Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday January 18th 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Droops : SAGS
5 Future yearling : FOAL
9 Lengthy test answer : ESSAY
14 Furrow maker : PLOW
15 Off course : AWRY
16 __ lazuli : LAPIS
17 To whom Rick says, “The Germans wore gray. You wore blue” : ILSA
18 Commits an email faux pas : REPLIES ALL
20 Wannabe : COPYCAT
22 Inscribe : ETCH
23 Lamb nurser : EWE
24 Unaccounted for, for short : AWOL
26 Prop for Gandalf : STAFF
29 Reader’s Digest co-founder Wallace : LILA
31 Stink : ODOR
33 Battery size : AAA
35 Space bar neighbor, on a PC : ALT KEY
37 Crowdsourced source, briefly : WIKI
38 Sass : LIP
39 Tempter of Odysseus : SIREN
40 Unit of resistance : OHM
41 Matches a bet : CALLS
43 Post-op area : ICU
44 Challenge : DARE
46 Undoing : DEMISE
47 Didn’t need to be let out : FIT
48 “Mamma Mia!” pop group : ABBA
49 Rider’s strap : REIN
50 Actress Birch : THORA
52 Greenish blue : TEAL
54 Gimlet liquor : GIN
57 Classic PC game : MYST
59 Words of apology : I’M SORRY
61 Salisbury Plain megaliths : STONEHENGE
65 Michigan, for one : LAKE
66 Justice Sotomayor : SONIA
67 Adderall target, briefly : ADHD
68 Plan from a nutritionist : DIET
69 Lack of musical talent : NO EAR
70 “Roar” singer Perry : KATY
71 Stops : ENDS
DOWN
1 Rub component : SPICE
2 Greenlight : ALLOW
3 Undeniably accurate statement : GOSPEL TRUTH
4 Convince : SWAY
5 Like a dreamy look : FARAWAY
6 Have because of : OWE TO
7 Dadaism pioneer Jean : ARP
8 Crocodile in Bernard Waber children’s books : LYLE
9 Fish that shock prey : ELECTRIC EELS
10 Beyoncé’s “I Am… ___ Fierce” : SASHA
11 Place for some “me time” : SPA
12 Feel off : AIL
13 DKNY rival : YSL
19 Generous response to 59-Across : IT’S OK
21 January 1 to December 31 : CALENDAR YEAR
25 Like sous vide cooking : LOW HEAT
27 Downpour, or when parsed another way, what can be found in this puzzle’s sets of circles : FALLING RAIN or FALLIN’ GRAIN
28 Stops working : FAILS
30 Barinholtz of “The Mindy Project” : IKE
32 Not so bright : DIM
34 Semicircular church area : APSE
35 “Dream on” : AS IF
36 Permitted by law : LICIT
40 Poetic sphere : ORB
42 French pal : AMI
45 Embarrass : ABASH
46 Hybrid genre : DRAMEDY
51 Labor __ vincit: Oklahoma motto : OMNIA
53 Small cube? : EIGHT
55 Got to : IRKED
56 Russian refusals : NYETS
58 Hardwood used for pricey salad bowls : TEAK
60 Shoppe adjective : OLDE
61 Oft-redacted ID : SSN
62 In addition : TOO
63 Number of players needed to play solitaire : ONE
64 Secret-protecting doc : NDA
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