Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday October 8th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Closing pieces : CLASPS
7 Trademarked sandwich : MCRIB
12 Long, thin fish also called a grenadier : RATTAIL
14 Worth giving up on : DOOMED
16 Fla-Vor-Ice rival : OTTER POP
18 Settle early : PREPAY
19 Hot items at a bakery : OVENS
20 “Mario Party” dinosaur : YOSHI
22 Slip-__ : ONS
23 “Duérmete __”: Spanish lullaby : NINO
24 Cut : SAWED
25 Destiny’s Child, e.g. : TRIO
26 Melancholy : SAD
27 One making a bundle on a farm : BALER
28 “__ Morgen!” : GUTEN
29 Adds : CONTRIBUTES
31 Easy to swallow : CANDY-COATED
32 High tied activity? : ROPES COURSE
33 Charlie and Lola : NAMES
34 Passionate : LUSTY
35 “The Magicians” novelist Grossman : LEV
38 “Ars Amatoria” poet : OVID
39 Fools : DUPES
40 Dove home : COTE
41 __ drop : MIC
42 Speaks in Spanish : HABLA
43 Temaki or futomaki : SUSHI
44 Becky Sauerbrunn’s sport : SOCCER
46 Gossamer : ETHEREAL
48 Far-reaching : GLOBAL
49 Fish in stargazy pie : SARDINE
50 Place to share stories, for short : INSTA
51 Had : TASTED
DOWN
1 Sings a lullaby, say : CROONS
2 Baltic state with a maroon and white flag : LATVIA
3 Go : ATTEND
4 Legal brief writer? : STENO
5 Links data : PARS
6 Bit of a draft? : SIP
7 Letters for a research scientist : MD-PHD
8 Bush who is part of “The Squad” in Congress : CORI
9 Ingredient that makes she-crab soup orange : ROE
10 Brought in : IMPORTED
11 Skullcaps : BEANIES
13 Program that rewards super users : LOYALTY CLUB
15 Maker of the Corrale straightener : DYSON
17 Popular item : POWER COUPLE
21 Blog with “The Food Lab” columns written by J. Kenji López-Alt : SERIOUS EATS
24 Historic Vegas hotel : SANDS
25 Private pupil : TUTEE
27 Series starring Emily Deschanel as a forensic anthropologist : BONES
28 Daring : GUTSY
29 Like some 31-Down attendees : CAPED
30 St. __: Caribbean island : BARTS
31 Event where folks may be super dressed up? : COMIC CON
32 Filling dish? : RAVIOLI
33 Chinese take-out order? : NO MSG
35 Finally crack : LOSE IT
36 Colorless gas : ETHANE
37 “The __ Virgin”: Strazza statue in Newfoundland : VEILED
39 Youngest girl in the Shazam Family : DARLA
40 Poutine topper : CURDS
42 Qualifying race : HEAT
43 “Buona __!” : SERA
45 Paramount+ network : CBS
47 Feature of some uniforms : HAT
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