Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday September 16th, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 ABC show for early risers, briefly : GMA
4 Cut, as logs : SAWED
9 Button on a job listing website : APPLY
14 Grammy winners _ Tigres del Norte : LOS
15 Muscat resident : OMANI
16 Celtic priest of old : DRUID
17 Fraternal organization venue : ELKS LODGE
19 Musical instrument similar to the xylophone, familiarly : VIBES
20 On the line : AT STAKE
21 Gloomy : GRIM
23 Device at a parking spot : METER
24 Desk accessory that might coordinate with a wrist rest : MOUSE PAD
28 Oscar hopeful : NOMINEE
31 Turn into : BECOME
32 Functions : USES
33 Knowledgeable about : UP ON
34 Place to adopt a new pet, or what is found in 17-, 24-, 49-, and 59-Across? : ANIMAL SHELTER
40 Latch (onto) : GLOM
41 Mystical glow : AURA
42 Kenya’s continent : AFRICA
45 Knotty : GNARLED
49 Emphasizes passionately : RAMS HOME
51 Salami choice : GENOA
53 Shoe bottom : SOLE
54 Ugly garment at many a holiday party : SWEATER
56 Pinkberry dessert, familiarly : FROYO
59 “Land ho!” caller’s spot : CROW’S NEST
61 Starts of some renovation projects, informally : DEMOS 62 _ Major: constellation with Sirius, the Dog Star : CANIS
63 Many ICU pros : RNS
64 Rascal : ROGUE
65 Actress Harmon : ANGIE
66 Pigpen : STY
DOWN
1 Twinkle : GLEAM
2 Liquefied by heat, as lava or metal : MOLTEN
3 Invites out for : ASKS TO
4 Room with a lot of natural light : SOLARIUM
5 Frenzied : AMOK
6 Get ready to start fly-fishing, say : WADE
7 U.K. part : ENG
8 Soccer great Maradona : DIEGO
9 Counsel : ADVISE
10 Quality piece of meat : PRIME CUT
11 Irish tavern : PUB
12 Falsehood : LIE
13 NFL gains : YDS
18 Originate (from) : STEM
22 Create friction : RUB
24 Email, e.g. : MESSAGE
25 Title for Robert Prevost since May 8, 2025 : POPE
26 Common topic for a bachata crooner : AMOR
27 Lair : DEN
29 Govt. intel org. : NSA
30 Skinny swimmer : EEL
34 Automaker _ Romeo : ALFA
35 Par for the course : NORM
36 Words of longing : I MISS YOU
37 Roman Empire raider : HUN
38 Stretch of history : ERA
39 Philanthropist’s quality : LARGESSE
40 Skinny swimmer : GAR
43 Cast a ballot, say : CHOOSE
44 Pioneering ISP : AOL
46 Like a small, efficient team : LEAN
47 Goes through an open door : ENTERS
48 “That _ seem right” : DOESN’T
50 Site where the Quran was first revealed to Muhammad : MECCA
52 Overly intellectual, maybe : ARTSY
54 Spotify selection : SONG
55 1940s conflict, for short : WWII
56 U.S. pres. for most of 55-Down : FDR
57 __ Speedwagon : REO
58 Texter’s “No way!” : OMG
60 Published : RAN
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