Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday December 31st 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Accessory that may be paired with a smoking jacket : ASCOT
6 “Euphoria” network : HBO
9 Okra or orca unit : POD
12 Like pins and needles : PLURAL
14 “I cleaned my plate!” : ALL DONE
16 Largest moon of Uranus : TITANIA
18 Many of the “GoodFellas” main characters : MADE MEN
19 Behavioral psychologist’s concern : PATTERN
21 Squash : STEP ON
22 Account statement? : SWORN TESTIMONY
24 Maureen presented with an Honorary Academy Award in 2014 : O’HARA
25 Buff : FAN
26 Kermit sipping tea and Keanu playing with puppies : MEMES
27 Clothing store department : BOYS
28 Turn in : GO TO BED
30 Psyche segments : IDS
31 Border dispute : TURF WAR
32 Corp. execs : VPS
35 Puzzle that uses every letter : PANGRAM
36 Athlete who wrote the memoir “My Life and the Beautiful Game” : PELE
37 Drained of color : ASHEN
40 Poetic dusk : E’EN
41 “Being the Ricardos” role : ARNAZ
42 Robin DiAngelo book about race relations : WHITE FRAGILITY
45 “Very funny” : HA HA HA
46 Shut up : KEPT MUM
47 “Did not expect to survive that” : I’M ALIVE
49 Like some passes : LATERAL
51 “Hm … ” : LET’S SEE
52 Have the gumption : DARE TO
53 Mag wheels? : EDS
54 Archipelago part: Abbr. : ISL
55 Portends : BODES
DOWN
1 Apropos : APT
2 Careless : SLIPSHOD
3 Film flashbacks, essentially : CUTAWAYS
4 Figures of speech : ORATORS
5 Mystical text in Sanskrit : TANTRA
6 Scenery chewer : HAM
7 Heck of a party : BLAST
8 Honoree who might wear a vintage uniform : OLD-TIMER
9 Santa hat feature : POMPOM
10 Impossible NFL score : ONE-ONE
11 Chain with “all day diner deals” : DENNY’S
13 Property claim for outstanding debt : LIEN
15 Held : DEEMED
17 Master of disguise? : ART FORGER
20 One whose priorities are in order? : NEAT FREAK
23 Winter figure : SNOW ANGEL
24 Sash tied with a butterfly knot : OBI
28 Staple __ : GUN
29 “Just like that!” : BAM
31 “Between the World and Me” writer Coates : TA-NEHISI
32 Hazarded, as a guess : VENTURED
33 Schoolyard friend : PLAYMATE
34 “__ who?” : SEZ
35 Potpourri pieces : PETALS
36 First, in Spanish : PRIMERO
37 For a spell : AWHILE
38 Brought low : SHAMED
39 Kit parts with pedals : HI-HATS
41 Window-switching shortcut : ALT-TAB
43 Top picks, slangily : FAVES
44 Apple TV+ device : IPAD
48 Unadon fish : EEL
50 “__ Espookys”: 6-Across comedy series : LOS
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