Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday February 15th 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Tool that can be a musical instrument : SAW
4 Not berthed : ASEA
8 Designated : TERMED
14 Confidentiality contract: Abbr. : NDA
15 Spider-Man co-creator Lee : STAN
16 Prophecy source : ORACLE
17 Get-together with a sketchy vibe? : OFF PARTY
19 Beam benders : PRISMS
20 Cookie-based dessert : OREO PIE
21 Spanish “those” : ESOS
22 Salon job : PERM
23 Marketer’s blitz campaign? : PR INCREASE
28 Affirmative replies : YESES
30 General on a menu : TSO
31 Sign of healing : SCAB
32 __ Cruces, New Mexico : LAS
34 “Yeah, I guess” : SURE
36 Pickleball shot : LOB
37 Intercom call on Take Your Child to Work Day? : SON TO SEE YOU
40 Mud bath spot : SPA
42 Bash who co-hosts CNN’s “State of the Union” : DANA
43 Mo : SEC
44 The Buckeye State : OHIO
46 WNBA official : REF
47 A few bucks, say : STAGS
51 Shake Weight and The Flex Belt, per their infomercials? : BOD RIPPERS
55 Heaps : A LOT
56 Limo destination : PROM
57 Jack up : ELEVATE
59 Nut used to make vegan cheese : CASHEW
62 Cold Hawaiian treat … or a directive followed four times in this puzzle? : SHAVE ICE
63 Understood by few : ARCANE
64 Despise : HATE
65 Org. with seven teams in Canada : NHL
66 “This Is Spinal Tap” director : REINER
67 Lyft competitor : UBER
68 Game Boy batteries : AAS
DOWN
1 Beagle who pilots an imaginary Sopwith Camel : SNOOPY
2 Like premium streaming services : AD FREE
3 Communion rounds : WAFERS
4 Urgent letters : ASAP
5 Narrow piece : STRIP
6 Foodie website covering 25 metro areas : EATER
7 “__ takers?” : ANY
8 Arcade achievements : TOP SCORES
9 Bad move : ERROR
10 Ups the ante : RAISES
11 Telethon VIPs : MCS
12 Blight-stricken tree : ELM
13 __ Moines : DES
18 Grapefruit kin : POMELO
21 Succeed : ENSUE
24 “You can come out now” : IT’S SAFE
25 Rights advocacy gp. : ACLU
26 __ Tomé and Príncipe : SAO
27 Recede : EBB
29 Hourglass stuff : SAND
33 Draw for some pictures : STAR POWER
35 Contact lens holders : EYES
37 Uttered : SAID
38 Hr. for an after-lunch nap, maybe : ONE PM
39 Interval of eight notes : OCTAVE
40 Cry noisily : SOB
41 Soup with rice noodles : PHO
45 Anne of Green Gables, for one : ORPHAN
48 “Riverdale” actress Huffman : ALAINA
49 “Caught red-handed!” : GOTCHA
50 Braces (oneself) : STEELS
52 Nobel-winning chemist Joliot-Curie : IRENE
53 Process that may involve PT or OT : REHAB
54 Roofing option : SLATE
58 Of all time : EVER
59 Subway unit : CAR
60 “What __ those?” : ARE
61 Bio or chem : SCI
62 Moo __ pork : SHU
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