Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday October 20th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Realm surrounded by the Styx : HADES
6 Didn’t release : HELD
10 Preliminary race : HEAT
14 Serving a purpose : UTILE
15 Gulf States ruler : EMIR
16 Pennsylvania city on I-90 : ERIE
17 Piercing site : NAVEL
18 Plot-heavy work : MELODRAMA
20 Table protector : TRIVET
22 Swift : RAPID
23 Moral lapse : SIN
24 Trivial thing : NIT
26 Audit firm exec : CPA
27 Non-magical source of invisibility : FOG
30 Sales meeting diagrams : GRAPHS
33 Enter en masse : INVADE
35 Udon kin : SOBA
37 “To __ it mildly” : PUT
38 Affix with a hammer : NAIL IN
39 MBA field : ECON
40 Choosing from a lineup : ID’ING
42 Fail to enunciate : SLUR
43 Make tidy : NEATEN
45 Curtain holder : ROD
46 News magazine since 1923 : TIME
47 Loose garment : SARONG
48 The 1973 Mets’ “Ya Gotta Believe!,” e.g. : SLOGAN
50 Finish : END
51 Tailless simian : APE
53 Leatherwork tool : AWL
54 Controversial agribusiness letters : GMO
57 Treat with disdain : SCORN
59 “I’ve seen worse” : NOT BAD
61 Words from the weary : I’M SO TIRED
65 Play group reminder : SHARE
66 Midday : NOON
67 “You’ve Got Mail” director Ephron : NORA
68 Political leader? : SOCIO-
69 Agrees quietly : NODS
70 Took steps : TROD
71 Whitehorse’s territory : YUKON
DOWN
1 Looks (for) : HUNTS
2 Classic arcade name : ATARI
3 Committee members parachuting from an airplane? : DIVING BOARD
4 Alt. : ELEV
5 Gomez of “Only Murders in the Building” : SELENA
6 Garment edge : HEM
7 Like a retired prof. : EMER
8 Amethyst hue : LILAC
9 Feathers during a no-holds-barred pillow fight? : DROPPING DOWN
10 Bunch of buffalo : HERD
11 Pitching stat : ERA
12 Objective : AIM
13 Leaves in a bag : TEA
19 “Outlander” series novelist Gabaldon : DIANA
21 Church steeple in hurricane-strength winds? : TIPPING POINT
25 Impact sound : THUD
27 Ball carrier on a wet football field? : FALLING BACK
28 Intense dislike : ODIUM
29 Britcom or bromance : GENRE
31 Wound up costing : RAN TO
32 Arouses : STIRS
34 Panoramic view : VISTA
35 Intuit : SENSE
36 Setting for much of “Aquaman” : OCEAN
41 The Big Easy, for short : NOLA
44 Put on the books : ENACT
49 Shiny print : GLOSSY
52 Mistake : ERROR
55 NHL great Lemieux : MARIO
56 Ancient Greek theater : ODEON
57 “I Will Wait” band Mumford & __ : SONS
58 Fictional Wolfe : NERO
60 Second person of old : THOU
61 Travel guide listing : INN
62 Dairy farm noise : MOO
63 Landscaping layer : SOD
64 Pops : DAD
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