Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday September 8th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 *Mean message : HATE MAIL
9 Administer an oath to : SWEAR IN
16 2018 SAG Life Achievement Award honoree : ALAN ALDA
17 Above it all, in a way : TALLEST
18 Featured dishes : SPECIALS
19 Grassy expanse : PRAIRIE
20 Impassive : DRY-EYED
22 Skewed view : BIAS
23 Walk leisurely : AMBLE
27 *Occasion for hiring a babysitter : DATE NIGHT
29 Beers served with lime : CORONAS
32 Grubhub link : MENU
33 Persia, today : IRAN
34 “Hidden Figures” org. : NASA
36 Jazz great who was the first African-American man to win a Grammy : BASIE
41 *”So Much to Say” Grammy winners : DAVE MATTHEWS BAND
45 Nocturnal sound : SNORE
46 50+ group : AARP
47 Microsoft search engine : BING
48 Spring : LEAP
51 Pungent cleanser : AMMONIA
53 *Fits together neatly : DOVETAILS
58 Put into words : UTTER
59 Disney’s “__ and the Detectives” : EMIL
60 Hailed : GREETED
63 Philadelphia school whose teams are the Explorers : LA SALLE
65 Lucrative venture : GOLD MINE
70 Harness racer : TROTTER
71 Minor issue? : AGE LIMIT
72 Stops : ARRESTS
73 Mushy message, and the end of a sequence that progresses through the answers to the starred clues : LOVE NOTE
DOWN
1 Consumes : HAS
2 Swiss mountain : ALP
3 __ kwon do : TAE
4 Env. insert : ENC
5 __ name : MAIDEN
6 Banned fruit spray : ALAR
7 Without much thought : IDLY
8 Performed light surgery on? : LASED
9 Fla. recreation spot : ST PETE
10 Norton in “The Shawshank Redemption,” for one : WARDEN
11 Portuguese feminine pronoun : ELA
12 Excuse : ALIBI
13 Outfit again : RERIG
14 Whitlock Jr. of “The Wire” and “Veep” : ISIAH
15 Arms treaty subj. : N-TEST
21 Big name in pianos : YAMAHA
23 Corrosive compounds : ACIDS
24 Colonel called “the second most dangerous man in London” by Sherlock Holmes : MORAN
25 “Way to go!” : BRAVO
26 Introvert : LONER
28 Worn-down pencils : NUBS
30 Santa __ winds : ANA
31 Posed (for) : SAT
35 Swingline insert : STAPLE
37 Cloister leader : ABBOT
38 Canonized one : SAINT
39 Concave navel : INNIE
40 Painter Degas : EDGAR
42 Cheesy sandwich : MELT
43 Pitching stat : ERA
44 Typing stat : WPM
49 Young bird of prey : EAGLET
50 Broadcasters : AIRERS
52 Confuse : MUDDLE
53 Atlanta-based airline : DELTA
54 Astrologer Sydney : OMARR
55 Cap brim : VISOR
56 Thrill to pieces : ELATE
57 “The Goldbergs” actor George : SEGAL
61 Like deli orders : TO-GO
62 Hgt. : ELEV
64 Capt.’s underlings : LTS
66 Max. opposite : MIN
67 “I think,” in texts : IMO
68 Minor quibble : NIT
69 Bastille Day time : ETE
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