Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday January 24th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Baghdad is its capital : IRAQ
5 Really slow parties : DRAGS
10 Bloke : CHAP
14 Hindu spiritual adviser : GURU
15 Latin for “gold” : AURUM
16 British nobleman below a marquess : EARL
17 Rifle range rounds : AMMO
18 Failure to exercise appropriate care : NEGLIGENCE
20 Nicholas II was the last one : TSAR OF RUSSIA
22 Nod up and down : AGREE
25 Enjoy the slopes : SKI
26 Nav. rank : ENS
27 Bath bathroom : LOO
28 “To make a __ story short … ” : LONG
32 Jessica with two Oscars and three Emmys : LANGE
34 Hopping western rodents : KANGAROO RATS
38 Jai __ : ALAI
39 Formal “Door’s open” : ENTER
40 Green Hornet’s sidekick : KATO
44 Meteor : SHOOTING STAR
47 Glide on a rink : SKATE
50 Soon, in Shakespeare : ANON
51 Well output : OIL
52 Tic-__-toe : TAC
53 __ Lingus : AER
56 Submit a résumé (for), as a job : APPLY
58 Tasks in music, painting, etc. : ARTS PROJECTS
63 Like hastily made plans : LAST-SECOND
64 Berra or a bear : YOGI
68 Dip __ in: test the water : A TOE
69 Meeting leader : CHAIR
70 Enjoy, as gum : CHEW
71 Well-mannered man : GENT
72 Works at, as a bar : TENDS
73 __ sapiens : HOMO
DOWN
1 Supermarket initials : IGA
2 Mojito liquor : RUM
3 Chair’s elbow rest : ARM
4 Repeat exactly : QUOTE
5 Scully on “The X-Files” : DANA
6 Regretful sort : RUER
7 2012 Affleck film that won Best Picture : ARGO
8 Large bodies of water : GULFS
9 Smug grin : SMIRK
10 Chicken cacciatore quintet : CEES
11 “Dear Evan __”: 2015 musical : HANSEN
12 Curving, like the sun crossing the sky : ARCING
13 Polite request starter : PLEASE
19 What a plea deal concedes : GUILT
21 Ward of “House” : SELA
22 __-Seltzer : ALKA
23 Objective : GOAL
24 Barrett of gossip : RONA
29 Creme-filled cookie : OREO
30 It’s forbidden : NO-NO
31 Have to, in slang : GOTTA
33 Questions : ASKS
35 Main point : GIST
36 Horse rider’s strap : REIN
37 Florence’s river : ARNO
41 Where division leaders sit, vis-à-vis the standings : ATOP
42 What a dog wags : TAIL
43 Paris airport : ORLY
45 Jalopies : HEAPS
46 Tiny biting insect : GNAT
47 WWII prison camp : STALAG
48 Self-defense technique : KARATE
49 Responds to, as a tip : ACTS ON
54 Build : ERECT
55 Tamiflu producer : ROCHE
57 “Fooled you!” : PSYCH
59 Editor’s “keep it” : STET
60 Folk singer Baez : JOAN
61 Oklahoma city : ENID
62 Some USN officers : CDRS
65 “I get it now!” : OHO
66 Diamond, for one : GEM
67 __ Jima : IWO
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