LA Times Crossword Clues and Answers for May 17 2023

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LA Times Crossword Clues and Answers for May 17 2023

Below you will find a list of all the clues & answers within the LA Times crossword puzzle for May 17, 2023

  • ACROSS
Clue Answer
Gushed (about) RAVED
Employee badges for short IDS
1953 Alan Ladd Western SHANE
Former Weekend Today co-host Hill ERICA
Put to the test TRY
Super THECATSMEOW
Bring It on Home to Me singer Cooke SAM
Scolds loudly YELLSAT
Civil rights org. founded by a group that included W.E.B. Du Bois and Ida B. Wells NAACP
Legally Blonde role for Reese ELLE
Feature of an A-frame roof SLANT
Genesis drummer Collins PHIL
Wheels for the well-heeled LIMO
Feng shui force CHI
North Carolina college town ELON
The guy for ewe? RAM
Nicely done! and an apt description of 16- 23- 51- and 59-Across THATWASCOOL
Gymnast Mary __ Retton LOU
Rapper who plays Fin Tutuola ICET
Topekas st. KAN
River of Florence ARNO
No __ done HARM
Start of an encrypted web address HTTPS
Put on the payroll HIRE
Ish SORTA
Dreamy state REVERIE
Wall St. debut IPO
Nada NIL
Arizona governor Hobbs KATIE
well: is a good sign BODES
Hair product GEL
Fantastic bargain STEAL
Toe the line OBEY

  • DOWN
Clue Answer
Blast it! OHHELL
Spanish rice dish PAELLA
Relax as fists UNCLENCH
Sailing settings SEAS
Regain ones strength RESTUP
Sleeve ARM
Go head-to-head VIE
Prefix with footprint ECO
Occurs to with on DAWNS
Proclamation on some birth announcements ITSAGIRL
Old Greek coin DRACHMA
Runny nose or headache maybe SYMPTOM
Eye sores STYES
Chinese philosophical concept TAO
Have a runny nose or headache maybe AIL
Londons Globe for one THEATRE
Liquids that may be herb-infused OILS
Group of sheep FLOCK
Pad __: stir-fried noodle dish THAI
Like cheap wool ITCHY
Trevor who hosted the The Daily Show from 2015 to 2022 NOAH
Sushi option AHI
sauce WEAK
Like some training ONTHEJOB
Expiring as a subscription LAPSING
No-bake dessert with a cookie crust OREOPIE
Halloween mo. OCT
Former German chancellor Angela MERKEL
Diatribe TIRADE
Expensive PRICEY
Goes after ASSAILS
Emmy-winning series starring Jean Smart as a comedian HACKS
Rodent or snitch RAT
Picnicked ATE
Spy org. CIA

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