Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday October 5th 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Marketing target for K’nex Mighty Makers : GIRL
5 Mass transit option : RAIL
9 Immature beetles : GRUBS
14 Notion : IDEA
15 White-bellied mammal : ORCA
16 Send in : REMIT
17 Evergreen seedlings? : FIR BABIES
19 Meaningless, as a gesture : EMPTY
20 Tangled : SNARLED
21 Scratch (out) : EKE
23 __-Mex : TEX
24 Nearly invisible pest : GNAT
25 Medal metal : BRONZE
27 Shade tree that’s been pruned too severely? : TOPLESS BEECH
32 Accords, e.g. : CARS
35 Irish __ : SEA
36 Writer Dillard : ANNIE
37 Pie __ mode : A LA
38 Cook quickly : STIR FRY
41 Smidgen : TAD
42 Part of a network : MODEM
44 “What are you doing!?” : HEY
45 Stern greeting? : AHOY
46 Fruit tree in the royal orchard? : PEAR OF QUEENS
50 Easy-to-wash carpet : RAG RUG
51 Gumbo pod : OKRA
54 Ctrl-__-Del : ALT
56 As well : TOO
57 “How We Do (Party)” singer : RITA ORA
60 Clean out : PURGE
62 Recently developed conifer cultivar? : THE NEW YEW
64 Checkups : EXAMS
65 Help when one shouldn’t : ABET
66 Proactiv target : ACNE
67 Last stop, often : DEPOT
68 “Star Wars” film starring Alden Ehrenreich : SOLO
69 Pro choices? : YEAS
DOWN
1 Some embedded images : GIFS
2 Checking the age of, say : ID’ING
3 Aired again : RERAN
4 Research subjects with whiskers : LAB RATS
5 Garment that may match slippers : ROBE
6 Like Death Valley : ARID
7 Old fashioned rocks? : ICE
8 Elements of fiber optic communications : LASERS
9 NFL city with the smallest population : GREEN BAY
10 Sleep cycle : REM
11 Indefinite ordinal : UMPTEENTH
12 Sharp quality : BITE
13 “Mr. Roboto” band : STYX
18 Quartet member : ALTO
22 Levels, briefly : KO’S
25 Tight squeeze : BEAR HUG
26 __ garden : ZEN
28 Rose Parade setting? : PST
29 Island floral arrangement : LEI
30 “Later!” : CIAO
31 Lamarr in the National Inventors Hall of Fame : HEDY
32 Sleep in a tent : CAMP
33 Lotion additive : ALOE
34 Where a zipper may get caught? : RADAR TRAP
38 Exhaust-ive check? : SMOG TEST
39 Charge : FEE
40 Whiskey choice : RYE
43 MLB stat that’s good when it’s low : ERA
45 “Glad to take questions” : ASK AWAY
47 To counterpart : FRO
48 Target numbers : QUOTAS
49 Bill : NOTE
52 British automaker who partnered with Charles Rolls : ROYCE
53 Olympic venue : ARENA
54 Mirrored : APED
55 Fancy-schmancy : LUXE
57 Film spool : REEL
58 Excited about : INTO
59 Floors : AWES
61 Frankenfood initials : GMO
63 “Curb Your Enthusiasm” network : HBO
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