Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday March 18th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Westernmost African capital : DAKAR
6 Ballroom dance : RUMBA
11 World’s oldest natl. channel : BBC
14 Historical 1960 John Wayne film, with “The” : ALAMO
15 Ewoks’ forest moon : ENDOR
16 Notable period : ERA
17 Spanish artist’s portrait of an American president? : DALI MADISON
19 What Marcie calls Peppermint Patty : SIR
20 Tokyo beer brand : ASAHI
21 Up and about : MOBILE
23 “Just like that!” : BAM
25 Charges too much : SOAKS
28 Loaf : IDLE
29 Skill-measuring method : EXAM
31 Swiss artist’s painting of a bird? : KLEE PIGEON
34 Do well on the test : GET A B
36 Press start? : PERMA-
37 American artist’s condiment rendering? : SARGENT PEPPER
42 Temple reading : TORAH
43 Vegas natural : SEVEN
45 American pop artist’s drawing of an ulna? : HARING BONE
50 Betray the gang : SING
51 Dutch __ : OVEN
52 Merciless : STONY
54 Elton’s john : LOO
55 Opinion : BELIEF
58 66-Across arrival : GUEST
60 Nectar collector : BEE
61 Mexican artist’s poinsettia painting? : KAHLO FLOWER
66 58-Across booking : INN
67 Kids’ refrain : E-I-E-I-O
68 Top-notch : PRIMO
69 Kid : TOT
70 Cowgirl’s ride : STEED
71 Perceive : SENSE
DOWN
1 __ joke : DAD
2 __ mode : A LA
3 Greek olive named for its place of origin : KALAMATA
4 Côte d’Azur comrades : AMIS
5 Canning tomatoes : ROMAS
6 Phone timesaver : REDIAL
7 Cambridge, colloquially : UNI
8 Checkup pros : MDS
9 Sailing spar : BOOM
10 River through Florence : ARNO
11 Not relevant to : BESIDE
12 S.O.S alternative : BRILLO
13 Turn recklessly : CAREEN
18 “I see now” : AH, OK
22 King Kong and Lady Kong : BIG APES
23 Beseech : BEG
24 Plot lines : AXES
26 Served in a chafing dish, say : KEPT HOT
27 Trickle : SEEP
30 Bond holding? : MARTINI
32 TSA __Check : PRE
33 Little devils : IMPS
35 Commercial letters after Bug or Weed : B-GON
38 Small amount of work : ERG
39 Slaps the cuffs on : NABS
40 Villain in Stephen King’s “The Dark Half,” e.g. : EVIL TWIN
41 Silver State city : RENO
44 Park __: airport facility : ‘N GO
45 Halfling of Middle-earth : HOBBIT
46 Olay rival : AVEENO
47 Let up : RELENT
48 Errant, as a field goal : NO GOOD
49 Sufficient, in texts : ENUF
53 Sounds from pounds : YELPS
56 Barely makes, with “out” : EKES
57 __ accompli : FAIT
59 Ticked : SORE
62 Texter’s chuckle : HEE
63 Rest : LIE
64 Half a mammal? : EMS
65 Sushi garnish : ROE
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