 Spot for a TV dinner : TRAY TABLE
19 Realty listings : HOMES
20 Young fella : SONNY
21 Large amount : SCAD
23 Audition : TEST
24 Unqualified : INEPT
26 Yellowish pink : CORAL
28 “YOLO” philosophy : SEIZE THE DAY
32 Slower than Mach 1 : SUBSONIC
35 Susan Swain’s network : C-SPAN
37 Spanish “that” : ESO
38 Horse barn sound : SNORT
41 __-mo : SLO
42 Scope of influence : AMBIT
45 Low-alcohol beverage : NEAR BEER
48 Brownie-making ingredient : COCOA POWDER
51 Ship with staterooms : LINER
52 Oscar-winning role for Ariana DeBose and Rita Moreno : ANITA
55 C __ Charlie : AS IN
57 Dollars for quarters : RENT
60 Piano exercise : ETUDE
62 Photographer Dorothea : LANGE
64 Hollywood honors since 1995, and what the circled letters are? : SAG AWARDS
66 Caulking fiber : OAKUM
67 Nights before special days : EVES
68 “Yeah, right” : I BET
69 Medicine amts. : TBSPS
70 Poker player’s giveaway : TELL
71 Plant stem joint : NODE
DOWN
1 Creative pursuits : ARTS
2 The king of France? : LE ROI
3 “The Right Kind of Wrong” singer Rimes : LEANN
4 Craft : SLYNESS
5 Reddit sesh for fans : AMA
6 Deft tennis shots : LOBS
7 Soft mineral : TALC
8 Staged without a break : ONE-ACT
9 Cigarette end : ASH
10 Part of a politician’s media campaign : SPOT ADS
11 Like photographs of an eclipse, say : TIME-LAPSE
12 __ out a win : EKES
13 Musical interval : REST
18 Versatile blood donor : TYPE-O
22 Quote from Homer : D’OH
25 Cookie containers : TINS
27 __ center : REC
29 Cab alternative : ZIN
30 Low-cost prefix : ECONO-
31 Handsome Dan’s Ivy : YALE
32 “Wide Sargasso __”: Jean Rhys novel : SEA
33 “Oorah!” org. : USMC
34 Migratory songbirds : BOBOLINKS
36 Negative conjunction : NOR
39 Button with left-pointing arrows: Abbr. : REW
40 Unveiling shout : TA-DA
43 Becoming treacherous, as a winter road : ICING UP
44 Weigh station unit : TON
46 Extend : RENEW
47 Great place? : BRITAIN
49 __ Lingus : AER
50 Adjusted beforehand : PRESET
53 Engine booster, for short : TURBO
54 Supplemented : ADDED
55 Bushels : A LOT
56 Onetime Volvo rival : SAAB
58 Cathedral part : NAVE
59 Neutrogena dandruff shampoo : T/GEL
61 90° from norte : ESTE
63 “Mamma Mia” quartet : EMS
65 Communication sys. at Gallaudet : ASL
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