Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday January 20th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Rearmost, as decks : AFT
4 Winter wear : PARKA
9 App with pics, familiarly : INSTA
14 Lead-in to gender : CIS-
15 Brown and Yale : IVIES
16 Auctioned autos, often : REPOS
17 Ended corruption : DRAINED THE SWAMP
20 __ fire : CEASE
21 Tofu source : SOYA
22 First Nations tribe : CREE
23 Shindig : GALA
25 “__ in the Boys Room”: 1973-’74 hit : SMOKIN’
27 Vented : BLEW OFF STEAM
32 Actor Somerhalder of “Lost” : IAN
33 Lizard-approved coverage? : GEICO
34 Place to get clean : REHAB
38 Shakespearean verb : DOTH
40 Intense anger : WRATH
42 What some queens do : RULE
43 Boston suburb named for an English county : ESSEX
45 Common conveyances for Calvin and Hobbes : SLEDS
47 Depression Era pres. : FDR
48 Made everything clear : LIFTED THE FOG
51 Nielsen of “The Naked Gun” films : LESLIE
54 Caesar’s 18-Down : VIDI
55 Swift steed : ARAB
56 Sushi pairing : SAKE
60 Brief but sharp pains : PANGS
63 Historical turning point … and, as three words, a literal description of 17-, 27- and 48-Across : WATERSHED MOMENT
66 Timberlake’s old crew : NSYNC
67 “Trade discount” quintet : A-E-I-O-U
68 Portuguese saint : SAO
69 Sleeping giant : SERTA
70 Grabbed forty winks : SLEPT
71 Oil additive brand : STP
DOWN
1 “Back in Black” group : AC/DC
2 Kindle __ : FIRE
3 Modern-day wand wielders : TSA AGENTS
4 Source of Yuletide coziness : PINE LOG
5 “__ Maria” : AVE
6 Divests : RIDS
7 Low-carb, high-fat diet : KETO
8 Pale : ASHY
9 Apr. addressee : IRS
10 Often-hazed member : NEWCOMER
11 Lively quality : SPARK
12 Marisa of “The Wrestler” (2008) : TOMEI
13 Sawatch Range resort : ASPEN
18 54-Across, here : I SAW
19 Verb that sounds like multiple vowels : EASE
24 Not lots : A FEW
26 Damage : MAR
27 __ one’s time: be patient : BIDE
28 Vietnam neighbor : LAOS
29 Top spot : FIRST
30 E to E, e.g. : SCALE
31 Carried : TOTED
35 Arrogance : HUFFINESS
36 Canadian shoe retailer : ALDO
37 Scary floater : BERG
39 Recklessly determined : HELL-BENT
41 Many a flat-screen : HDTV
44 Top of many a dial : XII
46 Begin a naval deployment : SHIP OUT
49 Own (up) : FESS
50 Wax-coated cheese : EDAM
51 Targets of much fertilization : LAWNS
52 Rub off : ERASE
53 Woodland deity : SATYR
57 Light-bulb moments : AHAS
58 Ship stabilizer : KEEL
59 Falco of “Nurse Jackie” : EDIE
61 Pesky insect : GNAT
62 “No más!” : STOP
64 Early TV maker : RCA
65 Swabbie’s tool : MOP
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