Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday April 5th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Danish director von Trier : LARS
5 One of a yardstick’s 36 : INCH
9 “High waving heather __ stormy blasts bending”: E. Brontë : NEATH
14 Actor Baldwin : ALEC
15 Home of the NFL’s Saints, informally : NOLA
16 Bert’s Muppet buddy : ERNIE
17 Old Italian money : LIRA
18 Do a guard’s job : STAND WATCH
20 Addis __ : ABABA
22 Zagreb natives : CROATS
23 Prevail in the race (just barely) : WIN BY A HAIR
25 Pitching stats : ERAS
29 “Furthermore … ” : AND
30 Musical effect involving two quickly played repeated notes : TRILL
31 Lasting emotional injury : SCAR
34 Llama relative : ALPACA
39 Jack Ryan org. : CIA
40 “Brace yourself” : HOLD ONTO YOUR HAT
43 QB’s concern : INT
44 Food on the farm : FODDER
45 Gas sign in green letters : HESS
46 Laugh at a joke, say : REACT
48 Big Aussie bird : EMU
50 Banks of “America’s Next Top Model” : TYRA
51 Peel out : BURN RUBBER
58 Seaman’s “Help!” : MAYDAY
60 Surname of vintners Ernest and Julio : GALLO
61 Musical conductor … and what the end of 18-, 23-, 40- or 51-Across can be? : BANDLEADER
65 Hoarse voice : RASP
66 Disney’s Little Mermaid : ARIEL
67 Miller __: beer : LITE
68 Soft French cheese : BRIE
69 First AFL-CIO leader George __ : MEANY
70 Unable to find the way : LOST
71 Tourney ranking : SEED
DOWN
1 Calif. legal drama : LA LAW
2 Suspect’s out : ALIBI
3 Showed over : RERAN
4 Sword sheath : SCABBARD
5 __ and outs: workings : INS
6 Mountain gap : NOTCH
7 Santa __, Calif. : CLARA
8 Vietnam’s capital : HANOI
9 Small salamander : NEWT
10 Solution for a pencil error : ERASER
11 Tiny six-legged crawler : ANT
12 It can precede or follow tac : TIC
13 Clever chuckle : HEH
19 __ es Salaam : DAR
21 Author Rand : AYN
24 Hersey’s “A Bell for __” : ADANO
26 Rolling in francs : RICHE
27 “a.k.a.” name : ALIAS
28 Blind strips : SLATS
30 Cross-shaped letter : TAU
31 Metaphor in a big gambling loss : SHIRT
32 __ Island, home of the original Nathan’s : CONEY
33 “I do” site : ALTAR
35 Part of LLC: Abbr. : LTD
36 Group of whales : POD
37 Vote of approval : AYE
38 Apple pie maker’s device : CORER
41 Poet’s “many times” : OFT
42 Tart-tasting preserve veggies : RHUBARBS
47 Oriole Park at __ Yards : CAMDEN
49 Coffee cup : MUG
51 “So long” : BYE
52 Arizona politics family name : UDALL
53 Car music source : RADIO
54 Nos in Novgorod : NYETS
55 Play loudly, as a 53-Down : BLARE
56 Commercial cow : ELSIE
57 Lured (in) : ROPED
59 Friend : ALLY
61 “Pow!” relative : BAM
62 “What __ the odds?” : ARE
63 Vardalos or Long : NIA
64 IRA part: Abbr. : RET
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