Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday March 16th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Semi-hard cheese : EDAM
5 Windows navigation aids : TABS
9 Come together : MERGE
14 Block party item? : LEGO
15 Memo abbr. : ASAP
16 Atlanta campus : EMORY
17 Heaps : A LOT
18 Baby Moses’ river : NILE
19 “Check it out!” : GO SEE
20 *Monday NFL contests, e.g. : NIGHT GAMES
23 Boo : JEER
24 Seemingly forever : EON
25 Architect’s work : DESIGN
27 “12 Days” septet : SWANS
30 Drink with formaggio : VINO
31 Spa sound : AAH!
33 Garden pest : APHID
34 Keto and South Beach : DIETS
35 Tech sch. near Albany, N.Y. : RPI
36 Transvaal settler : BOER
37 Newspaper VIPs : EDS
38 Econ. barometers : GDPS
39 Front-end car cover : BRA
40 First stage : ONSET
42 Skins : PEELS
43 ABA member : ATT
44 Quarterback-turned-analyst Tony : ROMO
45 “A Gallery of Children” author : MILNE
46 Food court pizza seller : SBARRO
48 Grafton who wrote 25 “Alphabet Mystery” books : SUE
49 WWI German vice admiral : SPEE
50 What happens on March 20, 2022, at 11:33 a.m. … and what both parts of the answers to starred clues are : WINTER ENDS
56 Analyze in a grammar lesson : PARSE
58 Perth put-offs : NAES
59 Joint malady : GOUT
60 Symbol for turning traffic : ARROW
61 Snake River jumper Knievel : EVEL
62 Stare in wonder : GAPE
63 Video call option : SKYPE
64 “Hey” assistant : SIRI
65 53-Down’s firstborn : SHEM
DOWN
1 Verve : ELAN
2 Sub contractor? : DELI
3 Visibly awed : AGOG
4 Light-loving flier : MOTH
5 Dances like the one seen in “Evita” : TANGOS
6 Thai or Laotian : ASIAN
7 Pain soother : BALM
8 Like a sprint winner : SPEEDIEST
9 Bit of RAM : MEG
10 Face with tears of joy, for one : EMOJI
11 *View from the Oval Office : ROSE GARDEN
12 *Granny Smith, e.g. : GREEN APPLE
13 Observer : EYER
21 Mind : TEND
22 Email tab : SENT
26 Palindromic 33-Down hit : SOS
27 *Multi-field athletic venue : SPORTS PARK
28 *Crunchy salad add-in : WHEAT BERRY
29 __ guitar : AIR
30 Vintage MTV staple : VIDEO
32 Villain’s welcome : HISS
33 26-Down group : ABBA
34 State capital on its own river : DES MOINES
38 Toothpaste choice : GEL
40 The Boston Bruins retired his #4 in 1979 : ORR
41 Swed. neighbor : NORW
42 Berth place : PIER
45 Granola relative : MUESLI
47 “Zeus and the Tortoise” storyteller : AESOP
48 Texas ranger? : STEER
49 Massage spots : SPAS
51 “Avatar” race : NA’VI
52 Breakfast items : EGGS
53 Biblical builder : NOAH
54 Hornswoggle : DUPE
55 Originate (from) : STEM
57 Lea grazer : EWE