Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday October 10th 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Chess piece that’s often the first to be played : PAWN
5 [I’m shocked!] : GASP
9 “I’m Every Woman” singer Chaka __ : KHAN
13 Gobi locale : ASIA
14 “__ girl!” : ATTA
15 Sweet sandwich : S’MORE
16 Junior : THIRD YEAR
18 “No kidding!” : THAT SO
19 Black and blue, say : BICOLOR
20 Top : SHIRT
21 Stomach : GUT
22 Age of Attila’s reign : FIFTH CENTURY
26 Question that introduces doubt : OR IS IT
28 Writers McEwan and Fleming : IANS
29 Pollen gatherer : BEE
30 Bagless vacuum pioneer : DYSON
31 Japanese box lunch : BENTO
33 Warning with a URL : NSFW
34 Like some Adventist Protestants : SEVENTH DAY
37 Ticklish Muppet : ELMO
40 Came to light : AROSE
41 Changes direction : VEERS
45 Campground inits. : KOA
46 Mashed avocado, for short : GUAC
47 Litter box user : PET CAT
48 Almost too late : ELEVENTH HOUR
52 Lucy of “Charlie’s Angels” : LIU
53 Squander : WASTE
54 Fingertip-to-fingertip measurement : ARM SPAN
56 Chooses : ELECTS
58 Popular television programming block, and an apt title for this puzzle : PRIME TIME
60 Mojave landforms : MESAS
61 Fencing sword : EPEE
62 North __ Sea: lake fed by the Syr Darya river : ARAL
63 Like a cereal bar : OATY
64 Opinion sampling : POLL
65 Govt.-issued IDs : SSNS
DOWN
1 Gentle touch : PAT
2 San Francisco street crossing Haight : ASHBURY
3 Arm pain from playing too much Nintendo : WIIITIS
4 DEA agent : NARC
5 Bookstore section with Jeanette Winterson and Andrew Sean Greer : GAY LIT
6 Tasted, quaintly : ATE OF
7 Get-go : START
8 Average : PAR
9 Target rival : KMART
10 Jacuzzis : HOT TUBS
11 Talk Like a Pirate Day sounds : ARS
12 New prefix : NEO-
15 Lower legs : SHINS
17 Get by : DO FINE
18 Official approval : THE NOD
20 Rip into : SCATHE
21 Mars, for one : GOD
23 Clues : HINTS
24 One who makes sure fighting between the Sharks and the Jets doesn’t get out of hand? : REF
25 Archery wood : YEW
27 Average : SO-SO
31 Rip into : BERATE
32 Cain’s oldest son : ENOCH
33 Russian “no” : NYET
35 Crows about : VAUNTS
36 Disinclined (to) : AVERSE
37 __ out a living : EKE
38 “ur soooo funny!” : LOL
39 “I’m No Angel” star : MAE WEST
42 Oblong pastries : ECLAIRS
43 1988 Best Picture : RAIN MAN
44 “The Simpsons” disco guy : STU
46 Knight’s tales : GESTS
47 Wallop : PUMMEL
49 Brief holiday? : VACAY
50 Silent Marx brother : HARPO
51 Bay window : ORIEL
55 Education advocacy gps. : PTAS
56 Punk subgenre : EMO
57 Grassy expanse : LEA
58 High spirits : PEP
59 High trains : ELS
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