As for usual, copy to TXT file, save it and then load that in Across Lite to get your PUZ file.
<ACROSS PUZZLE V2>
<TITLE>
LA Times, Mon, Mar 9, 2020
<AUTHOR>
Fred Piscop / Ed. Rich Norris
<COPYRIGHT>
© 2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC
<SIZE>
15x15
<GRID>
BIBLE.VAPOR.FCC
IDIOT.ALONE.ILL
BANANASPLIT.SUE
...FANS.SOOTHER
LOWE.GAG.NORISK
INERT.RAWSKIN..
MENSAN.MAO.OGRE
BAT.SEWEDUP.HEX
SLOB.FED.PELOSI
..NAMETAG.DELIS
BOATER.YAW.TENT
ATTESTS.SHIM...
SHE.HITAHOMERUN
TEA.ETUDE.AGATE
ERR.DINOS.NOTED
<ACROSS>
Seminary book
E-cigarette output
Media-monitoring org.
__-proof: easy to operate
How the cheese stands, in a kids' song
"__ be in touch!"
*Fruity ice cream treat
Be litigious
Grandstand group
Cough syrup, e.g.
Chad or Rob of movies
Practical joke
Lacking a downside
Immobile
Chafing result
Smart set member
"Great Leap Forward" Chinese leader
Storybook fiend
Upside-down sleeper
Fixed, like the ends of the answers to starred clues
Put a jinx on
Messy roomie
Nourished
House speaker Nancy
Luggage tie-on
Shops with slicers
Gondolier, e.g.
Deviate from a course, at sea
MASH shelter
Declares to be true
Carpentry wedge
Nautical pronoun
*Knock one out of the park
Afternoon social
Chopin piece
Marble mineral
Write "mispell," say
"Jurassic Park" critters, briefly
Well-known
<DOWN>
Highchair wear
Wash. neighbor
TSA checkpoint container
Shoes sans laces
Sicilian volcano
Seven Sisters college
Tyrolean peak
C-SPAN figures, informally
French crockful with a cheesy crust
Captured back
*Place for rural anglers
Crossword hints
Checkout worker
"Life of Pi" director Lee
Common jazz combo
Tree branches
Shaq of NBA fame
*Won 10 in a row, say
2/2/20, for Super Bowl LIV
Many coll. lab instructors
Roll of bills
Egyptian queen in Tut's time
Amber, for one
Be
Like fresh nail polish
__ XING: crosswalk sign
Restrain, as one's breath
Captive's plea
Worked together perfectly
Serious cuts
Keep moist, as turkey
[none of the above]
Grinch victim
Zap with a Taser
Somali-born model
Pointless bother
Squeal on the mob
Rugged vehicle, for short
"Game of Thrones" patriarch Stark
