Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday December 1st 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Period after Shrove Tuesday : LENT
5 Lyricist Gershwin : IRA
8 Inca __: Peruvian soft drink : KOLA
12 Mideast rulers : EMIRS
14 Blues’ org. : NHL
15 Passing words? : OBITS
17 *Bounce around the Caribbean, say : ISLAND-HOP
19 Tropical ray : MANTA
20 Beg : PLEAD
21 “It’s open!” : COME IN
22 Brought into a discussion : CCED
25 *1983 film that won an Oscar for Best Original Song : FLASHDANCE
27 Adjust after a wrong turn : REROUTE
29 Courts : WOOS
30 “The Waste Land” poet : ELIOT
31 Place to make a round trip? : BAR
32 Lab animal : RAT
35 Greeting between members of an exclusive club, and what’s hiding in the answer to the starred clues? : SECRET HANDSHAKE and SECRET “HAND” SHAKE
40 Sked “Don’t know yet” : TBA
41 Pack it in : EAT
42 Petco Park player : PADRE
43 Apiece : EACH
45 Animal that can run using its flippers : SEA LION
47 *School of Hindu philosophy : JAIN DHARMA
51 Antique car design feature : FINS
52 Houston team : ASTROS
53 French bread? : EUROS
55 Sun block? : VISOR
56 *Was completely clueless : HAD NO IDEA
60 Pueblo dwelling material : ADOBE
61 Country rockers Little __ Town : BIG
62 Willing parties? : HEIRS
63 Just scrapes (by) : EKES
64 Smelter’s supply : ORE
65 Show appreciation at a poetry slam : SNAP
DOWN
1 Lanai wreath : LEI
2 First responders, briefly : EMS
3 Bupkis : NIL
4 Feature of a magician’s stage : TRAPDOOR
5 Gulp down quickly : INHALE
6 “Darkwing Duck” character Dr. __ Dendron : RHODA
7 French peak : ALP
8 __ dragon : KOMODO
9 2000s first family : OBAMAS
10 Tablecloth fabric : LINEN
11 Top story? : ATTIC
13 NBC sketch show : SNL
16 Well-reasoned : SANE
18 Skillful : DEFT
21 A major, for one : CHORD
22 Peak : CREST
23 Big star : CELEB
24 Writer Jong : ERICA
26 “__ Lake” : SWAN
28 Colorado’s Sleeping __ Mountain : UTE
31 Sonar operator? : BAT
32 Pie chart lines : RADII
33 Ohio hometown of poet Rita Dove : AKRON
34 Cold temperatures : TEENS
36 Support pros : TECHS
37 “omg so funny!” : HA HA
38 Tub with jets : SPA
39 50-50, facetiously : HALFSIES
43 Wrap : ENROBE
44 Fangirls over, perhaps : ADORES
45 Greasy fingerprint, maybe : SMUDGE
46 Merit : EARN
47 Programming language with a coffee cup logo : JAVA
48 Lines that break the fourth wall : ASIDE
49 “No harm, no foul!” : IT’S OK
50 Show again : RE-AIR
54 “I’m excited!” : OOH
56 “The White Lotus” network : HBO
57 Annoying racket : DIN
58 Notable stretch of time : ERA
59 Nile cobra : ASP
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