LA Times Daily Crossword November 16, 2023 Answers

1. Smartphone software 5. Air Force hotshot 8. New Jersey city south of Paramus 12. Take risks 13. Club __ 15. "Climb aboard!" 16. #1 17. Forming a tight group 19. #2 21. One learning the ropes 22. Rebel, in a way 25. #3 26. E-file org. 27. Roger Rabbit and Bugs Bunny 28. Hindu sage 29. #4 30. Home of the NCAA's Buckeyes 31. Hamilton notes 33. Smile that may be silly 35. Hurried, and what this puzzle's word ladder literally did in eight steps? 40. Mata __ 41. Get (into) carefully 42. Wearable souvenir 43. #5 45. Careful phrasing, perhaps 47. Feature of some 42-Acrosses 49. Flight coordinators: Abbr. 50. #6 51. Crystal-lined stones 52. False testimony 54. #7 55. Metaphor for a fresh start 57. #8 61. All eyes and ears 62. North __ Sea: Kazakh lake 63. Desierto's lack 64. Oodles 65. Useful Scrabble tile 66. Easy win

1. Pitches 2. Intimate 3. Debate side 4. Attaches, as a button 5. Fancy neckwear 6. Future stallion 7. Dean's email suffix 8. Petty of "Orange Is the New Black" 9. Stubbornly clinging to preconceived notions 10. Cabbage for tacos? 11. Gulp down 14. Wealthy New York family on HBO's "The Gilded Age" 15. Furnace output 18. Farm structures 20. Sheen 22. On 23. Start of a Mozart opera title 24. ATM feature 25. Questionable 28. African grazer 29. Gloss recipient 32. Copy cats? 34. Keanu of "The Matrix" 36. "WandaVision" actress Dennings 37. Parlor art, informally 38. Gospel singer Winans 39. Surprised cries 43. Purring snuggler 44. Verdi opera set in Cyprus 46. Safe havens 48. Within walking distance, say 50. Pre-euro Irish coin 51. Iona University athletes 53. Disturbs 54. K-12 fundraising gps. 56. "__ you for real?" 58. Before now 59. Total 60. Activate, as a 24-Down