Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday February 9th 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Salinger title girl who says, “I prefer stories about squalor” : ESME
5 Spanish “other” : OTRA
9 Las Vegas WNBA team : ACES
13 Dress up like : GO AS
14 French endearment that means “cabbage” : CHOU
15 Pound the pavement? : STOMP
16 *External troublemaker : OUTSIDE AGITATOR
19 __ Pueblo, New Mexico : TAOS
20 PowerPoint unit : SLIDE
21 Brewpub fave : IPA
22 Bubble bath sigh : AHH
23 *Prized possession : PRIDE AND JOY
26 More spread out : SPARSER
28 Dice game : CRAPS
29 Tech journalist Swisher : KARA
30 Vegetable in aloo matar : PEA
32 Craft project initials : DIY
33 *Camera attachment for a panorama : WIDE-ANGLE LENS
38 Acne treatment brand : OXY
39 Lout : OAF
40 Indie rock’s __ Kiley : RILO
42 Passport mark : STAMP
45 Make damp : MOISTEN
47 *Convertible piece : HIDEAWAY BED
51 Frustrating groove : RUT
52 “One sleep left” time : EVE
53 Wild parties : RAVES
54 “__ You Babe” : I GOT
56 “Remember what you were about to say,” and what the answers to the starred clues literally do : HOLD THAT THOUGHT
60 “Hamilton” Tony winner Renée __ Goldsberry : ELISE
61 Dance move : STEP
62 Stink : REEK
63 Cambodian currency : RIEL
64 Picks up a Bug, say : TOWS
65 Edit menu option : UNDO
DOWN
1 Self-importance : EGO
2 Lefty : SOUTHPAW
3 Spy played by Greta Garbo : MATA HARI
4 Big petrol seller : ESSO
5 Med. condition that may be treated with Paxil : OCD
6 Alter ego of “Batman” villain Lorelei Circe : THE SIREN
7 Explorer Amundsen : ROALD
8 Saul Bellow’s “The Adventures of __ March” : AUGIE
9 __ moment’s notice : AT A
10 Crumbly Mexican cheese : COTIJA
11 Hybrid music genre : EMO POP
12 Wets with a hose : SPRAYS
15 Lettering guide : STENCIL
17 Web access cos. : ISPS
18 Wyo. neighbor : IDA
22 Query : ASK
24 Get even with : REPAY
25 Laundry room appliances : DRYERS
27 Semicircular antenna housing : RADOME
31 Before now : AGO
32 Author who wrote on Friday? : DEFOE
34 One-sided, in legal proceedings : EX PARTE
35 Meaty Moroccan dish : LAMB STEW
36 Much of the atmosphere : NITROGEN
37 Did some digging : SLEUTHED
41 Toronto’s prov. : ONT
42 Feminine pair : SHE/HER
43 Copenhagen’s __ Gardens : TIVOLI
44 Antarctic penguin : ADELIE
46 Prefix with -pathic : IDIO-
48 “Hush, ya big baby!” : WAH
49 Nautical “Halt!” : AVAST
50 BTS hit “__ Come” : YET TO
55 Ashram adviser : GURU
57 Broadband letters : DSL
58 Some PCs : HPS
59 Ref’s ruling : TKO
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