Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday October 22nd 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Address to a fella : BRO
4 Lone star group? : PANS
8 Green fruit : LIMES
13 Marshmallow bird : PEEP
14 “Let Me Down Slowly” singer-songwriter Benjamin : ALEC
15 NAACP __ Awards : IMAGE
16 One hanging out along the wall? : EAVE
17 [Not again!] : SIGH
18 Colorful bulb : TULIP
19 Achebe novel whose title comes from a Yeats poem : THINGS FALL APART
22 Part of an opening line? : SESAME
23 Rat tail? : TEE
24 Sportswear brand : FILA
25 Ain’t equivalent? : AREN’T
26 Cosmetic invented for the movie industry in 1930 : LIP GLOSS
28 Sondheim’s “Sweeney __” : TODD
29 Address to a fella : GUV
30 Suffix with gazillion : -AIRE
31 Masala chai, e.g. : SPICED TEA
34 __ Rub: anti-chafing product : CHUB
35 Jazz intro? : NEO
36 Procedural that spun off from “JAG” : NCIS
40 Mollusk considered a living fossil : NAUTILUS
42 Comedian Cenac : WYATT
43 Feature of a fitted blouse : DART
44 On the __ : LAM
45 Cupcakes-to-be : BATTER
46 Stadium cry : ICE-COLD BEER HERE
49 Dirty sort of person : CHEAT
50 Himalayan cryptid : YETI
51 Vehicles that may roll over : IRAS
52 Trunks : TORSI
53 __ queen : DRAG
54 Makes : NETS
55 Jennies, e.g. : ASSES
56 Dot on a map : ISLE
57 Hurdle for a future Ph.D. : GRE
DOWN
1 Come to the rescue : BE A HERO
2 Amended : REVISED
3 Court coup : OPEN-AND-SHUT CASE
4 Not retro yet : PASSE
5 First letter of the Urdu alphabet : ALIF
6 Figures whose squares are positive : NEGATIVE NUMBERS
7 Haul : SCHLEP
8 Ford whose debut album was “Out for Blood” : LITA
9 “No, really, you decide!” : I’M UP FOR ANYTHING
10 Lassitude : MALAISE
11 Some zoomers with an emo aesthetic : E-GIRLS
12 Commuter syst. that crosses the Delaware : SEPTA
13 Tended a lab? : PET SAT
20 BBC clock setting : GMT
21 Staccato opposite : LEGATO
26 “Star Trek” captain Jean-__ Picard : LUC
27 Tell tales : LIE
29 Benefits act of 1944 : GI BILL
32 Place : PUT
33 Some French? : DES
34 Vocations : CAREERS
37 Hospitality professional : CATERER
38 Go over again : ITERATE
39 Go over again, say : STRESS
40 Ballpark snack served in a helmet : NACHOS
41 The People’s Princess : LADY DI
42 “All the Light We Cannot See” backdrop : WAR
43 Judge-y remarks? : DICTA
45 Neutral tone : BEIGE
47 Redding who wrote “Respect” : OTIS
48 Abbreviation for a name dropper? : ET AL
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