Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday October 24th 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Three, so they say : CROWD
6 “You’re a riot” : HA HA
10 Monterey __ cheese : JACK
14 Prying tool : LEVER
15 Pizazz : ELAN
16 Not pro : ANTI
17 Mimic’s talent : APERY
18 “So tasty!” : NOM NOM NOM
20 Disco hit with the repeated lyric “How do you like it?” : MORE MORE MORE
22 Naval initials : USS
23 French agreement : OUI
24 Polite child’s reply : YES MOM
28 Bit of plastic foam packing material : PEANUT
30 Soviet news agency : TASS
32 Director DuVernay : AVA
33 Crisis unit : SWAT TEAM
35 Sink-cleaning brand : AJAX
36 Dance syllables : CHA-CHA-CHA
39 Roll up, as a flag : FURL
42 Volatile types : HOTHEADS
45 Green who played Vesper Lynd in “Casino Royale” : EVA
46 Slender woodwind : OBOE
48 “Earthsea” series writer __ K. Le Guin : URSULA
50 Big name in pianos and motorcycles : YAMAHA
52 Army fare, briefly : MRE
53 Baseball great Hodges inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2022 : GIL
54 “Exactly right!” : DING DING DING
58 “Wait for it” : DOT DOT DOT
61 New wave band __ Boingo : OINGO
62 In that case : IF SO
63 Sunup direction : EAST
64 ATM key : ENTER
65 Überfan : STAN
66 Sazerac spirits : RYES
67 Retail outlet : STORE
DOWN
1 Refuse to answer questions : CLAM UP
2 Takes a rest : REPOSES
3 Supervised : OVERSAW
4 “Where __ we?” : WERE
5 Sign of dehydration : DRY MOUTH
6 Painter Matisse : HENRI
7 Natural balm : ALOE
8 Soccer legend Mia : HAMM
9 Drives bonkers : ANNOYS
10 LeBron who broke Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s NBA scoring record in 2023 : JAMES
11 Novelist Patchett : ANN
12 Exec who’s good at networking? : CTO
13 Crime-fighting teen toon __ Possible : KIM
19 Mine yields : ORES
21 “Straight __ Compton” : OUTTA
25 Capt.’s boss : MAJ
26 Egg cells : OVA
27 Tops : MAX
29 Table salt, to a chemist : NACL
30 Chevy model that shares a name with a lake : TAHOE
31 Amo, amas, __ : AMAT
34 Sound in an empty hallway : ECHO
35 Penlight batteries : AAAS
37 Device for making butter : CHURN
38 “Wish me luck!” : HERE GOES
39 Writer/actress Tina who graduated from 40-Down : FEY
40 Charlottesville sch. : UVA
41 Aries animal : RAM
43 Explored deeply : DUG INTO
44 Burger preparer, in diner slang : SLINGER
46 State on Lake Erie : OHIO
47 Friendly back-and-forth : BANTER
49 Dick Cheney’s predecessor : AL GORE
51 Optional feature : ADD-ON
52 Fielding gloves : MITTS
55 Aussie mate-ing call? : G’DAY
56 Two tablets, maybe : DOSE
57 By __ of: due to : DINT
58 Put down : DIS
59 Over and again, in poetry : OFT
60 LAX agency that’s not lax about safety : TSA
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