Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday December 15th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Indulge the munchies : NOSH
5 French friends : AMIS
9 “It’s Good” root beer brand : BARQ’S
14 Miami River locale : OHIO
15 Knucklehead : BOZO
16 Lose strength : ABATE
17 Pedestrian street : MALL
18 K-pop, e.g.? : SEOUL MUSIC
20 Cat voiced by Debra Messing in “Garfield: The Movie” : ARLENE
22 Lackluster : DRAB
23 Suitable : APT
24 Come down : DESCEND
26 Catch sight of : SPOT
28 Cannot stand : HATES
30 Give comfort to : SOOTHE
34 Implied : TACIT
37 Preserve, in a way : CURE
39 Vocalized : ORAL
40 Desktop since 1998 : IMAC
41 Leaves in the library : PAGES
42 Work long and hard : TOIL
43 NPR’s Tiny __ Concerts : DESK
44 “Watchmen” comic book writer Moore : ALAN
45 Places of refuge : ASYLA
46 Jumps in : ENTERS
48 Torah teacher : RABBI
50 “Darn it!” : NUTS
52 Generous : LIBERAL
56 “Fire away” : ASK
59 Fighting chance? : BOUT
61 Rio Grande city : LAREDO
62 Survey of hairdressers? : BARBER POLL
65 Sign to take out the trash : ODOR
66 Perrier rival : EVIAN
67 Shallowest Great Lake : ERIE
68 Euro forerunners : LIRE
69 Dry runs : TESTS
70 Rip to bits : REND
71 Unimprovable place : EDEN
DOWN
1 One without a permanent address : NOMAD
2 One end of the Chicago L’s Blue Line : O’HARE
3 Soprano dubbed “America’s Queen of Opera” by Time magazine : SILLS
4 Golfer who’s too afraid to make a putt? : HOLE CHICKEN
5 Missing : ABSENT
6 Server of Duff beer in Springfield : MOE
7 Polo brand : IZOD
8 Turns in a bad way : SOURS
9 Panda fare : BAMBOO
10 __ Dhabi : ABU
11 Tabula __ : RASA
12 Makeup kit item : Q-TIP
13 Offshoot group : SECT
19 Runs out : LAPSES
21 Clutter-free : NEAT
25 Tattoo alternative for the squeamish : DECAL
27 1982 film job that kept an actor on his heels? : TOOTSIE ROLE
29 Rock candy, essentially : SUGAR
31 “Iliad” city : TROY
32 Heavy downpour? : HAIL
33 Purnell of “Yellowjackets” : ELLA
34 Laundry detergent in an orange container : TIDE
35 “That’s so true!” : AMEN
36 Playbill list : CAST
38 Kidney related : RENAL
41 Church leader : PASTOR
45 “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!” pop group : ABBA
47 Flemish artist Peter Paul __ : RUBENS
49 Sent an invoice to : BILLED
51 Splendid : SUPER
53 Made over : REDID
54 Put on a pedestal : ADORE
55 Actress Sophia : LOREN
56 Stand watch for, say : ABET
57 Squirrel away : SAVE
58 Kardashian matriarch : KRIS
60 Moved fast : TORE
63 Carlsbad Caverns dweller : BAT
64 “In the Heights” creator __-Manuel Miranda : LIN
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