Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday May 21st 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Support that’s often rigged : MAST
5 Role, metaphorically : HAT
8 Pair sharing a <3 necklace, probably : BFFS
12 Instruments in some Gershwin works : ALTO SAXES
15 “I don’t mind __ / Except as meals. / And the way they feels”: Nash : EELS
16 Tabula rasa : CLEAN SLATE
18 Joie de vivre : ELAN
19 Susan who wrote, “The writer’s first job is not to have opinions but to tell the truth” : SONTAG
20 Sources of fleeting joy? : YACHTS
22 “Wrong hand, silly” : YOUR OTHER RIGHT
26 Active front? : RETRO-
27 Postulant : NOVICE
28 Grace period? : AMEN
31 “Toodles!” : TA-TA
33 Tree on the Lebanese flag : CEDAR
34 Latin law : LEX
35 Place to get high and pass out? : TOP BUNK
37 Rx writers, often : DRS
38 Device that requires spin control : LATHE
40 Inoculation fluids : SERA
41 Literary alter ego : HYDE
42 Self-consoling sigh : I TRIED
44 Animal in Aboriginal cave paintings : DINGO
46 Line on a handwriting test : NEATNESS COUNTS
50 One of two tarot card groups : ARCANA
51 Went viral : BLEW UP
53 State whose road signs feature 8-Downs : UTAH
54 Academic term : SCHOOL YEAR
57 Nice parent : MERE
58 Dessert with a high point : SOFT SERVE
59 Son of Hera : ARES
60 GRE org. : ETS
61 Like a fly ball to the warning track : DEEP
DOWN
1 Safari runners : MACS
2 Heterogenous union : ALLOY
3 One working with a dictator : STENO
4 Perfectly : TO A TURN
5 Lacks options : HAS GOT TO
6 Rose up on stage : AXL
7 Leaves in a pot : TEA
8 Symbol of 53-Across : BEEHIVE
9 Was awash in euphoria : FELT GIDDY
10 Study aid : FLASH CARD
11 Three-part fig. : SSN
13 Bag : SNARE
14 Eyelid issue : STYE
17 Make dough or bread : EARN
21 Earthenware vessel : CROCK
23 Bags : TRAPS
24 Breeding grounds : HOTBEDS
25 Clipped : TERSE
28 Wiped out : ALL IN
29 One having a cow? : MEAT EATER
30 Not well-done in the least : EXTRA RARE
32 Derived from gold : AURIC
35 Brandon __: Hilary Swank’s “Boys Don’t Cry” role : TEENA
36 Tiny tech powering Iron Man and Black Panther’s suits : NANOBOTS
39 Tours of duty : HITCHES
41 Sweet : HONEYED
43 Fox holes : DENS
45 “Mine! Mine! Mine!” criers in “Finding Nemo” : GULLS
47 Small pouches : SACS
48 Poetic contraction : ‘TWERE
49 Polished : SUAVE
52 Get set : PREP
53 Actress Thurman : UMA
55 Rowing implement? : HOE
56 Many times o’er : OFT
