Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday November 14th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Aesop critter who loses to the tortoise : HARE
5 Metal corrosion : RUST
9 Braid : PLAIT
14 Sermon-ending word : AMEN
15 Norway’s capital : OSLO
16 Underground molten rock : MAGMA
17 Like cotton candy : SPUN
18 *Chophouse selection : T-BONE STEAK
20 Fat-based bird feed : SUET
22 __-Mex cuisine : TEX
23 “Picnic” playwright William : INGE
24 *Wayfair and Amazon : E-TAILERS
27 Glowing remnant in a fireplace : CINDER
29 Weep loudly : SOB
30 Brian of Roxy Music : ENO
31 Get __ of: discard : RID
32 Beast of burden : ASS
33 Fragrant shrub : LILAC
35 Tapered off : ABATED
38 Envelope-slicing tools, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have? : LETTER OPENERS
42 Jab : POKE AT
43 Rough wool fabric : TWEED
45 Coll. dorm figures : RAS
48 Cabernet, e.g. : RED
49 __-Wan Kenobi : OBI
51 “Good Girls” actress Whitman : MAE
52 Texas city on the Rio Grande : EL PASO
54 *Army fare during WWII : C-RATIONS
56 Blueprint detail, for short : SPEC
57 Sci-fi saucer : UFO
59 Method: Abbr. : SYST
60 *Moving day rental, for some : U-HAUL TRUCK
63 “Game of Thrones” actress Headey : LENA
66 Commuting option in Ga.’s capital : MARTA
67 “What __ is new?” : ELSE
68 Pub pints : ALES
69 County of southeast England : ESSEX
70 Prep for publication : EDIT
71 Folk story : MYTH
DOWN
1 “That ship __ sailed” : HAS
2 Roadie’s armload : AMP
3 Like travel mugs : REUSABLE
4 Lassitude : ENNUI
5 Bad to the core : ROTTEN
6 Laptop port letters : USB
7 Post office openings : SLOTS
8 Muscle quality : TONE
9 U.K. leaders : PMS
10 “E pluribus unum” language : LATIN
11 Discussion outline : AGENDA
12 Pictures : IMAGES
13 “Any __?”: “Who’s interested?” : TAKERS
19 Fire up : EXCITE
21 Voting members in a certain college : ELECTORS
24 Subj. often taught by a native speaker : ESL
25 Drudgery : TOIL
26 Laughed heartily : ROARED
28 Sense of self : IDENTITY
31 Bird of prey : RAPTOR
34 Org. with a racket in its logo : ATP
36 Feathery accessory : BOA
37 Dawn droplets : DEW
39 Barely make, as a living : EKE OUT
40 From a distance : REMOTELY
41 “Beautiful Girls” singer Kingston : SEAN
44 __ Plaines, Illinois : DES
45 Job application component : RESUME
46 Socially dominant figures : ALPHAS
47 Asparagus units : SPEARS
50 Easter egg holder : BASKET
53 Sharp, as some angles : ACUTE
54 Was able to : COULD
55 Ramadan faith : ISLAM
58 Unoccupied : FREE
61 Hardly strict : LAX
62 CBS forensic series set in Vegas : CSI
64 Butterfly catcher : NET
65 Powdery residue in a fireplace : ASH
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