Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday April 12th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Chesapeake shellfish : CRAB
5 Swings at a fly : SWATS
10 Perfect tennis serves : ACES
14 Can’t stand : HATE
15 Band whose debut album “Dreamboat Annie” was released in the U.S. on Valentine’s Day in 1976 : HEART
16 Reclined : LAIN
17 *__ day: on alternating days : EVERY OTHER
19 Thought : IDEA
20 Raised, as kids : REARED
21 What a vocalist may drop for emphasis : MIC
23 “What’s the __?”: “So what?” : DIF
24 Pallid : WAN
25 *Aussie’s “Well done!” : GOOD ON YOU
28 Historic period : ERA
30 Deluge : TORRENT
31 *One with the motto “Be Prepared” : BOY SCOUT
34 Trait carriers : GENES
38 Brazenly obvious : BLATANT
39 Morton condiment : SEA SALT
41 Determined to have : SET ON
42 *Serves a prison sentence : DOES TIME
43 Daily record, as on a ship : LOGBOOK
46 Almost on “E” : LOW
47 *Part of the contract where gotchas might be found : FINE PRINT
50 Mantra syllables : OMS
52 United : ONE
53 Talk incessantly : YAK
54 “You’re the One That I Want” musical : GREASE
57 Bloody, as steak : RARE
59 The first words of the answers to starred clues are a mnemonic for this musical symbol’s staff lines : TREBLE CLEF
62 Back up, on a PC : UNDO
63 Philadelphia NFLer : EAGLE
64 Winter wear : COAT
65 Extreme disorder : MESS
66 Struck down, biblically : SMOTE
67 Pantry pests : ANTS
DOWN
1 “Believe” singer : CHER
2 “Must-see” review : RAVE
3 Eroded : ATE AWAY AT
4 Quotable Yogi : BERRA
5 Not barefoot : SHOD
6 Drenched, e.g. : WET
7 “That feels good” : AAH
8 Seismic event : TREMOR
9 Long step : STRIDE
10 Comedian Wong : ALI
11 Escalade, casually : CADDY
12 Kids’ song refrain : E-I-E-I-O
13 Big blunder : SNAFU
18 Hankering : YEN
22 Barrel-shaped drums : CONGAS
25 Joint ailment : GOUT
26 Uneaten morsel : ORT
27 A-bomb tryout : N-TEST
28 Recedes to the sea : EBBS
29 Part in a play : ROLE
30 “An ounce of action is worth a __ of theory”: Emerson (probably) : TON
32 Pilfered : STOLE
33 Suspended cover above a bed : CANOPY
35 Place for a manicure : NAIL SALON
36 “Tickle Me” Muppet : ELMO
37 Hearty entrée : STEW
39 Chimney sweep’s target : SOOT
40 “A mouse!” : EEK
42 Cheadle who was Basher in “Ocean’s” films : DON
44 Fireplace inserts : GRATES
45 Yoga-as-exercise namesake : BIKRAM
47 Roman place of assembly : FORUM
48 Foolish : INANE
49 Brainiacs, maybe : NERDS
50 Valuable deposit : ORE
51 Muslim holy city : MECCA
54 Joy : GLEE
55 Usher’s offering : SEAT
56 Young newts : EFTS
58 Dawn goddess : EOS
60 Alter __ : EGO
61 Three-letter sandwich : BLT
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