LA Times Daily Crossword October 20, 2023 Answers

1. Soft side? 5. Recipient of a half-hearted gift? 8. "I'm all __" 12. Encouraging start 13. Square footage 15. Understood 16. "Alert: Yo-Yo's here!"? 19. Peak near Catania 20. Book end, perhaps 21. Breezy goodbye 23. Game, __, match 24. Machines used on a peacock farm? 28. Caribbean island with the Pitons 31. Tylenol target 32. Piggy bank addition 33. __ bunny 36. Performed a saut de chat, e.g. 39. Director Lee 40. Staple legumes, or parsed differently, what 16- and 24-Across did for 51- and 63-Across 42. Like some larb 43. Maestro Zubin 45. Tit for tat, maybe 46. Ages and ages 47. Reusable 5-Down 49. Goes deep 51. Really hot person in the cockpit? 55. Prof's email ender 56. Philip Marlowe genre 57. Story with a lesson 61. Ruckuses 63. Wooden model of an Italian city? 67. Uncomfortable sensation 68. Ilsa __: "Casablanca" heroine 69. Arthur who authored "A Hard Road to Glory" 70. Dark side of a notable pair 71. Chocolate brand owned by Berkshire Hathaway

1. Question of permission 2. So much 3. Poker variety 4. "Live it up!" 5. Groceries carrier 6. To, the contrary 7. "Go get it," to a dog 8. Just scrape (out) 9. Picnic snack that appears to have picnic invaders 10. Not allow to expire 11. Goes after a fly 14. Tahiti sweetie 17. Board VIP 18. Org. with sponsored Medicare plans 22. Australian gems 25. Many a "Veep" role 26. Say "neener neener," say 28. Deception 29. Vocal quality 30. Small salad and half a sandwich, say 34. Pig pad 35. Actress Hedren 37. Window section 38. Lob 40. Exempli gratia, e.g. 41. Relax 44. Ore-Ida offering 46. Requires 48. Son of Seth 50. Sch. with a Twin Cities campus 51. Marshall McLuhan focus 52. Uses Photoshop 53. Bhagavad-__ 54. A bit steep 58. Word with blood or moon 59. Rural road 60. Finishes 62. Pronoun option 64. Flat-iron brand 65. 2023 role for Ryan, Simu, Kingsley, and others