Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday January 8th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Brews-to-bruises event? : BAR BRAWL
9 Rubberneck, at times : GAWKER
15 Epitome of Americanism? : APPLE PIE
16 “Seinfeld” character who dated baseball’s Keith Hernandez : ELAINE
17 Vitamin intake for some : MEGADOSE
18 Screenwriter __ Trumbo : DALTON
19 Events in a crime film subgenre : CAPERS
21 Bypass : SKIRT
22 Criticism : FLAK
25 Doesn’t squander : USES
27 “By the power vested __ … ” : IN ME
28 Winter hat feature : EARFLAP
31 Got into a new outfit : CHANGED
33 Godfather cocktail ingredient : AMARETTO
35 KFC bucket piece : LEG
36 Many of them have sisters : RELIGIOUS ORDERS
41 MLB segment : DIV
42 “Pens down” : TIME IS UP
43 Put drinks on plastic? : RAN A TAB
47 Source of added protection : BOOSTER
48 Two-time Tony winner Judith : IVEY
49 Appoint : NAME
51 Boris Johnson, e.g. : TORY
52 So yesterday : PASSE
54 “Aha!” : EUREKA!
57 Capital north of Washington, D.C. : OTTAWA
59 Salsa roja ingredient : CILANTRO
63 Defeated : FALLEN
64 Tonsorial work : HAIRCUTS
65 Least constrained : FREEST
66 Restrained : ON A LEASH
DOWN
1 “Batman” sound : BAM
2 Make fun of : APE
3 Final Fantasy, e.g., briefly : RPG
4 Christmas shopping draw : BLACK FRIDAY SALE
5 “The Scarlet Letter” letter : RED A
6 Per unit : A POP
7 Figure out : WISE UP TO
8 Looks lasciviously : LEERS
9 H.S. dropout’s test : GED
10 “__, I am not coop’d here for defence!”: Shak. : ALAS
11 Everywhere, “if you have the time”: Steven Wright : WALKING DISTANCE
12 Fraud with checks : KITING
13 Massive, in Montréal : ENORME
14 Let : RENTED
20 Jiff : SEC
22 __ Street: R.L. Stine series : FEAR
23 Like dad jokes, to kids : LAME
24 Depleted sea : ARAL
26 Israeli violinist Mintz : SHLOMO
29 For real : LEGIT
30 Lorazepam brand : ATIVAN
32 Word on Spanish mail : AEREO
34 Open about one’s sexuality : OUT
37 __ tiger : SIBERIAN
38 This, in Tenerife : ESTO
39 Sorry sort : RUER
40 Lissome : SPRY
43 Bargain antithesis : RIP OFF
44 Personal online image : AVATAR
45 Food giant : NESTLE
46 Main squeeze, in modern lingo : BAE
50 Lotsa : MUCHO
53 Lambs’ moms : EWES
55 Lamb pen name : ELIA
56 Marx not seen in films : KARL
58 Creature that can carry many times its body weight : ANT
60 Dolphins quarterback Tagovailoa : TUA
61 Shares again, on Twitter : RTS
62 __Kosh B’gosh : OSH
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