LA Times Crossword January 5 2023 Answers

The complete list of answers to the LA Times Crossword published on January 5 2023.

79
Total Clues
39
Total Across
40
Total Down

Clues Across (39 total)

(1)
Fall into bed
(6)
Turn on
(11)
23andMe stuff
(14)
Santorini's sea
(16)
Holy scroll
(17)
Ref. work that added "influencer" in 2022
(18)
*Person destined for greatness
(20)
Early afternoon
(21)
Fizz liquor
(22)
Polished
(23)
Goes (for)
(25)
Pseudocultural
(27)
*Nocturnal bird known for its cry
(31)
Tea variety
(33)
Brass instrument
(34)
Arizona Wildcats coach Barnes
(35)
Chew the fat
(37)
Prefix with day or night
(38)
Irish golfer McIlroy
(39)
*Cocoa butter confection
(44)
Melville captain
(45)
Melber of MSNBC
(46)
Court
(47)
Drought-damaged
(48)
Fireplace stack
(50)
He-Man's twin
(54)
*Board-breaking move
(57)
Mario Paint console, initially
(58)
Black Power leader Kwame __
(59)
Chinese greeting
(62)
Chemical in some plastics, briefly
(63)
Goal
(64)
Nature's sonar, and what varies in the answers to the starred clues?
(68)
Slangy assent
(69)
Unoriginal
(70)
Least extroverted
(71)
"Give or take" ending
(72)
Talked up
(73)
"Ugh, I'll never be able to __ that!"

Clues Down (40 total)

(1)
Period with a noticeable lack of feline fossils
(2)
Employ again
(3)
"Men in Black" role
(4)
Wall Street regulatory org.
(5)
Chortles
(6)
Skunk aftermath
(7)
Four-time Pro Bowl quarterback who never made it to the Super Bowl
(8)
Affectional orientation abbr.
(9)
Bolted
(10)
2000s teen drama that introduced "Chrismukkah"
(11)
Pencil puzzle
(12)
Story line?
(13)
Big fuss
(15)
Japanese drama
(19)
Certain sib
(24)
Ancient kings who wore nemes headdresses
(26)
Jellystone resident
(28)
Actor Bana
(29)
Fund
(30)
Set down
(32)
End a fast
(36)
"If __ Street Could Talk"
(39)
Cereal with collectible boxes
(40)
Gruff protest
(41)
Lightweight clog
(42)
Singer's challenge
(43)
Spanish article
(44)
Request
(49)
Besmirched
(51)
Some gender-fluid people
(52)
Tranquility
(53)
Swahili for "thank you"
(55)
Pearly whites
(56)
Soup sometimes served with banh mi
(60)
Cooling systs.
(61)
Island near Kauai
(63)
Ghanaian writer __ Kwei Armah
(65)
Get weepy
(66)
With it
(67)
Sardine can

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