Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday January 22nd 2018, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1. Cried on cue, say ACTED
6. Nimble-fingered DEFT
10. Auntie on Broadway MAME
14. Africa’s Sierra __ LEONE
15. Butterlike topping OLEO
16. Beatnik’s “Understood” I DIG
17. *Grocery store FOOD MARKET
19. Join the chorus SING
20. Like the chains in a chain necklace LINKED
21. Camp beds BUNKS
22. Swear (to) ATTEST
25. Pair in a dinghy OARS
27. Employee’s reward RAISE
28. *Vessel for a cheesy dip FONDUE POT
33. Cone-dropping trees FIRS
34. Recycling receptacle BIN
35. Maps within maps INSETS
36. Therapists’ org. APA
37. *Ballroom dance that’s also a phonetic alphabet “F” FOXTROT
39. Shatner’s “__War” TEK
40. Cash in, as coupons REDEEM
42. “I __ only kidding” WAS
43. Shoulder muscle, for short DELT
44. *All-terrain high shoe FIELD BOOT
46. Sandburg and Sagan CARLS
47. Highest in quality BEST
48. Gives a thumbs-up SAYS OK
49. Wrinkle-removing injection BOTOX
52. Acquires, as debts INCURS
55. State firmly AVOW
56. Stream crossing for pedestrians … and what is literally provided by the interior letters in the answers to starred clues FOOTBRIDGE
60. Filet mignon order RARE
61. World power initials until 1991… USSR
62. How contracts are signed IN INK
63. Iditarod vehicle SLED
64. Fishing rod partner REEL
65. Occur as a result ENSUE
DOWN
1. 1980s TV ET… ALF
2. Corporate VIP… CEO
3. Also TOO
4. Tiresomely long ENDLESS
5. Downfall DEMISE
6. Nerdy sort DORK
7. Sommer of cinema ELKE
8. Get nourishment from FEED ON
9. Trike rider TOT
10. Applies incorrectly MISUSES
11. Score after deuce AD IN
12. Ermine cousin MINK
13. They’re often scrambled EGGS
18. Tiny farm denizen ANT
21. Main impact BRUNT
22. Repetitive barking ARF ARF!
23. Taiwan’s capital TAIPEI
24. Rabble-rousing outburst TIRADE
26. “Hasta la vista” ADIOS
28. Predicament FIX
29. Quarterback’s “Snap the ball at the second ‘hut’” ON TWO
30. Fizzles (out) PETERS
31. Verdi opera with Desdemona OTELLO
32. “You should be ashamed!” TSK TSK!
34. Lays an egg on stage BOMBS
37. UPS alternative FEDEX
38. Word before or after pack RAT
41. Nudged sharply ELBOWED
43. Best Western competitor DAYS INN
45. Lazy OTIOSE
46. Underwood who performs the “Sunday Night Football” opening CARRIE
48. Classroom stand-in SUB
49. Happy hour places BARS
50. Mirror shape OVAL
51. Ran like mad TORE
53. Smoke detector? NOSE
54. PC corner key CTRL
56. Calico coat FUR
57. Put down DIS
58. Oxlike antelope GNU
59. Barely manage, with “out” EKE
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