Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday December 26th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Warning sound from a rattlesnake : HISS
5 Electrical pioneer Nikola : TESLA
10 Certain partner : WIFE
14 “Hello… hello… hello…,” e.g. : ECHO
15 To no __: without success : AVAIL
16 Each, informally : A POP
17 Sign gas : NEON
18 Paper size longer than letter : LEGAL
19 Cab : TAXI
20 *Pink flower native to eastern North America : CAROLINA ROSE
23 Leftover : EXTRA
24 Sound system : STEREO
27 Eyes a bull’s-eye, say : AIMS
30 Chapel centerpiece : ALTAR
32 U.K. lawmakers : MPS
35 *Like a game that involves evasive subterfuge : CAT AND MOUSE
39 Oodles : A LOT
41 Chutney fruit : MANGO
42 Chief Valhalla god : ODIN
43 *Migratory honker : CANADA GOOSE
46 WNW’s opposite : ESE
47 Reptile in the Chinese zodiac : SNAKE
48 __-esteem : SELF
50 Pays for everyone : TREATS
53 Reading lights : LAMPS
57 Solve a mystery, and a hint to the answers to the starred clues : CRACK THE CASE
61 “Veep” actress Chlumsky : ANNA
64 Latest craze : MANIA
65 Tehran’s land : IRAN
66 See 28-Down : BEAR
67 Campaign button word : ELECT
68 Guitarist Lofgren : NILS
69 Deal (with) : COPE
70 Searches for : SEEKS
71 Checkers or chess : GAME
DOWN
1 From this point forward : HENCE
2 Climbing tool for frozen surfaces : ICE AX
3 Low on funds : SHORT
4 Mexican state bordering Arizona : SONORA
5 Anklebones : TALI
6 Level : EVEN
7 Very long story : SAGA
8 Perjurers : LIARS
9 Parcel out : ALLOT
10 ABBA hit with the line “I was defeated, you won the war” : WATERLOO
11 Craft beer letters : IPA
12 “Sour grapes” critter : FOX
13 Prefix with -logue : EPI
21 Not of the clergy : LAIC
22 Tailor’s line : SEAM
25 Piano piece : ETUDE
26 Welcome sight in the desert : OASIS
28 With 66-Across, fairy-tale character whose bed was too soft : MAMA
29 Male deer : STAG
31 Actress Russo : RENE
32 Apple computers : MACS
33 Garden growth : PLANT
34 Underwater detector : SONAR
36 “It’s __-win situation” : A NO
37 Private aid gps. : NGOS
38 Prescribed amount : DOSE
40 Friendly send-off : TAKE CARE
44 Cherished : DEAR
45 Fashion monthly : ELLE
49 Not back-to-back with : FACING
51 Makes less unruly : TAMES
52 Bathroom accessory : SCALE
54 Tennis star Sharapova : MARIA
55 Sacred song : PSALM
56 Smell, for one : SENSE
58 Joint between the foot and the hip : KNEE
59 Clock sound : TICK
60 Bowlers and berets : HATS
61 Start of the alphabet song : ABC
62 “The Matrix” hero : NEO
63 Quick snooze : NAP
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