Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday July 22nd 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Luxurious : PLUSH
6 Bubble tea insert : STRAW
11 Sweet sandwich, for short : PBJ
14 A Marx brother : HARPO
15 Small crown : TIARA
16 Grammy winner Corinne Bailey __ : RAE
17 Medical pro who avoids the rear of the ship? : DR AFT-DODGER
19 Approximate fig. : EST
20 Actor Mineo : SAL
21 Yarns : TALES
22 Key near Alt : CTRL
23 Farmers market buy : KALE
24 Rum cocktail : MAI TAI
26 Medical pro who holds a pal’s hand in a tattoo parlor? : DR INKING-BUDDY
31 Actress Zellweger : RENEE
32 Eucalyptus eater : KOALA
33 Plant juice : SAP
36 Peak : APEX
37 The Good Book : BIBLE
38 Top-ranked : A-ONE
39 Sorrow : WOE
40 “What a pity” : SO SAD
41 Aerial photography craft : DRONE
42 Medical pro who engineers hairpin turns? : DR ESS-DESIGNER
45 ABCs : BASICS
47 Plus : ALSO
48 Big trade show : EXPO
49 Noncommittal : VAGUE
51 Investigative journalist __ B. Wells : IDA
54 Long of “Empire” : NIA
55 Medical pro who is a sick chess player? : DR ILL-MASTER
58 Washington’s Sea-__ Airport : TAC
59 “Cross my heart!” : NO LIE
60 Title holder : SPINE
61 Estadio cheer : OLE
62 Lies for, maybe : ABETS
63 Snap course : EASY A
DOWN
1 Many profs : PHDS
2 “The Secrets We Kept” novelist Prescott : LARA
3 River to the Caspian : URAL
4 Sunblock letters : SPF
5 Quick, provocative opinion : HOT TAKE
6 Unexpected smack? : STOLEN KISS
7 Laundry brand : TIDE
8 Old T-shirts, maybe : RAGS
9 “__ we good?” : ARE
10 Simple card game : WAR
11 In the not-too-distant future : PRETTY SOON
12 Iraq port city : BASRA
13 Actor who plays the Emperor in 2020’s “Mulan” : JET LI
18 “The Persistence of Memory” painter : DALI
22 Spain’s El __ : CID
23 “Where creativity clicks” construction toy : K’NEX
24 Slip-on shoe : MULE
25 Programming pioneer Lovelace : ADA
26 Sketch : DRAW
27 Forfeited auto : REPO
28 “Please give me some alone time” : I NEED SPACE
29 Sour : GO BAD
30 Birds of prey that were once endangered : BALD EAGLES
34 Basketball Hall of Famer Donovan : ANNE
35 Social equal : PEER
37 Bigwig : BOSS
38 Best Picture winner set in Iran : ARGO
40 Jiff : SEC
41 Pathology study : DISEASE
43 __ Grande : RIO
44 Run-down area : SLUM
45 Box lunch? : BENTO
46 The first “A” in CAT scan : AXIAL
49 Dreadful : VILE
50 Came to rest : ALIT
51 Terse affirmation : IT IS
52 Turn down : DENY
53 Painter’s calculation : AREA
55 Genetic info carrier : DNA
56 Director Reiner : ROB
57 Mani-pedi place : SPA
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