Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday April 14th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 “Leaves of Grass” name : WALT
5 Links to a social media post : TAGS
9 Ivy, e.g.: Abbr. : SCH
12 They’re better boosted than inflated : EGOS
13 Actor Willem : DAFOE
14 NCAA’s “Tide” : ALA
15 Where many blood cells are produced : BONE MARROW
17 Witty retort : MOT
18 French film : CINE
19 Be in session : SIT
20 Neutralize : DEFUSE
22 Indigo plant : ANIL
23 Pleased : GLAD
25 Challenges requiring nerve : DARES
26 Like some Sundays : LAZY
27 Aleppo’s land : SYRIA
29 Alliance acronym : NATO
30 Champs-Élysées lunch choice : CREPE
32 Carrying process : GESTATION
34 Break in the action : LULL
36 German pop star who sang “99 Luftballons” : NENA
37 The very beginning : SQUARE ONE
41 Russian rulers : TSARS
45 Go left, say : TURN
46 Does as told : OBEYS
48 First name in fashion : YVES
49 Wild party : RAGER
51 “Enchanted” movie girl : ELLA
52 Gradually withdraw : WEAN
53 Playground retort : ARE TOO
55 Droop : SAG
56 “The Hobbit” creatures : ORCS
57 Buffet server : URN
58 Head-scratching words … and, phonetically, a feature of the four longest Down answers : WHY ON EARTH?
61 Brief moment : SEC
62 Fix : AMEND
63 Protected, at sea : ALEE
64 Word with devil or dog : SLY
65 Brooklyn ballers : NETS
66 Puts in : ADDS
DOWN
1 Online group study : WEBINAR
2 Fret (over) : AGONIZE
3 Big name in travel guides : LONELY PLANET
4 Mao __-tung : TSE
5 Style of some surf and turf : TARTARE
6 Cont. south of Western 31-Down : AFR
7 “Glad that’s settled!” : GOOD
8 Stitched up : SEWED
9 Katana-wielding warrior : SAMURAI
10 Approximately : CLOSE TO
11 Slams, slangily : HATES ON
13 Newspaper rival of the Bugle in the Spider-Man universe : DAILY GLOBE
16 Inbox list: Abbr. : MSGS
18 Advanced math subj. : CALC
21 Oz, for one : FANTASY WORLD
24 Anaheim attraction : DISNEYLAND
28 Joined the clean-plate club, say : ATE
31 See 6-Down : EUR
33 Queen’s subject : ANT
35 Celestial feline : LEO
37 Big name in blue jeans : STRAUSS
38 Bicker : QUARREL
39 Reason for pacing : URGENCY
40 Half or full holds : NELSONS
42 Turned aside : AVERTED
43 Arrives at : REACHES
44 W-2 IDs : SSNS
47 Wise one : SAGE
50 Atkinson of British comedy : ROWAN
54 Woeful cry : OH ME
59 Still : YET
60 Roadside help letters : AAA
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