Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday August 27th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 File : ARCHIVE
8 Go as low as : STOOP TO
15 Tightens, say : RELACES
16 Observation when Porky leaves : PIG TAIL
17 Ready : ON ALERT
18 “I’ll do it” : ALLOW ME
19 Pass with a wave? : SAIL BY
20 Up to one’s eyeballs : IN DEEP
21 “Street Scene” playwright Rice : ELMER
22 Water line? : WAKE
23 D.C. United’s first home : RFK
26 Obscures : BEDIMS
28 Belinda Carlisle album with French songs and Irish musicians : VOILA
30 Corkers : BEAUTS
31 Pub freebie : BAR NUT
32 Confection that reportedly improves heart health : DARK CHOCOLATE
34 Small tower : TURRET
35 Lots : DOZENS
36 Companion of Dionysus : SATYR
37 Fit : BELONG
38 TY preceder, maybe : PLS
39 “Never __ the comments” : READ
40 Scoring instructions : TEMPI
44 Saved for later, in a way : TIVOED
47 One of the Istari, in Middle-earth : WIZARD
48 Tinkerer : AMATEUR
50 Disinfectant distilled from needles : PINE OIL
51 Humdinger : RARE GEM
52 Feature of an assured fit : ONE SIZE
53 On point : GERMANE
54 Scottish dogs : WESTIES
DOWN
1 Stopped lying? : AROSE
2 __ artery : RENAL
3 Maintain : CLAIM
4 “Bruised” director : HALLE BERRY
5 Party exercise : ICEBREAKER
6 Rather : VERY
7 Suffix for records : -EST
8 Defeats soundly, in sports slang : SPANKS
9 Piñata feature : TILDE
10 Look that causes discomfort : OGLE
11 Member of the Siouan family : OTOE
12 Images on Clemson Tigers merchandise : PAW PRINTS
13 Cook with a lot of Apples? : TIM
14 Shout of support : OLE
20 “My goose is cooked” : I AM SO DEAD
22 Lead-in to draw or hold : WITH-
24 Furnace part : FLUE
25 Dennings of “2 Broke Girls” : KAT
27 Tear __ : DUCT
28 Midwinter honorees : VALENTINES
29 Grated ingredient in cranberry relish, often : ORANGE ZEST
30 MVP of the first two Super Bowls : BART STARR
31 Clown whose voice inspired Krusty of “The Simpsons” : BOZO
32 Binary : DUAL
33 Down __ : COLD
34 One of six in a fl. oz. : TSP
37 “Toss a can my way” : BEER ME
39 City on the Seine : ROUEN
41 Don DeLillo title inspired by an Andy Warhol print series : MAO II
42 Hold dear : PRIZE
43 Runs without moving : IDLES
45 Market unit : ITEM
46 Singer-songwriter Suzanne : VEGA
47 “Sideways” subject : WINE
48 S.A. country bordering five others : ARG
49 Novelist Rita __ Brown : MAE
50 Sound of a sock : POW
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