Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday September 23rd 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 “More or less” : SORTA
6 Communication syst. used in the film “CODA” : ASL
9 Start to cut? : UPPER
14 Flawless : IDEAL
15 __-mo : SLO
16 Withering look : GLARE
17 *Blazer to wear to Cub Scout meetings? : DEN JACKET
19 Language that gives us “pajamas” and “shampoo” : HINDI
20 Most arid : DRIEST
22 __ collar : ETON
23 *Music for couch potatoes? : SEDENTARY ROCK
26 Pad sharer : ROOMIE
28 Quaint affirmative : YES’M
29 “Sounds like a good time” : OH FUN
30 Acute anxiety : ANGST
33 Bus. letters : INC
36 Convenes : SITS
37 “Peace!,” and a hint to how the answers to the starred clues were formed : I’M OUT
38 Clooney Foundation for Justice co-founder : AMAL
39 Absorb, with “up” : SOP
40 Etching supply : ACIDS
41 Curly-tailed dog : AKITA
42 Malek of “Mr. Robot” : RAMI
44 Synchronicity : UNISON
45 *Professional who helps name timeline segments? : AGE CONSULTANT
50 Golf stroke that can be practiced in a hallway : PUTT
51 Charitable : GIVING
52 Stubble remover : RAZOR
54 *Stance taken by a Marvel character, perhaps? : SUPER POSE
59 Happening : EVENT
60 Undefeated boxer Laila : ALI
61 Put two and two together? : ADDED
62 Pitching area : SALES
63 Fellow : LAD
64 Cross with : MAD AT
DOWN
1 PBS “Science Kid” : SID
2 Literary homage : ODE
3 “The Villain in Black” rapper MC __ : REN
4 __ Mahal : TAJ
5 “A Whole New World” film : ALADDIN
6 Invite to enter : ASK IN
7 Freezing rain : SLEET
8 Much, casually : LOTSA
9 Annoyed sound : UGH
10 Toolbox item : PLIERS
11 Specialist in body language? : PANTOMIMIST
12 Triage M.D. : ER DOC
13 Freshen, as a stamp pad : REINK
18 First Nations people of Canada : CREE
21 Rendezvous best not posted on Facebook : TRYST
23 Ballpark snack : SOFT PRETZEL
24 Outback flock : EMUS
25 “Although … ” : YET
26 “Dress for Less” clothing chain : ROSS
27 River connecting Pittsburgh to the Mississippi : OHIO
30 “What __ missing?” : AM I
31 Drift off : NOD
32 Mercury Seven astronaut Grissom : GUS
34 Brussels-based gp. : NATO
35 Family group : CLAN
37 Pastry bag filler : ICING
38 Related : AKIN
40 Word in a Spanish love poem : AMO
41 Cried for cider? : ANAGRAM
43 Musical introduction? : ACT ONE
44 “Cure Ignorance” online anthology : UTNE
45 __-ski : APRES
46 Preserves fruit : GUAVA
47 Rope fiber : SISAL
48 Soft palate part : UVULA
49 Fatty compound : LIPID
53 ACLU concern : RTS
55 Kissing on the kiss cam, say : PDA
56 Peculiar : ODD
57 Kraken’s home : SEA
58 NYC summer hrs. : EDT
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