Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday June 12th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Language of many a motto : LATIN
6 Sheepherding pig in a Best Picture nominee : BABE
10 Some bowling feats : SPARES
16 Chef’s toque, e.g. : HAT
19 Maine college town : ORONO
20 Lena of “The Artist’s Wife” : OLIN
21 Some Tuscany natives : PISANS
22 Actress Thurman : UMA
23 U : PERCUSSION SECTION
26 Neither here __ there : NOR
27 Grand spreads : ESTATES
28 Unproductive activity : TIME SINK
29 Sitcom home of Johnny Fever : WKRP
30 Embrace : HUG
31 Made less stringent : EASED
32 “I’m with you” : DITTO
34 Sound sleepers? : SNORERS
37 Pet adoption org. : ASPCA
40 On the up and up? : LOFTY
43 U : UNION LEADER
46 Eye-related : OPTIC
48 With 69-Down, MVP of Super Bowl III : JOE
49 Posted : SENT
50 Verizon communications service : FIOS
51 Beatrix Potter’s real first name : HELEN
52 Cougar on a sneaker : PUMA
53 Orchestra leader : MAESTRO
56 100 smackers : C-SPOT
58 Conference session : SEMINAR
60 Low-risk investments: Abbr. : CDS
61 Glacier breakaway : BERG
63 College football fans sporting a blue “Y” : ELIS
65 Smells awful : REEKS
66 U : COMMUNITY CENTER
70 __ acid : AMINO
72 Trillion: Pref. : TERA-
73 Stand in line : WAIT
74 Waze display : MAP
77 Washer cycle : SPIN-DRY
79 Employee who works a lot? : VALET
82 Team symbols : MASCOTS
84 Senate staffer : AIDE
85 Bar mixers : SODAS
87 Greek earth goddess : GAIA
89 Santa __: dry California winds : ANAS
90 “The Big Bang Theory” astrophysicist with a Yorkshire terrier named Cinnamon : RAJ
91 Worked (up) : KEYED
92 U : COUNTER PART
95 Leaving nothing out : IN ALL
97 National Forest northwest of Orlando : OCALA
99 Wrinkly dog : SHAR-PEI
100 Wayfarer : NOMAD
102 Break up : END IT
105 Mai __: cocktail : TAI
106 “Billions” actor Giamatti : PAUL
108 Home for a pride : LION’S DEN
111 Road trip break : PIT STOP
115 Old hoops gp. : ABA
116 U’s : PIECES OF FURNITURE
118 __ La Table: cookware shop : SUR
119 Clear up : SETTLE
120 Nestlé chocolate bar with a bubbly texture : AERO
121 Time being : NONCE
122 Barnyard pen : STY
123 Dr. Scholl’s purchase : INSOLE
124 Prune : TRIM
125 Discover bit by bit : GLEAN
DOWN
1 Relaxed stride : LOPE
2 God of war pursued by Wonder Woman : ARES
3 Civil wrong : TORT
4 Conspiring : IN CAHOOTS
5 Highway warning : NO U-TURN
6 Order (around) : BOSS
7 Undefeated boxer Laila : ALI
8 Flora and fauna : BIOTA
9 Heath’s “Brokeback Mountain” role : ENNIS
10 Zooms : SPEEDS
11 Snaps : PICS
12 Hub of bubbly : ASTI
13 Backup plans for outdoor events : RAIN DATES
14 Ramen mushroom : ENOKI
15 Govt.-issued ID : SSN
16 U : HUNK OF JUNK
17 Love, in Spain : AMOR
18 Waterproof cover : TARP
24 Jason of “How I Met Your Mother” : SEGEL
25 Lipstick mishap : SMEAR
29 GATT successor : WTO
31 Actor Morales : ESAI
33 “Waterfalls” pop trio : TLC
34 Golf legend Sam : SNEAD
35 Dressed to the __ : NINES
36 Campaign promise : REFORM
38 Written in verse : POETIC
39 Certain NCO : CPL
41 2011 Literature Nobelist Tranströmer : TOMAS
42 12 months : YEAR
43 Camp Pendleton org. : USMC
44 “What’s up, __?” : DOC
45 Last letter of many plural nouns : ESS
47 Subject of Newton’s first law : INERTIA
51 Sanctified : HOLY
52 Santa Monica landmark : PIER
54 Govt. security : T-BOND
55 Contrition : REMORSE
57 Part of a flower : PETAL
59 Track events : MEETS
62 __ reaction : GUT
64 Wrap (up) : SEW
66 French film : CINE
67 The Silver State : NEVADA
68 Some long-term investments, briefly : IRAS
69 See 48-Across : NAMATH
70 Bee-related : APIAN
71 U : MID-JANUARY
74 “Hidden Figures” actress Janelle : MONAE
75 “Pong” company : ATARI
76 Hushed “Hey!” : PSST!
77 Bollywood dress : SARI
78 Inconsistent nutrition plans : YO-YO DIETS
80 Bigheadedness : EGO
81 Kind of cross : TAU
83 Noisy toy gun : CAP PISTOL
86 Last mo. : DEC
88 Research org. : INST
91 Netherlands airline : KLM
92 “On it” : CAN DO
93 Use DoorDash, say : EAT IN
94 Classification for some violent films : R-RATING
96 “2 funny!” : LOL!
98 One paying a flat fee? : LESSEE
101 Extraterrestrial : ALIEN
103 Make more lean : DEFAT
104 Gather : INFER
106 “No thanks” : PASS
107 Share a border : ABUT
109 Quadri- doubled : OCTO-
110 Georgia Tech basketball coach Fortner : NELL
111 Senior moment? : PROM
112 Song : TUNE
113 Keiko in “Free Willy,” for one : ORCA
114 Hammer end : PEEN
116 Inflation fig. : PSI
117 Ocean State sch. : URI
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