Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday August 22nd 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Ongoing drama : SAGA
5 Sounds of revelation : AHAS
9 __ bean : FAVA
13 Cereal coveted by a silly rabbit : TRIX
14 Garlic piece : CLOVE
15 Baaing mamas : EWES
16 *Playful semiaquatic mammal : RIVER OTTER
18 Merit : EARN
19 “__ the Force, Luke” : USE
20 Looked over : EYED
21 Green shade named for a fruit : OLIVE
22 Electric car maker : TESLA
24 *Seafood served on the half shell : RAW OYSTER
27 Flower starter : BUD
28 Thompson of “Thor: Love and Thunder” : TESSA
29 Parcel of land : TRACT
31 Mammal with elephant and leopard varieties : SEAL
32 Chiding sounds : TSKS
36 *Really get down to the music : ROCK OUT
38 *Floral perfume ingredient : ROSE OIL
40 Black as night : INKY
41 Sail the seven __ : SEAS
43 Spiteful, as gossip : CATTY
44 Baseball Hall of Famer Stengel : CASEY
46 Campfire residue : ASH
47 *Request with a tight timeline : RUSH ORDER
51 Broadcast again : RE-AIR
54 Incredible bargain : STEAL
55 Verdi opera : AIDA
57 Hotel at JFK named for a defunct airline : TWA
58 Turn sharply : VEER
59 *”Only the Lonely” singer : ROY ORBISON
62 Stiffly proper : PRIM
63 Helps in a heist : ABETS
64 “Do you __?” : MIND
65 Moral lapses : SINS
66 Fail to notice : MISS
67 Miranda of “Homeland” : OTTO
DOWN
1 Walk like a peacock : STRUT
2 Pop up : ARISE
3 Volunteers in the community one grew up in, say : GIVES BACK
4 Cord cutter? : AXE
5 Take in or let out : ALTER
6 Reason to get all gussied up : HOT DATE
7 “__ Maria” : AVE
8 Spanish verb similar to “estar” : SER
9 Is completely comfortable : FEELS AT EASE
10 Anticipate : AWAIT
11 Vivacity : VERVE
12 Ed who played Lou Grant : ASNER
14 Playfully shy : COY
17 Share a bedtime story with : READ TO
21 Kvetching cries : OYS
23 “Magically delicious” cereal : LUCKY CHARMS
25 Has on : WEARS
26 Norwegian city with a Viking Ship Museum : OSLO
29 Prefix with athlete : TRI-
30 “Apollo 13” director Howard : RON
31 Fine equine : STEED
33 “Really? There’s no more?” : SO THAT’S IT
34 Tool set : KIT
35 Wily : SLY
37 Cold War initials : USSR
39 Egyptian beetle : SCARAB
42 Long-fingered lemurs of Madagascar : AYE-AYES
45 “You’ve got mail” ISP : AOL
47 Politely declines, maybe : RSVPS
48 Development sites : UTERI
49 Greet and seat : SEE IN
50 Very funny folks : RIOTS
52 Terse refusal : I WON’T
53 Total stranger, or a three-word hint to the answers to the starred clues : RANDO or R AND O
56 Rx writers, often : DRS
59 Animal logo on a Dodge truck : RAM
60 __-Wan Kenobi : OBI
61 Caveat in a text : IMO
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