Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday December 19th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 “Whatever floats your __” : BOAT
5 Cuts of pork : CHOPS
10 New York MLB team : METS
14 Really get to : RILE
15 Patient contribution : COPAY
16 Aid and __ : ABET
17 *Medical scan with a wand : ULTRASOUND
19 British conservative : TORY
20 Valentine symbol : HEART
21 Three-pronged Greek letter : PSI
22 Mint family herb : THYME
23 Multiuse tool with lots of attachments : DREMEL
25 Phone up : CALL
27 *”Channel Orange” Grammy winner : FRANK OCEAN
31 “How sad for you” : BUMMER
35 “A mouse!!” : EEK
36 Sporty car roof : T-TOP
38 Being kept cold : ON ICE
39 Box set component : DVD
40 “Same here!” : ME TOO
41 Pottery oven : KILN
42 Actor’s prompt : CUE
43 Pungent sushi condiment : WASABI
44 *Comment after a joke that doesn’t land : TOUGH CROWD
47 Farm animal with horns : GOAT
48 Badger at the comedy club : HECKLE
52 “That’s the answer!” : BINGO
55 Freight weight : TON
57 Message-spelling board : OUIJA
59 Slim woodwind : OBOE
60 Causes a ruckus, and what the end of each answer to the starred clues does : MAKES WAVES
62 Bird’s __ soup : NEST
63 “Queen Sugar” co-producer Winfrey : OPRAH
64 Peace Nobelist Walesa : LECH
65 Post-breakup pair : EXES
66 Like bogs : PEATY
67 Superficially highbrow : ARTY
DOWN
1 “Dude!” : BRUH
2 Used lubricant on : OILED
3 Place to say “I do” : ALTAR
4 __ Haute, Indiana : TERRE
5 IV units : CCS
6 Ruckus : HOOPLA
7 “Mr. Holland’s __”: Dreyfuss film : OPUS
8 Froze, perhaps : PANICKED
9 Pink Floyd guitarist Barrett : SYD
10 Students with a lot of problems? : MATHLETES
11 Goth-like aesthetic of some TikTok guys : E-BOY
12 Time in office : TERM
13 Eye affliction : STYE
18 Withdrawal charge : ATM FEE
22 Gentle handling, for short : TLC
24 “To __ is human … ” : ERR
26 Perfectly fine : A-OK
28 At no point : NEVER
29 “__ baby!”: “Way to go!” : ATTA
30 Clueless gamer : NOOB
31 __ choy : BOK
32 Foot or furlong : UNIT
33 Ventimiglia of “This Is Us” : MILO
34 Happy Meal chicken option : MCNUGGETS
37 Luau bowlful : POI
39 All-purpose roll : DUCT TAPE
40 Bovine disease, familiarly : MAD COW
42 “__-ching!” : CHA
43 “SummerSlam” org. : WWE
45 Slime : GOO
46 “How cool!” : OH NEAT
49 __ Lumpur, Malaysia : KUALA
50 Gallbladder neighbor : LIVER
51 Kick out : EJECT
52 Dog biscuit shape : BONE
53 Wild mountain 47-Across : IBEX
54 Win by a __ : NOSE
56 Gumbo pod : OKRA
58 Like a newly reborn phoenix, probably : ASHY
60 Floor-washing tool : MOP
61 Relatively timid : SHY
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