Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday June 20th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Shoot the breeze : CHAT
5 Ladder rung : STEP
9 How-to presentations : DEMOS
14 Lacking color : PALE
15 Blue-green hue : TEAL
16 Poetry muse : ERATO
17 Dance, music, sculpture, etc. : ARTS
18 Tabula __: blank slate : RASA
19 Rolls of fabric : BOLTS
20 Where Clay went to make a ceramic vase? : POTTERY STUDIO
23 Calligrapher’s tool : PEN
24 Selfish shout : MINE
25 Where Penny went to deposit money? : SAVINGS BANK
30 Verbalize : SAY
33 Olympic skater’s leap : AXEL
34 Herbal beverage : TEA
35 Stock unit : SHARE
37 Boy, in Spanish : NINO
38 Speed : HASTE
41 “Sign me up!” : I’M IN
42 Talks up : TOUTS
44 Golden yrs. fund : IRA
45 Verse writer : POET
46 Mornings, briefly : AMS
47 Where Viola went to perform with an orchestra? : CONCERT HALL
51 Lose color : FADE
52 Cow’s sound : MOO
53 Where Dean went to meet with professors and students? : COLLEGE CAMPUS
59 Doctor Who player Whittaker : JODIE
60 Declare : AVER
61 Say grace, say : PRAY
63 Sci-fi visitor : ALIEN
64 Gas holder : TANK
65 Quiche ingredients : EGGS
66 Stately home : MANSE
67 Laryngitis docs : ENTS
68 Film spool : REEL
DOWN
1 Tax prep pro : CPA
2 Triangular stringed instrument : HARP
3 Voice above tenor : ALTO
4 Aerospace employee who assesses new aircraft : TEST PILOT
5 Force : STRENGTH
6 Run like the dickens : TEAR
7 “Nothing to it!” : EASY
8 Blood component : PLASMA
9 Shows to be untrue : DEBUNKS
10 Wear away : ERODE
11 Landlocked African nation west of Niger : MALI
12 Springfield Elementary bus driver : OTTO
13 “Help!” letters : SOS
21 Number of millimeters in a centimeter : TEN
22 Altoids container : TIN
25 Father Christmas : SANTA
26 Widely accepted truth : AXIOM
27 Five-time Wimbledon singles champion Williams : VENUS
28 Dead __ Scrolls : SEA
29 No-frills : BASIC
30 American __: U.S. territory in the South Pacific : SAMOA
31 Disney mermaid : ARIEL
32 Streisand title role : YENTL
36 Rap devotee : HIP-HOPPER
39 Tuscany three : TRE
40 Designates for a specific purpose, as funds : EARMARKS
43 Like triangles with unequal sides : SCALENE
48 “__ to Joy”: segment of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony : ODE
49 Cancel out : NEGATE
50 Pitcher Seaver who won three Cy Young Awards : TOM
51 Swatter’s targets : FLIES
53 Pepsi or Coke : COLA
54 Thor’s father : ODIN
55 “Dear __ Hansen”: 2017 Best Musical Tony winner : EVAN
56 Small change : CENT
57 Strong desire : URGE
58 Poultry herb : SAGE
59 English muffin topper : JAM
62 Monogram of a French fashion house : YSL
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