Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday January 26th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Natural sand bank : BERM
5 Historic times : AGES
9 Standing at attention, say : ERECT
14 Diva’s solo : ARIA
15 Meter starter : DECI-
16 Cookie maker’s tool : MIXER
17 Oxymoronic ’80s sci-fi film title : BACK TO THE FUTURE
20 “Jeopardy!” contestant : ASKER
21 Cub slugger : SOSA
22 Paradise : EDEN
23 Anasazi home setting : MESA
25 “__ the season … ” : ‘TIS
27 Crowd no., often : EST
28 Out-of-the-way access : SIDE ENTRANCE
33 It’s its own square : ONE
34 Nice water? : EAU
35 Lanai greeting : ALOHA
39 ’70s-’80s series about the Drummond family … and what the starts of four long answers are : DIFF’RENT STROKES
44 Enjoying a scone, maybe : AT TEA
45 Call to Jude? : HEY
46 RN workplaces : ORS
47 Place for a pen : BREAST POCKET
52 African snake : ASP
55 Major NJ airport : EWR
56 Prepare to mail : SEAL
57 Small deer : ROES
59 NYC’s __ River : EAST
61 Salamanca snacks : TAPAS
65 Seafood order : BUTTERFLY SHRIMP
68 Frisky swimmer : OTTER
69 “The Clan of the Cave Bear” protagonist : AYLA
70 Fencing tool : EPEE
71 Feature of Mike and Ike candy? : RHYME
72 Pour : TEEM
73 Look after : TEND
DOWN
1 Quick Draw’s sidekick __ Looey : BABA
2 Historic times : ERAS
3 “Casablanca” hero : RICK
4 Bully’s challenge : MAKE ME
5 Turmoil : ADO
6 Enjoys the beach, say : GETS A TAN
7 Canyon comeback : ECHO
8 Afternoon break : SIESTA
9 Long-legged runner : EMU
10 Serious ceremony : RITE
11 Radiate : EXUDE
12 Roman goddess of agriculture : CERES
13 Stoke-on-__: English city : TRENT
18 Plant with a trunk : TREE
19 Gladly, to Shakespeare : FAIN
24 Old-time knife : SNEE
26 Sign of surgery : SCAR
28 Pop at a counter : SODA
29 Down but not out : IN IT
30 Slick : DEFT
31 Babe and a doctor : RUTHS
32 “Do Ya” rock gp. : ELO
36 “That’s enough!” : OK OK!
37 “You are __”: mall map info : HERE
38 Exec.’s helper : ASST
40 Big mo. for chocolate purchases : FEB
41 Steakhouse order : RARE
42 Established method : SET STYLE
43 Work at a keyboard : TYPE
48 Pretty pitcher : EWER
49 1994 Peace co-Nobelist with Rabin and Peres : ARAFAT
50 Solemn vow : OATH
51 Brit’s Bordeaux : CLARET
52 Garden recess : ARBOR
53 TV’s “__ Park” : SOUTH
54 Tom of the Traveling Wilburys : PETTY
58 Stop, as a flow : STEM
60 Roy Rogers’ birth name : SLYE
62 Plumbing part : PIPE
63 “Right you are!” : AMEN
64 Went too fast : SPED
66 Before, to a poet : ERE
67 Yosemite __ : SAM