Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday December 22nd 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Auto industry pioneer : OLDS
5 Couches : SOFAS
10 Enthusiastic : KEEN
14 Christopher Robin’s friend : POOH
15 Novelist Desai : ANITA
16 Toll unit : AXLE
17 Draped Roman garment : TOGA
18 “Can’t you get someone else?” : MUST I
19 Used Google Wallet, say : PAID
20 *Strawberry’s field, once : SHEA STADIUM
23 2020 and 2022 WNBA MVP A’ja : WILSON
25 Longtime local : NATIVE
28 Resource in Catan and Minecraft : ORE
29 Rodeo hat : STETSON
33 A Bobbsey twin : NAN
34 “De __”: “Gracias” response : NADA
36 Bank job : HEIST
37 Pop in the mail : SEND
38 *”Listen, I can explain” : HEAR ME OUT
41 Mid-Mar. honoree : ST PAT
44 Flick : MOVIE
48 *Warning that could come with a “Shush!” : EARS ARE FLAPPING
54 Rumpus : ADO
55 Late-March sign : ARIES
56 Label : TAG
57 Hedge trimmer’s tool, which seems to have been used on the starts of the answers to the starred clues? : PRUNING SHEARS
62 Lose one’s cool completely : GO APE
63 Ingest : EAT
64 Minor interruptions : BLIPS
66 Choir section : ALTOS
67 Mexican Mrs. : SRA
68 Hit just past the infield : BLOOP
69 Isn’t straight : LEANS
70 Tater __ : TOT
71 Like the ocean : SALTY
DOWN
1 Withdraw, with “out” : OPT
2 British lav : LOO
3 Arctic transport : DOGSLED
4 Bravo’s “__ of Sunset” : SHAHS
5 Kim’s “Sex and the City” role : SAMANTHA
6 Burden : ONUS
7 Rock, in a choosing game : FIST
8 Flour for roti : ATTA
9 Turned down : SAID NO TO
10 Shot : KAPUT
11 Check carefully : EXAMINE
12 Country’s __ Young Band : ELI
13 Actor Beatty : NED
21 Canon SLR camera : EOS
22 Ziering of the “Sharknado” films : IAN
23 Hit a walk-off homer, say : WON
24 401(k) kin : IRA
26 Airport shuttle, often : VAN
27 Tip : END
30 Alway : E’ER
31 Director Burton : TIM
32 Compass pt. : SSE
35 Cries of discovery : AHAS
37 “Quit it!” : STOP
39 Uber driver’s guess : ETA
40 Diamond authority : UMP
41 Mermaid’s realm : SEA
42 Pond youngster : TADPOLE
43 Equitably divided : PRO RATA
45 Scathing criticism : VITRIOL
46 Stuck : IN A SPOT
47 Shakshouka ingredient : EGG
49 Hindi cinema star Aishwarya __ Bachchan : RAI
50 Actor Borgnine : ERNEST
51 Mozart’s “The Marriage of __” : FIGARO
52 “Interview With the Vampire” vampire : LESTAT
53 Volcanic debris : ASH
58 Versed in : UPON
59 Urquhart Castle’s loch : NESS
60 Flows back : EBBS
61 Penne __ vodka : ALLA
62 Gadot of “Wonder Woman” : GAL
65 Undercover agent : SPY
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