Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday May 5th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Ewes’ guys : RAMS
5 Jazz great James : ETTA
9 Term illustrated by the starts of 39- and 44-Across : BOGEY
14 Director Kazan : ELIA
15 Some skinny jeans : LEES
16 See 11-Down : SCORE
17 __ paper: baking layer : PARCHMENT
19 DuVernay film set in Alabama : SELMA
20 Diamond gems : ONE-HITTERS
22 Way, way off : AFAR
23 Mood-stabilizing hormone : SEROTONIN
25 Ante- : PRE-
28 Solidify : SET
29 California’s Big __ : SUR
30 Place for a stay : INN
33 Souvlaki meat : LAMB
35 Put away the groceries? : EAT
37 Term illustrated by the starts of 17- and 20-Across : BIRDIE
39 Outwit : ONE-UP
41 Cybergiggle : LOL
43 Dirties : SOILS
44 Package : PARCEL
46 Director Anderson : WES
48 Symbol on the Flash’s chest : BOLT
49 Farm pen : STY
50 Siete menos cinco : DOS
52 Cable channel with a “superstar” wine club : TCM
54 Univ. aides : TAS
55 Initiates legal action : FILES SUIT
58 Red outside, maybe : RIPE
61 Complex units : APARTMENTS
65 Watchdog breed : AKITA
67 Cheaters : TWO-TIMERS
68 Kidney-related : RENAL
69 “__ cost you!” : IT’LL
70 Bog fuel : PEAT
71 Term illustrated by parts of 61- and 67-Across : EAGLE
72 Kenneth of fashion : COLE
73 Dessert brand : EDY’S
DOWN
1 Default action, briefly : REPO
2 “Einstein’s Dreams” novelist Lightman : ALAN
3 Swampy land : MIRE
4 Goldman __ : SACHS
5 Target of some bark beetles : ELM TREE
6 Stay dry? : TEETOTAL
7 Core belief : TENET
8 Team that lost the 2019 World Series to the Nationals : ASTROS
9 Some coll. degrees : BSS
10 “Channel Orange” Grammy winner Frank : OCEAN
11 With 16-Across, 9-, 37-, or 71-Across, for any given hole : GOLF
12 Writer Bombeck : ERMA
13 2022, e.g. : YEAR
18 Goes quickly : HIES
21 Slight : SNUB
24 Mystery writer Johansen : IRIS
25 Falls heavily : PLOPS
26 Charged : RAN AT
27 __ board : EMERY
30 “Canadian __”: “Weird Al” parody of a Green Day song : IDIOT
31 Nabisco wafer brand : NILLA
32 Mouse pads? : NESTS
34 Tampa NFLer : BUC
36 Haul : TOW
38 Corddry of HBO’s “Ballers” : ROB
40 Mani-__ : PEDI
42 “Time to bounce” : LET’S ROLL
45 1970 Kinks hit : LOLA
47 Sink on purpose : SCUTTLE
51 __ tank : SEPTIC
53 “The Emancipation of __”: Mariah Carey album : MIMI
55 Prenatal : FETAL
56 Took care of : SAW TO
57 ASU’s home : TEMPE
58 Red inside, maybe : RARE
59 SUNDVIK baby furniture retailer : IKEA
60 __-pong : PING
62 Requirement : NEED
63 Highchair surface : TRAY
64 Retired jets : SSTS
66 Flagon fill : ALE
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