Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday June 2nd 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 High standards : IDEALS
7 All-in-one product’s selling points : USES
11 Open page on a web browser : TAB
14 Weasellike pet : FERRET
15 Spot for pore strips : NOSE
16 “Don’t Bring Me Down” band : ELO
17 *Locavore movement : FARM-TO-TABLE
19 Also : TOO
20 Mos. and mos. : YRS
21 Diary : LOG
22 Identity __ : THEFT
24 *Insulating layer around a nerve : MYELIN SHEATH
28 Bounce back : REBOUND
31 Phone notification : ALERT
32 Former Disney president Michael : OVITZ
33 Aromatherapy locale : SPA
34 Snakelike fish : EEL
37 *Accept a difficult role : TAKE UP THE MANTLE
42 Alex and __: jewelry company known for bracelets : ANI
43 Have debts : OWE
44 Witherspoon of “The Morning Show” : REESE
45 Invisible urban pollution : NOISE
48 Fake names : ALIASES
50 *Use a randomizer to decide, say : SPIN THE WHEEL
53 Refers to : CITES
54 Harley-Davidson’s stock symbol : HOG
55 Friend : PAL
58 Maker of Good Grips kitchen tools : OXO
59 What an investigative journalist might do, and what the answers to the starred clues literally do : BREAK A STORY
64 Tear : RIP
65 One of Eve’s sons : ABEL
66 Dressing with anchovies : CAESAR
67 Super Mario Bros. console : NES
68 Sup : DINE
69 Florence’s role in “Black Widow” and “Hawkeye” : YELENA
DOWN
1 Dubious : IFFY
2 Letter opener : DEAR
3 Texts the wrong person, say : ERRS
4 Branch : ARM
5 Word before “It Go” and “It Be,” in song titles : LET
6 Pinched : STOLEN
7 34-Across, to a sushi chef : UNAGI
8 Cry noisily : SOB
9 Night sch. class : ESL
10 Quietly fume : SEETHE
11 Private discussions : TETE-A-TETES
12 In the air : ALOFT
13 Diner option : BOOTH
18 Snitched : TOLD
23 The first “H” of HRH : HER
24 Sunbeam floater : MOTE
25 Citrus hybrid used in Japanese cuisine : YUZU
26 Kitten-lifting spot : NAPE
27 Shut noisily : SLAM
28 Duty roster : ROTA
29 __ Rachel Wood of “Westworld” : EVAN
30 Some halters : BIKINI TOPS
33 That woman : SHE
35 Alternatively : ELSE
36 Vintner’s dregs : LEES
38 Fancy-schmancy : POSH
39 __ pop: Belle and Sebastian genre : TWEE
40 Singer India.__ : ARIE
41 “Snow Crash” novelist Stephenson : NEAL
46 Number of World Series wins for the Nationals : ONE
47 “No way to sugarcoat this” : IT’S BAD
48 “I see now” : AH, OK
49 Mid-size Subaru : LEGACY
50 Obvious disdain : SCORN
51 Folklore trickster : PIXIE
52 Pod member : WHALE
55 Selfie stance : POSE
56 Galway Bay’s __ Islands : ARAN
57 Harp constellation : LYRA
60 Squeeze bunt stat : RBI
61 Poetic twilight : E’EN
62 RSVP convenience : SAE
63 __ Aviv : TEL
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