Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday February 16th 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Striped pet : TABBY
6 “__ chic!” : TRES
10 Gear tooth : COG
13 Sprightly : AGILE
14 Bridge predecessor : WHIST
15 Back on a ship : AFT
16 *Research without direct application : PURE SCIENCE
18 Spending power, for short : CFO
19 “No Ordinary Love” singer : SADE
20 Eleven digits? : ONES
21 Treadmill setting : PACE
23 *Czechoslovakian movement of 1968 : PRAGUE SPRING
27 Yuletide song : NOEL
28 33-Across years : DECADE
29 Paper or plastic : NOUN
30 Father of the Muses : ZEUS
33 Score half : TEN
34 *Helpline offering : CUSTOMER SUPPORT
38 “I see,” at sea : AYE
39 Noodle nugget : IDEA
40 “Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s __”: Caldecott Medal winner by Verna Aardema : EARS
41 Policy of some restaurants : NO TIPS
44 “An Caighdeán Oifigiúil” language : ERSE
45 *Commerce imbalance : TRADE SURPLUS
49 Recycle bin, e.g. : ICON
50 Shades : HUES
51 Becomes compost : ROTS
55 “Gross!” : ICK
56 *Spot for coins, and what five letters in each answer to a starred clue do? : CHANGE PURSE
59 Baseball great Ripken : CAL
60 Comes up against : ABUTS
61 Isaac of “Moon Knight” : OSCAR
62 U-turn from WSW : ENE
63 Response heard during a pool game : POLO
64 Pier : WHARF
DOWN
1 Spigots : TAPS
2 Río flower : AGUA
3 __ of paradise : BIRD
4 Cover up, in a way : BLEEP OUT
5 [Nod] : YES
6 Org. with 27 member states : THE EU
7 Salon procedure : RINSE
8 Key to going back? : ESC
9 Grassy expanse : STEPPE
10 Word on an Italian menu that means “hunter” : CACCIATORE
11 Those at fault : OFFENDERS
12 Classic Pontiac muscle car : GTO
14 Annex : WING
17 Anthracite or lignite : COAL
22 __ de Triomphe : ARC
24 Nevada city about 100 miles from Burning Man : RENO
25 The Aztecs of the NCAA’s Mountain West Conf. : SDSU
26 Bloke : GENT
27 Center of a 3-4 football defense : NOSE TACKLE
29 Spanish dialect in the Big Apple : NUYORICAN
30 Character debuted by Zadie Smith? : ZED
31 Poetic preposition : ERE
32 Can. neighbor : USA
34 “You __ be serious” : CAN’T
35 Leave out : MISS
36 Home of many Quechua speakers : PERU
37 Means to an end? : PASS RUSH
42 Final words of an engagement : I DO
43 Top removed before dashing off? : PEN CAP
44 Conditional programming word : ELSE
46 Mover’s rental : U-HAUL
47 Cost : RUN TO
48 Identifies (as) : PEGS
52 Largest member of the dolphin family : ORCA
53 Leader in the Bulgarian Empire : TSAR
54 Feudal laborer : SERF
55 Diamonds, in slang : ICE
57 “Last Week Tonight” network : HBO
58 “Bam!” kin : POW
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