Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday December 29th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Young chaps : LADS
5 Methodology: Abbr. : SYST
9 Played over : RERAN
14 Samoa’s biggest city : APIA
15 Fat-heavy diet : KETO
16 Prenatal test, for short : AMNIO
17 Trick question? : WAS THIS YOUR CARD
20 Role for Flockhart : MCBEAL
21 Like much event swag : FREE
22 “That’s it!” : AHA!
23 Quick question? : DONE ALREADY
29 Fictional Wolfe who was born in Montenegro : NERO
31 Netflix’s “__ White People” : DEAR
32 By way of : VIA
33 “Battle of the Sexes” loser : RIGGS
35 Like dried rose petals : PAPERY
38 Burning question? : WHERE’S THE FIRE
41 Bumps : RAISES
42 “__ Meenie”: Kingston/Bieber hit : EENIE
43 “CODA” communication method : ASL
44 Blues singer Thomas : IRMA
45 Soaks (up) : SOPS
49 Leading question? : WHO’S WINNING
54 Currency of Laos : KIP
55 Roth investments : IRAS
56 Screenwriter Cody who won an Oscar for “Juno” : DIABLO
58 Probing question? : FIND ANYTHING YET
63 Hawaii or Alaska, on many a map : INSET
64 Bread served with mattar paneer : NAAN
65 Radiate : EMIT
66 Grind, as teeth : GNASH
67 Fail suddenly, with “out” : CONK
68 Turn down : DENY
DOWN
1 Wyatt Earp, for one : LAWMAN
2 Southwestern people : APACHE
3 Keep from practicing? : DISBAR
4 Fill until full : SATE
5 Places to recover after going downhill fast : SKI LODGES
6 “Sweet!” : YES
7 Farm pen : STY
8 Over the line : TOO FAR
9 Like more expensive art, often : RARER
10 Awards show host : EMCEE
11 Genetic molecule translated into protein : RNA
12 Ultrathin MacBook : AIR
13 Go-ahead : NOD
18 Conned : HAD
19 Short address : URL
24 Photo sources : NEGS
25 Conference of Magic and Wizards : EASTERN
26 Assert as true : AVER
27 Bleak : DIRE
28 “Woot!” : YAY
30 Rich deposits : ORES
34 Intense anger : IRE
35 No-frills drawing style : PEN AND INK
36 “100 Greatest Movie Quotes of All Time” org. : AFI
37 Traditional March 14 desserts : PIES
38 Break-even proposition : WASH
39 Oldest city in Hawaii : HILO
40 Half up front? : HEMI-
41 Gritty, in a way : RAW
44 Thinking alike : IN SYNC
46 “No objection here” : OK BY ME
47 Enter en masse : PILE IN
48 Like bad cell reception : SPOTTY
50 Teams : SIDES
51 Intense anger : WRATH
52 McKellen who plays Gandalf : IAN
53 Martini ingredient : GIN
57 Matured : AGED
58 Newton fruit : FIG
59 Overnight option : INN
60 DOD intel arm : NSA
61 Living-in-harmony principle : TAO
62 “To All the Boys” novelist Jenny : HAN
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