LA TIMES CROSSWORD 14 NOV 23, TUESDAY ANSWERS
Complete List of Clues/Answers
Across
1 Yahtzee cubes : DICE
5 Load to bear : ONUS
9 Includes on an email : CCS
12 Milky white gem : OPAL
13 Exactly right : SPOT ON
15 Barrister’s field : LAW
16 *Device that crushes pungent cloves : GARLIC PRESS
18 Unlock, in verse : OPE
19 Shared values : ETHOS
20 “Tag, __ it!” : YOU’RE
22 Puts on : DONS
24 *Go swimming in one’s birthday suit : SKINNY-DIP
27 Domino dimple : PIP
28 Flexible blackjack card : ACE
30 Letters accompanying college apps : RECS
31 Maker of Calm + Restore skin care products : AVEENO
33 Sheep sound : BAA!
34 Threesome : TRIO
38 Come to a satisfying conclusion, and what the answer to each starred clue literally has : WORK OUT IN THE END and WORKOUT IN THE END
41 Wild guess : STAB
42 P-like Greek letter : RHO
43 Apple AirPod, e.g. : EARBUD
44 Qatari leader : EMIR
46 __ deco : ART
47 Some coll. degrees : BSS
48 *Perm style popular in the 1980s and early 1990s : JHERI CURL
52 Olympic sword : EPEE
54 Vampire teeth : FANGS
55 Video game pioneer : ATARI
57 Tot : KID
58 *Very little, informally : DIDDLY-SQUAT
64 “World of Dance” judge, to fans : J.LO
65 Make a minister : ORDAIN
66 Constellation bear : URSA
67 << on a remote: Abbr. : REW 68 Rapper Lil Uzi __ : VERT 69 Yellowstone grazers : ELKS
Down
1 “Best in Show” animal : DOG
2 Hoppy brew letters : IPA
3 Sedan, e.g. : CAR
4 Astronaut Ochoa who was the first Latina in space : ELLEN
5 Stand against : OPPOSE
6 Scandinavian language, to its speakers : NORSK
7 Native people of Colorado : UTE
8 Distress call : SOS
9 Sun block? : CLOUD
10 __ pants: warm-weather wear : CAPRI
11 Use a broom : SWEEP
13 PTA meeting place : SCH
14 “Bye Bye Bye” boy band : NSYNC
17 “Hard pass” : IT’S A NO
21 Bivalve in a bed : OYSTER
22 Golfer’s gouge : DIVOT
23 Rossini composition : OPERA
25 Tehran’s land : IRAN
26 Less of a mess : NEATER
27 Bear hands : PAWS
29 Journalist Katie who guest-hosted “Jeopardy!” in 2021 : COURIC
32 Actress Anita of “La Dolce Vita” : EKBERG
33 Sci. course : BIO
35 Yeshiva leader : REBBE
36 Occupied : IN USE
37 Betting numbers : ODDS
39 Drive-__ window : THRU
40 Trash-talking types : HATERS
45 Bungle : MISDO
46 Writing movement rooted in internet culture : ALT-LIT
48 Jackie O’s son : JFK JR
49 Selassie of Ethiopia : HAILE
50 Fund : ENDOW
51 Storm-tracking aid : RADAR
53 Arouse, as interest : PIQUE
56 Author Rand : AYN
59 Hip-hop producer Gotti : IRV
60 1950s political monogram : DDE
61 Bookmarked link : URL
62 Invite (to) : ASK
63 Prof’s assistants : TAS