Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday January 1st 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Over the moon : HAPPY AS A CLAM
13 Figurehead?: Abbr. : CPA
16 Japanese art piece that symbolizes good fortune and longevity : ORIGAMI CRANE
17 Inlet, to the sea : ARM
18 Much-photographed event : TOTAL ECLIPSE
19 Fairy-tale disruption : PEA
20 Son of Akhenaten : TUT
21 “To recap … ” : IN SUM
22 Law school course : ETHICS
24 Tangents : ASIDES
26 Throbs : PULSATES
28 Drawing game : KENO
29 Sound of alarm : GASP
31 Connection point : NODE
32 Aid in fixing rough borders : EDGE TRIM
35 Dickered : HAGGLED
38 Program resource : HELP MENU
40 Last part : BACK END
44 Offer not seen by competitors : BLIND BID
49 DOL watchdog : OSHA
50 “My stars!” : EGAD
52 Hill assistant : AIDE
53 “Who, me?” : WHAT’D I DO?
56 Papyrus plants, e.g. : SEDGES
58 Vet : SCREEN
59 Island in a popular board game : CATAN
62 Dance step : PAS
63 Crew implement : OAR
64 Iran, for one : ISLAMIC STATE
67 It may be plucked on a beach : UKE
68 Vader underling : STORMTROOPER
69 Talking stuffed bear in a 2012 film : TED
70 Permanent marker? : TATTOO ARTIST
DOWN
1 Provocative opinion : HOT TAKE
2 Galvanized : AROUSED
3 Placing in direct competition : PITTING
4 __ Tour : PGA
5 Amy Klobuchar, for one : YALIE
6 Chorus of approval : AMENS
7 Unleashes : SICS
8 Women’s Rights Project org. : ACLU
9 Pinches together : CRIMPS
10 2.5 miles, at Indy : LAP
11 Elgort of “The Fault in Our Stars” : ANSEL
12 Some contests : MEETS
13 Building partly burned by Britain in 1814 : CAPITOL
14 Antedate : PRECEDE
15 Brought together : AMASSED
23 Get hooked? : HANG
25 John in court, maybe : DOE
27 Maintained : UPHELD
29 __ Age: post-Civil War period : GILDED
30 Gig gear : AMP
33 It accounts for about 7% of all printed English words : THE
34 “The Villain in Black” rapper MC __ : REN
36 “The Phantom Menace” boy : ANI
37 Cause to race : GUN
39 Wall St. asset : MBA
40 Gracefully exits : BOWS OUT
41 Bread named for how it’s baked : ASH CAKE
42 Blackened : CHARRED
43 “Sexual Politics” author Millett : KATE
45 Witness to a delivery, often : DAD
46 2000s Red Sox hero, familiarly : BIG PAPI
47 Conceives : IDEATES
48 Madeleine or Napoleon : DESSERT
51 Soap Box Derby entrant : GO-CART
54 Dmitri Mendeleev, religiously : DEIST
55 Photo-sharing app, for short : INSTA
56 Triangular pelvic bones : SACRA
57 Former CNN journalist David : ENSOR
60 Snowball pile, say : AMMO
61 Jazz great Puente : TITO
65 Parking __ : LOT
66 Little one : TOT
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