Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday January 15th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Handy tension reliever : STRESS BALL
11 Kick back : REST
15 “Aww!” : WHAT A CUTIE
16 Fair : EXPO
17 Places for posers : ART CLASSES
18 Banh mi spread : MAYO
19 Nonsense : ROT
20 Fabric types : KNITS
21 Racer with a crew : YACHT
22 Pasture mom : MARE
24 Exchange membership : SEAT
25 Trumpet : EXTOL
26 Guiding lights? : STARS
28 Leaves on the sly : SKIPS
30 Pub order : ALE
31 Architectural deets : SPECS
33 Omission indications : ELLIPSES
35 In : CHIC
37 Instrument akin to an oud : LUTE
38 Bucolic : PASTORAL
42 From then on : SINCE
45 Tony-winning playwright Ensler : EVE
46 Prepare to show some muscle : OIL UP
48 Pets : SNITS
50 From around here : LOCAL
52 One way to start : ANEW
54 Reason to go green? : ENVY
55 Desktop assortment : ICONS
56 Software to debug : BETAS
58 Very long time : EON
59 “Pretty please?” : CAN I?
60 Let others talk : PASS THE MIC
62 Inserts, say : ADDS
63 Event necessitated by a move, perhaps : ESTATE SALE
64 Bridge site : NOSE
65 “Why the tears?” : WHAT’S SO SAD?
DOWN
1 Moving multitudes : SWARMS
2 Speakers often clear them : THROATS
3 Dilapidated digs : RATTRAP
4 Space-saving abbr. : ETC
5 La Jolla scientific research institute namesake : SALK
6 Medical procedures : SCANS
7 Keeps occupied : BUSIES
8 On the line : AT STAKE
9 MRI technician’s request : LIE STILL
10 “__ Djinns”: Franck symphonic poem : LES
11 Century 21 rival : RE/MAX
12 Ambitious track wagers : EXACTAS
13 See-through device : SPYHOLE
14 Piccolo sounds : TOOTLES
21 Confident response after being doubted : YES, IT IS
23 Straight up : ERECT
27 Underwater groups : SCHOOLS
29 __-size : PLUS
32 HomePod Mini voice : SIRI
34 Diagonally cut pasta : PENNE
36 Vine fruit that can be dried and used as a container : CALABASH
38 Smoothie King Center NBAer : PELICAN
39 California state fruit : AVOCADO
40 Duel personalities : SECONDS
41 Some sleep on it : LUNESTA
43 Mall features : CINEMAS
44 “Ta-da!” : ET VOILA
47 Watched a boxer, say : PET-SAT
49 Matched, as movie sound and action : SYNCED
51 Star __: five-spice ingredient : ANISE
53 Juice amounts? : WATTS
57 Word before “A Lady” or “A Woman,” in two old Top 10 songs : SHE’S
60 Bench for a flock : PEW
61 Spanish pronoun : ESO
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