LA Times Daily Crossword September 29, 2023 Answers

1. Some twitches 5. Cicada predators 10. Challenges for nannies 14. Compatriot 15. Bracelet spot 16. "Smashing!" 17. Official portraitist for a Mongolian leader? 19. "Water for Elephants" novelist Gruen 20. Sinus infection woes 21. Sheer 22. Suddenly become alert 23. Tone down 25. Condiment for an Ottoman leader? 31. __ curls 34. Tends to a draft 35. Paris street 36. R&B singer Redding 37. Hitches 38. Cartoon girl who often says "Swiper, no swiping" to a masked fox 39. Web 40. Afternoon hr. 41. Creator of a cocky hare 42. Paltry stipend for a Middle Eastern leader? 45. Scoreboard count 46. Effect 50. Thrones 53. Alcoves 55. Stretched to the max 56. Humble abode for an Arab leader? 58. Hobby farm measure 59. Horror or mystery 60. Haitian friend 61. Comparison word 62. Jacket wool 63. Coat with gold leaf

1. Points of view 2. Omar of Congress 3. Civil War nurse Barton 4. Automatic transmission parts? 5. Pop art icon played by Bowie in "Basquiat" 6. Chip in a new pot 7. Goes downhill fast 8. "__ fix thx!" 9. Complete group 10. Keeping up (with) 11. Impossible Burger's lack 12. Peel 13. Lead 18. Cause trouble 21. Exploits 23. "The Imitation Game" encryption machine 24. Some 2BR listings 26. Creeds 27. Go with the flow 28. Aces 29. Italian bread? 30. Use a scythe on 31. Hip hop's __ Thugs-n-Harmony 32. Thing 33. Big name in credit cards 37. Huffy state 38. High-pile carpet style 40. Numbered piece 41. High spots 43. Raising a stink? 44. Barely cut 47. "Ditto," more formally 48. Poet Day-Lewis who wrote the Nigel Strangeways detective novels as Nicholas Blake 49. Expressed disapproval 50. RBI or ERA 51. A pop 52. Vibe picked up by a psychic, supposedly 53. Russo who plays Frigga in Marvel's "Thor" films 54. Dún Laoghaire's land 56. Rank above cpl. 57. Fell