Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday January 31st 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
Across
1 Relaxing retreat : SPA
4 Picket line crosser : SCAB
8 Tied, as sneakers : LACED
13 Work like heck : TOIL
15 Arrived : CAME
16 Old piano key material : IVORY
17 European car brand that sounds sort of like a Western greeting : AUDI
18 Ordered like dictionary words : ALPHABETIC
20 *The Bible’s golden calf, e.g. : GRAVEN IMAGE
22 Sound of fear : EEK
23 Roadside haven : INN
24 About 1/2000th of a euro, in 2002 : LIRA
26 *Giving a higher mark than students deserve : GRADE INFLATION
33 Slimy substance : GOO
34 Dolphin family “killer” : ORCA
35 Inventor Otis : ELISHA
36 Roman moon goddess : LUNA
38 Tease : KID
40 Site of Napoleon’s exile : ELBA
41 Where Amin ruled : UGANDA
44 Puffin relatives : AUKS
47 Geological time span : EON
48 *It’s not always the same as one’s assigned sex at birth : GENDER IDENTITY
51 What a coach gives a base runner : SIGN
52 Corn unit : EAR
53 Suffix with script : -URE
56 *Intuition, often : GUT INSTINCT
62 Cape Cod and Baja : PENINSULAS
64 Former Neet rival : NAIR
65 Two in a deck : DEUCE
66 Evening, in ads : NITE
67 Required bet : ANTE
68 Rubbed out, gang-style : OFFED
69 NBA conference : EAST
70 USO show audience … and a hint to the answers to starred clues : GIS
DOWN
1 Male deer : STAG
2 Serve the wine, say : POUR
3 Verdi classic : AIDA
4 Medical diagnostic device : SCANNER
5 Colombian metropolis : CALI
6 Alarm clock toggle : AM/PM
7 On __ of: representing : BEHALF
8 Loose, like a translation : LIBERAL
9 D.C.’s Pennsylvania, e.g. : AVE
10 Pigeon shelter : COTE
11 Shallowest Great Lake : ERIE
12 Flemish painter Sir Anthony van __ : DYCK
14 Wife of Augustus : LIVIA
19 Light-footed : AGILE
21 Prefix with scope : ENDO-
25 “It’s __” : “Nobody wins” : A TIE
26 Charge triple, say : GOUGE
27 Journalist Farrow : RONAN
28 “Disgusting!” : ICK
29 Water nymph : NAIAD
30 Speck in the ocean : ISLET
31 “That’s exciting!” : OH BOY
32 Indian bread : NAAN
33 Water cooler sound : GLUG
37 “No ifs, __ or buts” : ANDS
39 Payable now : DUE
42 Condescended : DEIGNED
43 Jason’s shipbuilder : ARGUS
45 Israeli parliament : KNESSET
46 RBI or ERA : STAT
49 On key : IN TUNE
50 Russian supermodel Shayk : IRINA
53 High hairstyle : UPDO
54 Great Barrier __ : REEF
55 Plenty, phonetically : ENUF
57 Pelvic bones : ILIA
58 D.C. baseball team : NATS
59 Vietnam’s Da __ : NANG
60 Banking giant : CITI
61 Uno y dos : TRES
63 Rapper __ Cube : ICE
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