Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday August 29th 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Kindergarten basics : ABCS
5 1996 film that earned Frances McDormand her first Oscar : FARGO
10 Tapped brew : BEER
14 Ever so : VERY
15 Cooked at home : ATE IN
16 Church recess : APSE
17 Business maj. : ECON
18 Java joint : COFFEE SHOP
20 Snooze : NAP
21 Cash dispensers : ATMS
22 Beginnings : ONSETS
23 Affixes in a scrapbook, say : GLUES
25 Not too late : IN TIME
26 In-demand spot at a busy bistro : EMPTY TABLE
30 Italian evening : SERA
32 __ number: product ID : SERIAL
33 Activate, as an alarm : TRIP
34 Resistance unit : OHM
37 Patio : TERRACE
40 Deed : ACT
41 Pedicure beneficiaries : TOES
43 Improper treatment : MISUSE
45 “Ignore that suggested edit” : STET
46 Source of lumbar support : BACK PILLOW
50 Muscle injury : STRAIN
52 Oscar-winning song from “Selma” : GLORY
53 With no markup : AT COST
54 “How’ve you __?” : BEEN
57 “His Dark Materials” actor __-Manuel Miranda : LIN
58 Deliberately ambiguous language, and an apt description of 18-, 26-, and 46-Across : DOUBLE-TALK
60 Edinburgh resident : SCOT
61 Poker pot starter : ANTE
62 Code with dots and dashes : MORSE
63 __ Alto, California : PALO
64 Clarinet need : REED
65 Concluded : ENDED
66 “… with __-foot pole!” : A TEN
DOWN
1 Get even for : AVENGE
2 “Don’t freak out” : BE CALM
3 Appear unexpectedly : CROP UP
4 Thesaurus entry: Abbr. : SYN
5 Indisputable point : FACT
6 Elemental particle : ATOM
7 Officials who may cry foul : REFS
8 Animated pic : GIF
9 Low-scoring tie : ONE-ONE
10 Jazz band member : BASSIST
11 Collectibles such as ticket stubs and matchbooks : EPHEMERA
12 Understood by a select few : ESOTERIC
13 Counts at a gym : REPS
19 Sinusitis doc : ENT
21 Until now : AS YET
24 Sci-fi film extras, briefly : ETS
25 “Let me see if that’s possible” : I’LL ASK
27 Italian three : TRE
28 Low-ranking soldier on base : AIRMAN
29 Relating to element 56 : BARIC
31 Fitting : APT
34 Bonus sports periods : OTS
35 Warm element in some massages : HOT STONE
36 Rom-com encounter : MEET-CUTE
38 Many a sports trophy : CUP
39 Endorse digitally : E-SIGN
42 Pulsed, as lights in a light show : STROBED
44 Bracket shape : ELL
46 Defiant retort : BITE ME
47 Meme feline : LOLCAT
48 Baltimore MLB player : ORIOLE
49 Jazz trumpeter Marsalis : WYNTON
51 Syst. with hand gestures : ASL
53 Hebrew month before Nisan : ADAR
54 The __ of Avon : BARD
55 Besides : ELSE
56 __ out a living : EKED
59 Immense weight : TON
60 Galentine’s Day destination, perhaps : SPA
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