Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday December 8th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Courteous title : MA’AM
5 “Make tracks!” : SCRAM
10 Be rife (with) : TEEM
14 __ mater : ALMA
15 Fragrance : AROMA
16 Fairy-tale antagonist : OGRE
17 Expanding Asian desert : GOBI
18 Temporarily unavailable : NOT IN
19 Work hard for : EARN
20 Band saw? : UNITED WE STAND
23 Tuned to, as a radio dial : SET AT
24 Genetic material in some vaccines : RNA
25 Circular saw? : IT IS WHAT IT IS
33 Trail behind : LAG
36 Photographer Leibovitz : ANNIE
37 Incline : SLANT
38 Concerning : IN RE
40 Zenith’s opposite : NADIR
42 Place to build : SITE
43 Back up an apology, say : ATONE
45 Pampering treatments for feet, informally : PEDIS
47 Sad : LOW
48 Power saw? : MIGHT IS RIGHT
51 Spot for a sleeve tattoo : ARM
52 Abates : EASES
56 Coping saw? : ONE DAY AT A TIME
61 Stylish : CHIC
63 City south of Gainesville : OCALA
64 Image in the Timberland logo : TREE
65 Proficient : ABLE
66 More up-to-date : NEWER
67 Allow to borrow : LEND
68 “Cheers” bartender Woody : BOYD
69 Accounting giant __ & Young : ERNST
70 Finishes : ENDS
DOWN
1 Wizard : MAGUS
2 Unaccompanied : ALONE
3 Sphere of influence : AMBIT
4 Cocktail typically garnished with an orchid : MAI TAI
5 Surface for beach volleyball : SAND
6 Imitate a rooster : CROW
7 Mechanical learning method : ROTE
8 “Inside Story” novelist Martin : AMIS
9 Words of incantation : MANTRA
10 Canvases for 45-Across : TOENAILS
11 “Zounds!” : EGAD
12 Make a blunder : ERR
13 Chaps : MEN
21 James who sang “At Last” : ETTA
22 Inhabitants of a classroom “farm” : ANTS
26 Travel guide listing : INN
27 Round closers on a onesie : SNAPS
28 Not as narrow : WIDER
29 Former North Dakota senator Heitkamp : HEIDI
30 Long part of a comet : TAIL
31 Very much a fan of : INTO
32 Crockpot dish : STEW
33 Hemsworth of “The Hunger Games” : LIAM
34 Opposed to : ANTI
35 Rum-and-water quaff : GROG
39 Made better : ENHANCED
41 Drilling structure : RIG
44 Raison d’__ : ETRE
46 Home of the N.Y. Mets until 2008 : SHEA
49 “Stick a fork in me” : I’M DONE
50 Spill the beans : TATTLE
53 Tornado watch sound : SIREN
54 Fix : EMEND
55 Botanic beginnings : SEEDS
56 Unctuous : OILY
57 Aspire notebook maker : ACER
58 Show fatigue : YAWN
59 Many taps in a brewpub : ALES
60 Fruit-filled dessert : TART
61 Taxi : CAB
62 “Barry” cable network : HBO
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