Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday January 2nd 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Safari find : SITE
5 Debate side : ANTI
9 First-string squad : A-TEAM
14 Degrees for some execs : MBAS
18 Graceful horse : ARAB
19 Created : BORN
20 James Gang associate Starr : BELLE
21 Summa cum __ : LAUDE
22 Candle used in a lighthouse? : WAX BEACON
24 Genesis tower locale : BABEL
25 Place out of the sun : ARBOR
26 Casper-to-Denver dir. : SSE
27 Word in a beauty brand since 1952 : OLAY
28 Snake that can walk on water? : MIRACLE COBRA
30 Snake secretion : VENOM
32 On one’s __: having recovered : FEET
33 Brightly plumed songbird : ORIOLE
34 Tax prep pros : CPAS
36 More current : NEWER
38 “Such a cute cat!” : AWW
41 Russo of “Thor” : RENE
42 Imitations of disapproving sounds? : RASPBERRY COPIES
46 Disobedient : REBEL
49 Goree who played Cassius Clay in “One Night in Miami…” : ELI
50 Actor Morales : ESAI
51 Baconator chain : WENDY’S
53 Truth alternative : DARE
54 Expressive chat image : EMOJI
56 Even now : STILL
59 Treasury Dept. variable : GNP
60 Small container : TIN
61 Big name in bread : PANERA
63 Workout trainers? : MUSCLE COACHES
68 Tot’s belly : TUM
69 Rochelle Walensky’s org. : CDC
70 “This __ to stop” : HAS
71 Mt. Hood’s state : ORE
72 Reward for a fan at a smokehouse drawing? : LIFETIME BACON
77 iRobot vacuum : ROOMBA
81 Sci-fi author Palmer : ADA
82 Liquid meas. : GAL
83 Loud laughs : ROARS
86 Garden-variety : USUAL
87 Lauderdale neighbor : BOCA
89 Pump number : OCTANE
92 Short statement or question : IT IS
94 “Billions” airer, briefly : SHO
95 Snow day coasters : SLEDS
97 Traveling jokester? : HIGHWAY COMEDIAN
101 Barcelona bar bite : TAPA
103 Goofy drawing? : CEL
104 “Level Up” singer : CIARA
105 Vaper’s stick, for short : E-CIG
106 Colombian capital : BOGOTA
108 Throw out : DUMP
110 Fr. misses : MLLES
112 Problem that plagues the grid? : POWER SCOURGE
115 Pitcher Sparky, first American League reliever to win the Cy Young Award : LYLE
116 Jeter’s jersey number : TWO
119 “__ we all?” : AREN’T
120 Yearly record : ANNAL
121 Perform a pregame NFL ritual … or, in four parts, phrase that hints at seven long Across answers : TOSS A COIN
123 Soft minerals : TALCS
124 “Stranger Things” genre : SCI-FI
125 Foil alternative : EPEE
126 Craving : URGE
127 Craftsy etailer : ETSY
128 Dry runs : TESTS
129 Orderly : NEAT
130 Julia’s “Ocean’s Eleven” role : TESS
DOWN
1 Bits of wisdom : SAWS
2 Golden years funds : IRAS
3 Risky way to save : TAX EVASION
4 Recede : EBB
5 Rock-clinging mollusks : ABALONES
6 Museum tour rule : NO CAMERAS
7 Horse victim? : TROY
8 Travel stop : INN
9 Cornish of “Jack Ryan” : ABBIE
10 Convenient envelope-opening strip : TEAR TAPE
11 Island off Tuscany : ELBA
12 Smart guy? : ALEC
13 __ Yello : MELLO
14 Like “Lost” characters : MAROONED
15 Unwinding luxury : BUBBLE BATH
16 Love to pieces : ADORE
17 Blood drive fluids : SERA
21 More frilly : LACIER
23 Many, many years : EON
28 Bygone Ford div. : MERC
29 Make an oopsie : ERR
31 Medium gift : ESP
32 “Wine Country” actress : FEY
34 Obnoxious sort : CREEP
35 Mallorcan seaport : PALMA
37 Legal order : WRIT
39 Come out on top : WIN
40 Thick-heeled shoes : WEDGES
43 Lebanon’s capital : BEIRUT
44 Head-turning birds : OWLS
45 Match sound to video : SYNC
47 Great Lake near Detroit : ERIE
48 Microscope part : LENS
52 Wildlife trail : SPOOR
55 Jump in a tutu : JETE
57 Online source for film buffs : IMDB
58 2021 Pixar film set in Italy : LUCA
62 Panama pal : AMIGO
64 Half a toy train? : CHOO
65 Pop singer Del Rey : LANA
66 Stir up : AROUSE
67 Corp. honchos : CEOS
69 TD Garden NBAer : CELTIC
72 Research places : LABS
73 Childhood hero, perhaps : IDOL
74 Small drying aids : FACE TOWELS
75 Jet speed measure : MACH
76 Staff for sailing : CREW
78 Shop with record sales : MUSIC STORE
79 Its supreme body is the Universal House of Justice : BAHA’I
80 Word after string or sing : ALONG
84 Costa __ : RICA
85 Nolde watercolor with a turbulent title : STORMY SEA
88 “Mad Men” business : AD AGENCY
90 Candle count, maybe : AGE
91 Where teams annually make ice picks? : NHL DRAFT
93 “Ready when you are!” : I’M ALL SET
96 Pool and pickleball : SPORTS
98 Pinnacle : ACME
99 Shrill bark : YIP
100 “Mudbound” director Rees : DEE
102 Common tweet symbols : ATS
106 Fictional Kazakh journalist : BORAT
107 “… and __ of thousands!” : A CAST
109 Jamaican citrus fruits : UGLIS
111 Grazing area : LEA
112 Bánh mì condiment : PATE
113 At the moment when : ONCE
114 Aussie colleges : UNIS
115 A bit less than a canter : LOPE
117 Drag show toppers : WIGS
118 People : ONES
121 Decathlon number : TEN
122 Edit, in a way : CUT
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