Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday August 29th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Threaded fastener : SCREW
6 Grilled sausage, for short : BRAT
10 “__ the night before Christmas … ” : ‘TWAS
14 Slacks fabric : CHINO
15 Lasso : ROPE
16 “How disappointing” : OH NO
17 John Steinbeck novel set in the Salinas Valley : EAST OF EDEN
19 Algebra, trig, etc. : MATH
20 Suffix with neat or beat : -NIK
21 Whacks with an ax : HEWS
22 Numerical relationship : RATIO
23 Make an attempt at : TRY FOR
25 Delta Sigma __ sorority : THETA
27 Fourth film in a series starring Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, and Dorothy Lamour : ROAD TO UTOPIA
32 “If the __ fits … ” : SHOE
35 Loewe’s partner : LERNER
36 Post-op recovery area : ICU
37 Iron-rich meat : LIVER
39 Girl of the fam : SIS
40 Wild West film : OATER
42 Sailor’s yes : AYE
43 Cover stories : ALIBIS
46 Supermodel Banks : TYRA
47 Epic poem by John Milton : PARADISE LOST
50 Feature of italic letters : SLANT
51 Principality on the French Riviera : MONACO
55 Provide food service for : CATER
57 Prom couple’s ride : LIMO
59 Parking area : LOT
60 Actor Sharif : OMAR
61 Grammy-nominated Keyshia Cole hit song : HEAVEN SENT
64 Baseball glove : MITT
65 Apex : ACME
66 Evade skillfully : ELUDE
67 Poetic tributes : ODES
68 A++ : TOPS
69 Helicopter blade : ROTOR
DOWN
1 Potpourri emanation : SCENT
2 Part of a dinette set : CHAIR
3 Full of uncertainty : RISKY
4 Sinus specialist, for short : ENT
5 “Yippee!” : WOO-HOO
6 Make, as coffee : BREW
7 Drapery holders : RODS
8 Big galoot : APE
9 Low card in a royal flush : TEN
10 Gazpacho ingredient : TOMATO
11 “That’s too bad” : WHAT A PITY
12 __-lock brakes : ANTI
13 Nabe in London and Manhattan : SOHO
18 Like many an alley cat : FERAL
22 Fashionably nostalgic : RETRO
24 Available for an appointment : FREE
25 Throat tissue : TONSIL
26 Shade on a paint color strip : HUE
28 Cease and __ order : DESIST
29 Native American group : TRIBE
30 Cake prettifier : ICER
31 Subtle glow : AURA
32 High-five sound : SLAP
33 “How’s it goin’?” : HIYA
34 Exaggerate : OVERSTATE
38 Storm tracker : RADAR
41 Mailing label abbr. : ATTN
44 “Hamilton” creator __-Manuel Miranda : LIN
45 French river to the English Channel : SOMME
48 Tips off : ALERTS
49 “__ rather than later, please” : SOONER
52 Alaskan native : ALEUT
53 Time-share unit, typically : CONDO
54 Playful river animal : OTTER
55 “¿__ está usted?” : COMO
56 Bunched in with : AMID
57 Reading light : LAMP
58 Currier’s partner : IVES
61 Fez or fedora : HAT
62 Green prefix : ECO-
63 __-pitch softball : SLO
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