Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday September 18th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Interpretation : SPIN
5 Left on board? : PORT
9 Smartphone array : APPS
13 Church reading : PSALM
18 Falafel bread : PITA
19 Civil rights leader Medgar : EVERS
21 Vault : LEAP
22 Submit for judging : ENTER
23 Bind with a cord : LASH
24 Piece of history : RELIC
25 Gumbo pod : OKRA
26 Lines on GPS displays : ROADS
27 Vague amount : ANY
28 Prompt to a Twister player? : PUT YOUR FOOT DOWN
31 Over the speed limit : TOO FAST
33 Glove material : LATEX
34 Half-baked, as a plan : INSANE
37 Impulse : URGE
38 Bursts : POPS
40 Former NBA star Ming : YAO
42 Figs. : NOS
43 Correspond : AGREE
45 Encouragement to a Yahtzee player? : GET THIS STRAIGHT
50 One in a dory : ROWER
51 Biblical preposition : UNTO
52 Dory’s companion : NEMO
53 “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” co-star : JOLIE
54 Psychology 101 subject : EGO
55 Brief times, briefly : SECS
57 Coarse : RUDE
59 Heavenly octet : PLANETS
61 Benchmark : NORM
63 “Salt Fat __ Heat”: Samin Nosrat cookbook : ACID
65 “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” co-star : PITT
67 D’backs, on a sports ticker : ARI
68 Actor Alan who hosts the “Clear+Vivid” podcast : ALDA
69 Sad request to one’s Hangman opponent? : GIVE ME A HAND
72 Microwaves : ZAPS
76 “Summertime Sadness” singer Lana __ Rey : DEL
78 Equally matched : EVEN
79 Climate change sci. : ECOL
80 Entertainment industry grand slam, for short : EGOT
81 Diminished : RECEDED
85 Vegas calculation : ODDS
87 Arborist’s patient : TREE
89 Atmosphere : AIR
90 One way to think : ALOUD
91 Prosecco kin : ASTI
93 Trim, perhaps : EDIT
95 Originate : ARISE
97 Advice to a checkers player? : JUMP AT THE CHANCE
100 Connective tissue : SINEW
101 Sports drink suffix : -ADE
102 Sculling need : OAR
103 Botanist Gray and actor Butterfield : ASAS
104 Crown array : GEMS
105 __ opener : SEASON
108 Like the River Shannon : IRISH
111 Forced (on) : FOISTED
114 Prayer for a chess player? : GOD SAVE THE QUEEN
118 Damage : MAR
119 Geometry surface : PLANE
121 “A __ technicality!” : MERE
122 Real doozies : LULUS
123 Globetrotter’s need : VISA
124 Knuckle or knee : JOINT
125 Prune, before drying : PLUM
126 Singer Ronstadt : LINDA
127 Turn over __ leaf : ANEW
128 Some TVs : SONYS
129 Fed. IDs : SSNS
130 Over : PAST
131 Spill the beans : TELL
DOWN
1 Bug-hitting-the-windshield sound : SPLAT
2 Yamaha with a bench seat : PIANO
3 With 73-Down, assertion to one’s Scrabble opponent? : IT’S YOUR WORD
4 “Not gonna happen” : NAH
5 Read : PERUSE
6 1980 Olympics track medalist Steve : OVETT
7 Count (on) : RELY
8 The Jonas Brothers, e.g. : TRIO
9 In flight : ALOFT
10 Black tea : PEKOE
11 Sudden burst of emotion : PAROXYSM
12 Quarrel : SPAT
13 Woman on Argentina’s 100 peso note : PERON
14 Bamboozles : SNOWS
15 Slanted : AT AN ANGLE
16 Spearheaded : LED
17 “__ America”: 2020 miniseries about the ERA movement : MRS
20 Artist who works with a chisel : SCULPTOR
28 On-call devices : PAGERS
29 Impetuous : RASH
30 French fashion giant : DIOR
32 Priceless? : FREE
35 Like two 2015 Max Scherzer games : NO-HIT
36 Will of “Blue Bloods” : ESTES
38 Thoughtful : PENSIVE
39 Classical pianist Alice Sara __ : OTT
41 Resting on : ATOP
43 Sports stadium : ARENA
44 Nikolai who wrote “The Overcoat” : GOGOL
45 Italian fashion giant : GUCCI
46 __ pale ale : INDIA
47 Do a slow burn : SEETHE
48 Allowing access : AJAR
49 Charge, in a way : IONIZE
56 Philadelphia NFLer : EAGLE
58 Overturn : UPEND
60 Chili scoop : LADLE
62 Fabricated : MADE UP
64 Dedicate, as time : DEVOTE
66 Strategic steps : TACTICS
70 First-aid dispenser : MEDIC
71 Opposite of sur : NORTE
73 See 3-Down : AGAINST MINE
74 Grace under fire : POISE
75 Spread around : STREW
77 Medieval Icelandic collection : EDDA
81 Hindu royalty : RAJAS
82 Give the slip : ELUDE
83 “Huh?” : COME AGAIN
84 Survey results, e.g. : DATA
86 Beachcombing prize : SEASHELL
88 Enter gingerly : EASE IN
92 Dries up : SHRIVELS
94 Strands in a lab : DNA
96 Wheel parts : RIMS
98 Lots and lots : TONS
99 __ out: resolve : HASH
104 Attacks : GOES AT
106 Jazz saxophonist Rollins : SONNY
107 “Waiting for Lefty” dramatist Clifford : ODETS
109 TV Land fare : RERUN
110 Agenda entries : ITEMS
111 Extended conflicts : FEUDS
112 Stand for something? : EASEL
113 Southern twang : DRAWL
115 Roadie’s vanload : AMPS
116 Witticism : QUIP
117 Pinkie-side arm bone : ULNA
119 Comfy loungewear : PJS
120 Lav : LOO
123 Napa Valley tub : VAT
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