Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday March 26th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Scholarly titles, briefly : DRS
4 Certain cephalopods : OCTOPI
10 Spaghetti strap top : CAMI
14 “Please tell me that didn’t happen!” : YOU DID WHAT
16 Rights activist Clooney : AMAL
17 Banishing acts : EXPULSIONS
18 Choice : WILL
19 Strategically placed whoopee cushion, say : JAPE
20 Waters down : THINS
22 Canine greeting : WAG
23 About half the weight of an average car : ONE TON
26 Request for a distraction : COVER ME
28 Flower plot : BED
29 Vulgar : LEWD
32 Hightail it : BUG OUT
33 King nicknamed “Longshanks” : EDWARD I
35 Pro fighter : ANTI
36 Cyborg detective of TV and film : INSPECTOR GADGET
40 Formal denial : NOT I
41 Email attention-getters : AT SIGNS
42 Shim, for example : SPACER
44 Slant : SPIN
45 Saw from behind? : WAS
48 Most charged : TENSEST
50 “Take a chill pill” : EASE UP
52 Include : ADD
53 Popular tech service : GMAIL
56 Goddess credited in a Milky Way origin account : HERA
57 Stat in standings : LOSS
59 Smallest Central American country : EL SALVADOR
62 Job under the hood : LUBE
63 Ones who see what you mean : LIP READERS
64 “Come Sail Away” rock band : STYX
65 Applies, as flattery : LAYS ON
66 Nanjiani’s “The Lovebirds” co-star : RAE
DOWN
1 Going platinum, maybe : DYE JOB
2 “Hunger” memoirist __ Gay : ROXANE
3 Ate dinner : SUPPED
4 Massage therapist’s supply : OIL
5 Vinyl successors : CDS
6 Buffoon : TWIT
7 Cry from one who knows the answer : OH OH
8 Near-the-deadline response, at times : PANIC
9 “Whatevs” : IT’S NO BIGGIE
10 Farm country avian cry : CAW
11 “You don’t doubt me, do you?” : AM I WRONG
12 Husky cousin : MALAMUTE
13 Doorbell response : I’LL GET IT
15 Song one can’t perform? : DUET
21 Dept. in a “Law & Order” spin-off : SVU
24 Shoppe name word : OLDE
25 It can be faked with air freshener : NEW CAR SMELL
27 “My heavens!” : EGADS!
30 Power measure : WATT
31 Refuse : DROSS
33 “Paradise Lost” et al. : EPICS
34 __ coffee : DRIP
36 Puts on the hard drive : INSTALLS
37 Left in disgust or fear, slangily : NOPED OUT
38 Is ready to act : STANDS BY
39 Oscar winner Paquin : ANNA
43 Brain scan inits. : EEG
45 Garden tool : WEEDER
46 Northern sky sight : AURORA
47 Minimalist : SPARSE
49 Shire of “Rocky” : TALIA
51 Herring type : SHAD
54 Road game : I SPY
55 Metallica drummer Ulrich : LARS
58 Census checkbox : SEX
60 Cancer follower : LEO
61 Soccer mom’s usual ride : VAN