Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday November 12th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Mint : BRAND NEW
9 “__ luck!” : LOTSA
14 Long way to go? : LIMO RIDE
15 Porter, for one : BEARER
16 Ancient language in which “ir” means “the” : OLD WELSH
17 Shaky : INFIRM
18 Console with Party and Fit games : WII
19 Briefly appeared : GLEAMED
21 Go where one shouldn’t : PRY
22 Hitch : SNAG
24 Dance company founder Ailey : ALVIN
25 Belt : SWAT
26 Superficial : GLIB
28 Kinsey research focus : SEX
29 River valley known for Riesling : RHINE
30 ” … to so __”: Churchill : FEW
32 Part of an outmoded garage set : TIRE IRON
34 Exploit a position of trust : FEATHER ONE’S NEST
38 Arranges for deferred payment : RUNS A TAB
39 Symbolic 100% : PIE
40 Waiting expectation : ORDER
41 Higher ed. hurdle : GRE
43 Smartwater rival : NAYA
46 Mad magazine caricaturist Drucker : MORT
47 Stabilizing components : KEELS
49 Stable gear : TACK
51 Go __ : APE
52 Small sailing ship : CARAVEL
54 First name of two Spice Girls : MEL
55 Bit of needlework : TATTOO
57 Island nation in Oceania : KIRIBATI
59 Very hot celestial orbs : O STARS
60 Generic confrontation : US VS THEM
61 Lesser number? : B-SIDE
62 Ring-necked bird : PHEASANT
DOWN
1 Squanders : BLOWS
2 Getting agitated : RILING
3 Radio control : AM DIAL
4 “Spring the trap!” : NOW
5 Vestige : DREG
6 Nabisco name since 1967 : NILLA
7 Unpopular debuts of 1957 : EDSELS
8 “This just isn’t working” : WE HAVE TO BREAK UP
9 Advance : LEND
10 Clod : OAF
11 Security element that may be detected by Silly String : TRIP WIRE
12 Peppers between jalapeño and tabasco on the Scoville scale : SERRANOS
13 “M*A*S*H” unit : ARMY TENT
15 “Très __” : BIEN
20 Add : MIX IN
23 Fragrance assortment, e.g. : GIFT SET
25 Show mastery of : SHINE AT
27 “Joy Shtick” writer : BEHAR
29 Balm of Gilead, for one : RESIN
31 __ bar : WET
33 Missouri’s Cori Bush, e.g.: Abbr. : REP
34 First of many steps : FROM A TO B
35 Continental rider’s purchase, once : EUROPASS
36 Big name in racing : ANDRETTI
37 Wild party : RAGER
42 Quenya or Sindarin, in fiction : ELVISH
44 Company whose logo is interlocking tuning forks : YAMAHA
45 Blackjack combo : ACE-TEN
47 “Get Smart” org. : KAOS
48 Be of use : SERVE
50 “The Kiss” painter : KLIMT
52 Workout focus : CORE
53 “Snow Flower and the Secret Fan” novelist See : LISA
56 Bit : TAD
58 “Mic Drop” band : BTS
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