LA Times Daily Crossword September 22, 2023 Answers

1. Chow down 4. Military bigwigs 9. Bar codes? 13. Injure severely 15. "This __ to be good" 16. Hemoglobin mineral 17. College chem course, informally 18. Basketry willow 19. Actress Garr 20. Big name in 1980s heartland rock 23. Opening words 24. "Pomp and Circumstance" composer 25. Leslie __ Jr. of "Hamilton" 28. Not much 32. Some suede kicks 37. One who may be shorthanded at work? 38. Wish undone 39. Flag 41. "Baby Cobra" comedian Wong 42. Hub city for Royal Jordanian Airlines 45. "If I Were King of the Forest" singer 48. Oh so very 50. Turn on an axis 51. Medieval Times prop 54. Shot-putter? 58. Frustratingly difficult, and an apt title for this puzzle 63. Brainstorm 64. Established beliefs 65. Tall birds 66. Is appropriate 67. Get 100% on the test 68. Movie theater drink 69. Quartet for Jennifer Hudson, for short 70. Question type 71. BOS rivals

1. Japanese term whose similarity to "emotion" is coincidental 2. Crooner Neville 3. Snug 4. Market upswing 5. Scheme 6. Spry 7. Narrow racing boat 8. "__ Nona": Tomie dePaola picture book 9. English major's course, informally 10. Geometry calculation 11. Wriggly bait 12. Clean up loose ends, in a way 14. Basketball Hall of Famer Earl "The Pearl" __ 21. Symphonic finale 22. Snags 26. Allowed 27. Chi-town exchange, with "the" 29. Dark greenish blue 30. Part of YOLO 31. Wrap that shouldn't be microwaved 32. Brit twit 33. Sport that's big in Japan 34. Sought-after fish 35. Hundred Acre Wood kid 36. Females with pig tails 40. Bud 43. No less than 44. Ark-itect? 46. Step up 47. Low pair 49. Not now 52. "Time in a Bottle" singer 53. Margins 55. "Will Trent" star Rodríguez 56. Den 57. Many an assignment in 9-Down 58. Board game with car-shaped tokens 59. "Capisce!" 60. Atkins variant 61. "Sign me up!" 62. Gp. headed by Jens Stoltenberg