Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday September 19th 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Like a grand-scale tale or fail : EPIC
5 Obligation : ONUS
9 Activist Thunberg who is the youngest Time Person of the Year : GRETA
14 Top-ranked : A-ONE
15 Eggplant __: Italian entree, briefly : PARM
16 Strung along : LED ON
17 Civil rights icon Parks : ROSA
18 Logician’s “therefore” : ERGO
19 Let me clarify … : I MEAN
20 Ability to keep cool under pressure : PRESENCE OF MIND
23 __ la vie! : C’EST
24 Labor Day mo. : SEPT
25 Small beards : SOUL PATCHES
29 Org. whose annual awards are presented at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena : CMA
32 Spare in a trunk : TIRE
33 Male pal : BRO
34 Deadly : LETHAL
36 Sought-after guests : A-LIST
38 Sr.’s nest egg acronym : IRA
40 Paper unit : SHEET
41 Laughs at the joke, say : GETS IT
43 Roxy Music co-founder Brian : ENO
45 Gutter spot : EAVE
46 Surname in the freezer aisle : EDY
47 Chile that’s among the hottest in the world : GHOST PEPPER
50 Hip and stylish : CHIC
51 Tangy : TART
52 I like your attitude!, and what can be said about the starts of 20-, 25-, and 47-Across? : THAT’S THE SPIRIT
58 Gaggle members : GEESE
59 Greek aperitif : OUZO
60 Good job : NICE
61 Clear kitchen wrap : SARAN
62 South American country with most of the world’s alpacas : PERU
63 Kept in the email loop : CC’ED
64 Build up : AMASS
65 __ on the roof / And kicked off the moss: lyrics in Elton John’s “Your Song” : I SAT
66 Squeezes (out) : EKES
DOWN
1 Wyatt of the Old West : EARP
2 Below average : POOR
3 State of self-doubt : INSECURITY
4 Never-ending : CEASELESS
5 Subwindow in a browser : OPEN TAB
6 Drug cop : NARC
7 Insist : URGE
8 Press into a small space : SMOOSH
9 Brief looks : GLIMPSES
10 Send money : REMIT
11 Genesis garden : EDEN
12 Frog kin : TOAD
13 __ Taylor Loft : ANN
21 Sixth sense letters : ESP
22 Sense : FEEL
25 Place for a play : STAGE
26 Lubricated : OILED
27 One more than bi- : TRI-
28 Pear centers : CORES
29 Rock band known for the power ballad “The Flame” : CHEAP TRICK
30 Novelist Binchy : MAEVE
31 Change : ALTER
35 Political treatise by Machiavelli : THE PRINCE
37 Makes less loose, as screws : TIGHTENS
39 Aardvark’s morsel : ANT
42 Watch __ space : THIS
44 Decides to withdraw : OPTS OUT
48 Squid kin : OCTOPI
49 The Raven poet’s monogram : EAP
50 Homes in Havana : CASAS
52 United group : TEAM
53 Olympian queen who cursed Echo : HERA
54 Tints : HUES
55 Vampire Weekend lead singer Koenig : EZRA
56 Drink brand with a polar bear in its logo : ICEE
57 Bill & __ Excellent Adventure : TED’S
58 Govt. property overseer : GSA
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