Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday August 20th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Sign of shock : GASP
5 __ shop : MALT
9 Pottery and printmaking : ARTS
13 World Golf Hall of Famer Lorena : OCHOA
15 Jelly that may be added to boba tea : ALOE
16 Device with threads : LOOM
17 Skirt : SHIRK
18 Dark days or long days : SOLSTICES
20 Woman whose immortalized cell line was used in developing the polio vaccine : HENRIETTA LACKS
22 “I feel seen” : IT ME
23 “RuPaul’s Drag Race Live!” regular O’Hara : ASIA
24 Taxing time? : MID-APRIL
28 __ bar : TAPAS
31 Big finish : BANG
32 Go for the win, in Clue : ACCUSE
34 “__ Luna”: Allende novel : EVA
35 Accutane target : ACNE
36 Inseparable : THICK
37 Tough going : SLOG
38 “Awkward Black Girl” creator : RAE
39 Insolent : CHEEKY
40 French dip? : PLIE
41 Traditional Islamic garment : BURQA
43 Navajo taco base : FRYBREAD
45 Trick : DUPE
47 __ noodle : POOL
48 “That’s what you’re bragging about? You do you … ” : WEIRD FLEX BUT OK
54 “Say what?” : COME AGAIN
55 Japanese mushroom : ENOKI
56 Smudge : BLOT
57 Emily Oster’s subj. : ECON
58 Court apparel : SKORT
59 Bonus rooms : DENS
60 Disallow : DENY
61 Shutter part : SLAT
DOWN
1 “Goodness me” : GOSH
2 Heating pad target : ACHE
3 One guarded on a soccer pitch : SHIN
4 Fabled food that’s bear-ly eaten? : PORRIDGE
5 Competition series that features Mystery Box and Pressure Test challenges : MASTERCHEF
6 So much : A LOT
7 “Mozart in the Jungle” star Kirke : LOLA
8 Electric company? : TESLA
9 Keys on a piano : ALICIA
10 “She put the Miss in misdemeanor when she stole the beans from Lima” singers : ROCKAPELLA
11 Low digits : TOES
12 Texting inits. : SMS
14 Breed from Honshu : AKITA
19 Work with one’s buds? : TASTE
21 Mantis of “Guardians of the Galaxy,” for one : EMPATH
24 Gambling mecca near Hong Kong : MACAU
25 Dark aspect of one’s persona : INNER DEMON
26 More aloof : ICIER
27 Change of fortune? : LUCKY PENNY
29 Skirt : AVOID
30 Mint family herb : SAGE
31 Fence-sitter’s deterrent : BARB
33 Stadium suite : SKYBOX
37 Goes underground : SPELUNKS
39 Three-time Best Director of the 1930s : CAPRA
42 Mollifies : QUIETS
44 Court apparel : ROBES
46 Having clear boundaries : EDGED
48 Soyinka who was the first Literature Nobelist from sub-Saharan Africa : WOLE
49 Head space? : FACE
50 Sword-wielding animal on Sri Lanka’s flag : LION
51 A crow’s twig, e.g. : TOOL
52 Cajun staple : OKRA
53 Catwoman player : KITT
54 Oil in some pet treats, for short : CBD
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