Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday September 27th 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Flowerbox place : SILL
5 Hubbub : STIR
9 Use a 26-Down : SHAVE
14 Nabisco cookie : OREO
15 Gallant one : HERO
16 Wonder Woman’s rope : LASSO
17 *Ray Winstone/Ben Kingsley crime drama : SEXY BEAST
19 “Touch of Evil” director Welles : ORSON
20 Some remote batteries : AAAS
21 Bacon pieces : STRIPS
22 *Period of anxiety that may be brought on by facing one’s mortality : MIDLIFE CRISIS
27 Apartment, say : UNIT
28 “You __ to be there” : HAD
29 Put away : STOW
32 Some DVD players : SONYS
34 Assessed, with “up” : SIZED
36 Actor Vigoda : ABE
37 Vampire vaporizer : SUN
38 Fashionable, or an apt description of the ends of the answers to the starred clues : A LA MODE
40 Not gross : NET
41 Examine critically : EYE
42 Waffle : WAVER
43 First few pages of many books : INTRO
45 Feudal laborer : SERF
47 Neither’s partner : NOR
48 Japanese noodle : UDON
49 *Folded missile in a classroom : PAPER AIRPLANE
54 Parking spots : SPACES
56 “Agreed!” : DEAL
57 Eagle’s perch : AERIE
58 *Spot to store valuables when traveling : HOTEL SAFE
63 Pertaining to birth : NATAL
64 Disney snowman : OLAF
65 “__ go bragh!” : ERIN
66 Do up, as hair : STYLE
67 Guitar tuners : PEGS
68 Lean (toward) : TEND
DOWN
1 “Help!” letters : SOS
2 Anger : IRE
3 Supervillain Luthor who co-founded the Injustice League : LEX
4 Faithfulness : LOYALTY
5 Bundle of harvested grain : SHEAF
6 Poke fun at : TEASE
7 Org. with many auditors : IRS
8 Spoil : ROT
9 Casino machines : SLOTS
10 Vice president Kamala : HARRIS
11 Prosecutor’s deputy, for short : ASSISTANT DA
12 Initials on a brandy bottle : VSOP
13 Ages upon ages : EONS
18 “Wow at first sip” brand : BAI
21 Allied (with) : SIDED
22 Dishevels, as hair : MUSSES
23 Senator for whom Honolulu’s airport is named : INOUYE
24 Occasion to use the good china : DINNER PARTY
25 Fire-breathing Greek monster : CHIMERA
26 Stubble remover : RAZOR
30 “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” king : OBERON
31 Slobbery kiss : WET ONE
33 Watched : SAW
34 Really relish : SAVOR
35 “Agnus __” : DEI
39 Features of a bowling alley : LANES
44 Mathematical void symbolized by { } : NULL SET
46 Treatment that may involve a peel : FACIAL
50 “Nope” writer/director Jordan : PEELE
51 Luggage label : ID TAG
52 Hangouts for some schools? : REEFS
53 Friend : PAL
54 Without : SANS
55 Organic fuel : PEAT
58 Short jump : HOP
59 Copa Mundial cheer : OLE
60 What “will be” will be : ARE
61 Sign of a shark : FIN
62 Goal : END
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