Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday June 24th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Taper or fade : COIF
5 Many : A LOT
9 Charcuterie board selection : EDAM
13 Invocation syllables : ABRA
14 Tropical evergreen : CACAO
16 Chanel scent : COCO
17 Something heard around Chicago, literally? : WE-ACCENT-ST
19 Like AOL software, originally : ON CD
20 EDM instrument : SYNTH
21 Bug : GET TO
23 Digital thermometer? : TOE
24 Acorn producer : OAK
26 Hurdle before spring break, literally? : TE-EXAM-RM
28 Baby __ : ASPIRIN
32 Inflexible : RIGID
33 One of 28 Monopoly cards : DEED
34 Dermatologist’s concern : WART
37 Overalls material : DENIM
39 Brooding sort : HEN
40 Passport or Pilot, e.g., literally? : SI-SUV-ZE
42 Scooby-__ : DOO
43 Locked account? : DIARY
45 Snowballs or paintballs : AMMO
46 “Yeah, try again” : UM, NO
47 Regional plant life : FLORA
49 Cup holder site : ARMREST
51 Frog that carries fertilized eggs on its back, literally? : WI-TOAD-FE
54 NYC member of “The Squad” in Congress : AOC
55 Frozen over : ICY
56 48-Down song with the line “But when I call, you never seem to be home” : HELLO
58 Shake __ : SHACK
62 Snatches : NABS
64 Reason to buy a sports car, for some, literally? : LI-CRISIS-FE
66 Grasp : GROK
67 Sign into law : ENACT
68 Gas lighting? : NEON
69 Hot : SEXY
70 Transcript stats : GPAS
71 Lip : SASS
DOWN
1 Crow’s cacophony : CAWS
2 Heed : OBEY
3 Setting of the graphic novel “Persepolis” : IRAN
4 Bit of info : FACTOID
5 The “A” of LGBTQIA+, for short : ACE
6 Scott who turns into Ant-Man : LANG
7 Valence electrons, often : OCTET
8 Have a trying experience? : TASTE
9 Green prefix : ECO-
10 “I’m not even here” : DON’T MIND ME
11 Squeezeboxes : ACCORDIONS
12 Internet hookup : MODEM
15 Mammal that uses kelp as a blanket : OTTER
18 Crust : CHAR
22 Rust : OXIDE
25 Fuzzy fruit : KIWI
27 Grow old : AGE
28 Adult __ : ADHD
29 “Suit yourself!” : SEE IF I CARE
30 Shark cage? : PENALTY BOX
31 Ingenuity org. : NASA
35 Coquito liquor : RUM
36 Rating for “Euphoria,” briefly : TV-MA
38 No longer relevant : MOOT
40 Cab alternative : SYRAH
41 First name in the Harlem Renaissance : ZORA
44 Piglet pal : ROO
46 Tide pool sights : URCHINS
48 56-Across singer : ADELE
50 Zen garden growth : MOSS
51 Boneless appetizer : WINGS
52 Hurl : FLING
53 Yosemite peak free-climbed by Emily Harrington, familiarly : EL CAP
57 Black-and-white predator : ORCA
59 Well offshore : ASEA
60 Corp. bean counters : CFOS
61 “Steak House” dressing brand : KEN’S
63 Chicago WNBA team : SKY
65 “__ my pleasure!” : IT’S
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