Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday October 12th 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Stoppers : PLUGS
6 Facebook verb : LIKE
10 Food writer Drummond : REE
13 Southeast Asian capital : HANOI
14 One-over-par score : BOGEY
15 Sargasso Sea spawner : EEL
16 *Period of connectivity that began in the 1990s : INTERNET AGE
18 Maven : PRO
19 Paper cutters : SCISSORS
20 Send via UPS or USPS : SHIP
21 Billie Eilish’s “All the Good Girls Go to __” : HELL
22 *Place for navel gazers? : ORANGE TREE
26 Actress Jessica who co-founded The Honest Company : ALBA
28 Average booster : EASY A
29 Sprang up : AROSE
32 Firm: Abbr. : CORP
33 __ Lanka : SRI
36 *”Let me stop you right there” : DON’T GET ANY IDEAS
40 Dead __ Scrolls : SEA
41 Iraq neighbor : IRAN
42 Down-yielding duck : EIDER
43 “McSorley’s Bar” painter : SLOAN
45 Fed. food stamper : USDA
47 *Power source for some superheroes? : MUTANT GENE
50 Helen of Troy’s mother : LEDA
54 The Grand Ole __ : OPRY
55 Places for hoops and studs : EARLOBES
57 “__ to Dirt”: Sharon Olds poem : ODE
58 Modern innovator, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues : CHANGE AGENT
61 “Long,” in Hawaiian : LOA
62 Cola with a red, white, and blue logo : PEPSI
63 Sip : NURSE
64 Inquire : ASK
65 Avant-garde : ARTY
66 Dissuade : DETER
DOWN
1 Lure with false emails : PHISH
2 Jousting weapon : LANCE
3 Up to : UNTIL
4 Brings up the rear : GOES LAST
5 Knight titles : SIRS
6 Mucho : LOTSA
7 Three-time French Open winner Swiatek : IGA
8 Barrel of beer : KEG
9 Word with wash or wear : EYE-
10 Said another way : REPHRASED
11 Like a haunted house : EERIE
12 Get to “I do” without the ado : ELOPE
14 Utterer of “Yogi-isms” : BERRA
17 Gaming novice : NOOB
20 Messy room : STY
23 Glowing gas : NEON
24 “The Far Side” cartoonist Larson : GARY
25 Spotted : ESPIED
27 American __: veterans’ group : LEGION
29 Commercial intrusions : ADS
30 Caviar : ROE
31 Racking up wins : ON A STREAK
32 Soda container : CAN
34 “Insecure” actress Issa : RAE
35 Leb. neighbor : ISR
37 Q.E.D. part : ERAT
38 Sharp flavor : TANG
39 Lines of communication? : DIALOGUE
44 __ of the land : LAY
45 Dragon roll ingredient : UNAGI
46 Desertlike : SERE
47 Bucks : MOOLA
48 Beehives and some buns : UPDOS
49 Like the itsy-bitsy spider : EENSY
51 Film critic Roger : EBERT
52 Slow on the uptake : DENSE
53 Starlike flower : ASTER
56 Arrive at the airport safely : LAND
58 IRS form expert : CPA
59 She/__ pronouns : HER
60 Fitting : APT
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