Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday November 16th 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Smartphone software : APPS
5 Air Force hotshot : ACE
8 New Jersey city south of Paramus : LODI
12 Take risks : DARE
13 Club __ : SODA
15 “Climb aboard!” : HOP IN
16 #1 : SLOW
17 Forming a tight group : CLUSTERING
19 #2 : SLOT
21 One learning the ropes : TRAINEE
22 Rebel, in a way : ACT OUT
25 #3 : SOOT
26 E-file org. : IRS
27 Roger Rabbit and Bugs Bunny : TOONS
28 Hindu sage : GURU
29 #4 : LOOT
30 Home of the NCAA’s Buckeyes : OSU
31 Hamilton notes : TENS
33 Smile that may be silly : GRIN
35 Hurried, and what this puzzle’s word ladder literally did in eight steps? : PICKED UP THE PACE
40 Mata __ : HARI
41 Get (into) carefully : EASE
42 Wearable souvenir : TEE
43 #5 : LOST
45 Careful phrasing, perhaps : TACT
47 Feature of some 42-Acrosses : V-NECK
49 Flight coordinators: Abbr. : ATC
50 #6 : POST
51 Crystal-lined stones : GEODES
52 False testimony : PERJURY
54 #7 : PAST
55 Metaphor for a fresh start : CLEAN SLATE
57 #8 : FAST
61 All eyes and ears : ALERT
62 North __ Sea: Kazakh lake : ARAL
63 Desierto’s lack : AGUA
64 Oodles : TONS
65 Useful Scrabble tile : ESS
66 Easy win : ROMP
DOWN
1 Pitches : ADS
2 Intimate : PAL
3 Debate side : PRO
4 Attaches, as a button : SEWS ON
5 Fancy neckwear : ASCOT
6 Future stallion : COLT
7 Dean’s email suffix : EDU
8 Petty of “Orange Is the New Black” : LORI
9 Stubbornly clinging to preconceived notions : OPINIONATED
10 Cabbage for tacos? : DINERO
11 Gulp down : INGEST
14 Wealthy New York family on HBO’s “The Gilded Age” : ASTOR
15 Furnace output : HEAT
18 Farm structures : TROUGHS
20 Sheen : LUSTER
22 On : ATOP
23 Start of a Mozart opera title : COSI
24 ATM feature : TOUCH SCREEN
25 Questionable : SUSPECT
28 African grazer : GNU
29 Gloss recipient : LIP
32 Copy cats? : EDITORS
34 Keanu of “The Matrix” : REEVES
36 “WandaVision” actress Dennings : KAT
37 Parlor art, informally : TAT
38 Gospel singer Winans : CECE
39 Surprised cries : EEKS
43 Purring snuggler : LAP CAT
44 Verdi opera set in Cyprus : OTELLO
46 Safe havens : ASYLA
48 Within walking distance, say : NOT FAR
50 Pre-euro Irish coin : PUNT
51 Iona University athletes : GAELS
53 Disturbs : JARS
54 K-12 fundraising gps. : PTAS
56 “__ you for real?” : ARE
58 Before now : AGO
59 Total : SUM
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