Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday January 5th 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Fall into bed : CRASH
6 Turn on : START
11 23andMe stuff : DNA
14 Santorini’s sea : AEGEAN
16 Holy scroll : TORAH
17 Ref. work that added “influencer” in 2022 : OED
18 *Person destined for greatness : THE CHOSEN ONE
20 Early afternoon : TWO
21 Fizz liquor : GIN
22 Polished : SHINY
23 Goes (for) : OPTS
25 Pseudocultural : ARTY
27 *Nocturnal bird known for its cry : SCREECH OWL
31 Tea variety : PEKOE
33 Brass instrument : HORN
34 Arizona Wildcats coach Barnes : ADIA
35 Chew the fat : GAB
37 Prefix with day or night : MID-
38 Irish golfer McIlroy : RORY
39 *Cocoa butter confection : WHITE CHOCOLATE
44 Melville captain : AHAB
45 Melber of MSNBC : ARI
46 Court : WOO
47 Drought-damaged : SERE
48 Fireplace stack : LOGS
50 He-Man’s twin : SHE-RA
54 *Board-breaking move : KARATE CHOP
57 Mario Paint console, initially : SNES
58 Black Power leader Kwame __ : TURE
59 Chinese greeting : NI HAO
62 Chemical in some plastics, briefly : BPA
63 Goal : AIM
64 Nature’s sonar, and what varies in the answers to the starred clues? : ECHOLOCATION
68 Slangy assent : YEP
69 Unoriginal : TRITE
70 Least extroverted : SHIEST
71 “Give or take” ending : -ISH
72 Talked up : HYPED
73 “Ugh, I’ll never be able to __ that!” : UNSEE
DOWN
1 Period with a noticeable lack of feline fossils : CAT GAP
2 Employ again : REHIRE
3 “Men in Black” role : AGENT K
4 Wall Street regulatory org. : SEC
5 Chortles : HAHS
6 Skunk aftermath : STENCH
7 Four-time Pro Bowl quarterback who never made it to the Super Bowl : TONY ROMO
8 Affectional orientation abbr. : ARO
9 Bolted : RAN
10 2000s teen drama that introduced “Chrismukkah” : THE OC
11 Pencil puzzle : DOT TO DOT
12 Story line? : NEWSWIRE
13 Big fuss : ADO
15 Japanese drama : NOH
19 Certain sib : SIS
24 Ancient kings who wore nemes headdresses : PHARAOHS
26 Jellystone resident : YOGI BEAR
28 Actor Bana : ERIC
29 Fund : ENDOW
30 Set down : LAY
32 End a fast : EAT
36 “If __ Street Could Talk” : BEALE
39 Cereal with collectible boxes : WHEATIES
40 Gruff protest : HARRUMPH
41 Lightweight clog : CROC
42 Singer’s challenge : HIGH NOTE
43 Spanish article : LOS
44 Request : ASK
49 Besmirched : SOILED
51 Some gender-fluid people : ENBIES
52 Tranquility : REPOSE
53 Swahili for “thank you” : ASANTE
55 Pearly whites : TEETH
56 Soup sometimes served with banh mi : PHO
60 Cooling systs. : ACS
61 Island near Kauai : OAHU
63 Ghanaian writer __ Kwei Armah : AYI
65 Get weepy : CRY
66 With it : HIP
67 Sardine can : TIN
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