Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday September 23rd, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Material for a “No. 1” finger : FOAM
5 Squarish : BOXY
9 Maddow’s channel : MSNBC
14 Give the -over : ONCE
15 Mountaineer’s goal : ACME
16 “Word has it … ” : I HEAR
17 What “vintage” often means : USED
18 Perlman of “Barbie” : RHEA
19 “Impossible!” : NO WAY
20 *Lines on a family tree : RELATIONSHIPS
23 Grimm offerings : TALES
24 Life hack, e.g. : TIP
25 Far from festive : SAD
28 Fills fully : SATES
31 Having limits : FINITE
33 Gift topper : BOW
36 *Treated unseriously : MADE LIGHT OF
38 Cornell University’s namesake : EZRA
40 NAACP co-founder B. Wells : IDA
41 Fallon predecessor : LENO
42 *App with layered satellite images : GOOGLE EARTH
47 Take a gander : SEE
48 West Coast burger chain : IN-N-OUT
49 Water nymph in Greek mythology : NAIAD
51 Not pos. : NEG
52 Setting for a mad scientist : LAB
54 Writer’s first effort : DRAFT
57 Feeling euphoric, and what the answers to the starred clues literally are : FILLED WITH JOY
62 British pop singer Lewis : LEONA
64 Get as a reward : EARN
65 Unpartnered : LONE
66 2020 film about Shaggy’s canine sidekick : SCOOB
67 “The Star-Spangled Banner” topic : FLAG
68 Really rankles : IRKS
69 A little eccentric : DOTTY
70 Doesn’t gulp down : SIPS
71 Driver on a movie set : ADAM
DOWN
1 Final __: March Madness round : FOUR
2 First stage : ONSET
3 Speedy Northeast Corridor train : ACELA
4 Olympian’s haul : MEDALS
5 Worker with a daily grind? : BARISTA
6 Nueve preceder : OCHO
7 Superheroes trained at Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters : X-MEN
8 Sourdough starter component : YEAST
9 Little pet that may be pot-bellied : MINI-PIG
10 Boutique : SHOP
11 Vox, Axios, Reuters, et al. : NEWS SITES
12 Barnyard bleat : BAA!
13 React to a tearjerker : CRY
21 Squad : TEAM
22 Audiophile’s apparatus : HI-FI
26 Show remorse : ATONE
27 Crusoe creator : DEFOE
29 Actress Falco : EDIE
30 Midsize car : SEDAN
32 Org. with Kraken on ice : NHL
33 Get the ball rolling : BEGIN
34 Stratospheric shield : OZONE
35 Metaphor for a bad start : WRONG FOOT
37 Fictional archaeologist Croft : LARA
39 In the past : AGO
43 Newborn soother : LULLABY
44 Citation abbr. : ET AL
45 Old news? : TIDINGS
46 Comedian Kevin : HART
50 Mexican flower : DAHLIA
53 Issues to gripe about : BEEFS
55 Nordic cruise sight : FJORD
56 Toy truck brand : TONKA
58 Playing to break a tie, briefly : IN OT
59 “Melting clocks” painter Salvador : DALI
60 Lunch order in a wheat tortilla : WRAP
61 Old-timey assent : YES’M
62 Trippy drug : LSD
63 Sustainability prefix : ECO-
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