Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday July 9th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Stock option in a seafood business? : BISQUE
7 Works for literati : HIGH ART
14 Rather dense : OBTUSE
15 Waterway dividing two sides of a college football rivalry : RED RIVER
16 Knesset country : ISRAEL
17 Digits in parentheses : AREA CODE
18 Isn’t quite neutral : LEANS
19 Signer of the first of the Oslo Accords : ABBAS
20 Pad kee mao pan : WOK
21 Huff : SNIT
22 One of many on Massachusetts Avenue in D.C. : EMBASSY
24 __ machine : GUMBALL
26 Dappled horses : ROANS
30 Chat : SCHMOOZE
32 Washington’s Grand __ Dam : COULEE
33 Webinar’s first slide, often : OUTLINE
34 Treat traditionally paired with RC Cola in the South : MOON PIE
35 Like Robert Johnson’s music : BLUESY
36 Styling combs : RATTAILS
37 Fifth-century bishop in Ire. : ST PAT
38 Tempts : LURES IN
39 Grammar police, e.g. : PURISTS
41 Took off : LEFT
44 Help for a broken-hearted BFF : TLC
47 Some IRAs : ROTHS
48 Bass kin : CELLO
49 “OK, sure” : YEAH I BET
51 Ancient Roman province now part of modern 16-Across : JUDAEA
52 Diet option in black cans : COKE ZERO
53 Motorized rides : E-BIKES
54 Zen harmony : ONENESS
55 Can’t stand : DETEST
DOWN
1 Sanitizes, perhaps : BOILS
2 Playwright called “The Father of Realism” : IBSEN
3 Truthfully : STRAIGHT UP
4 Dramatic advance : QUANTUM LEAP
5 Exploits : USES
6 London’s __ Pie Island : EEL
7 Ancient physician’s reference book : HERBAL
8 Bean sprouts? : IDEAS
9 Bottom-up, in a way : GRASSROOTS
10 “__ sunt dracones”: line on an ancient globe : HIC
11 Profess : AVOW
12 Take from the top : REDO
13 Long haul : TREK
15 Raucous crowd : RABBLE
19 Floor : AMAZE
22 Magazine whose archive was purchased by a consortium that includes the Smithsonian : EBONY
23 “Bingo” : YOU NAILED IT
25 Keep from cracking, perhaps : MOISTURIZE
27 Yellowstone, for one : ALPINE LAKE
28 Good name for a knight? : NEIL
29 Dates : SEES
30 Breaks down : SOBS
31 Unorthodox sect : CULT
32 Pigeon holes : COTES
34 Trading places : MARTS
36 Try and reach quickly : RUSH TO
38 Shampoo buys : LITERS
40 Spa wear : ROBES
42 Hurries toward safety : FLEES
43 Brown bread : TOAST
44 Onetime producer of Magna Doodle : TYCO
45 “Sex on Fire” Grammy winners Kings of __ : LEON
46 Candle holder : CAKE
48 Pyrite crystal, at times : CUBE
50 Female lobster : HEN
51 Abbey’s husband on “The West Wing” : JED
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