Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday July 12th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 California wine region near Sonoma : NAPA
5 Not quite : ALMOST
11 Zamboni surface : ICE
14 Nowhere to be seen, for short : AWOL
15 Simple shelter : LEAN-TO
16 Prom rental : TUX
17 *Performer who may wear harem pants : BELLY DANCER
19 Lob’s path : ARC
20 “Star Wars” heroine : LEIA
21 Taylor Swift’s “__ Song” : OUR
22 If not : ELSE
23 Tree frog sound : CHIRP
25 *People in a love-hate relationship : FRENEMIES
27 Transmission choice for driving uphill : LOW GEAR
29 Stockpile : AMASS
30 Chips __!: cookie brand : AHOY
31 Creme Egg candymaker : CADBURY
35 Hearty holiday drink : NOG
36 *Body-lifting exercises : CHIN-UPS
37 Spigot : TAP
40 Ambushed : WAYLAID
41 Corn Belt tower : SILO
42 Storybook brutes : OGRES
45 Tracks down : LOCATES
47 *Veers from the straight and narrow : BREAKS BAD
51 Pet rabbit’s home : HUTCH
52 Wallop : SOCK
53 Feel crummy : AIL
54 Carpenter’s clamp : VISE
55 Source of milk for pecorino cheese : EWE
56 Dieting advice, and what the answers to the starred clues literally do : CUT THE CARBS
60 Time zone word: Abbr. : STD
61 Dined at a bistro, say : ATE OUT
62 Nerd : GEEK
63 That lady : SHE
64 Tinkers (with) : MESSES
65 Avant-garde : EDGY
DOWN
1 Capture : NAB
2 Knock the socks off : AWE
3 Tadpole : POLLIWOG
4 Hay fever, e.g. : ALLERGY
5 “Marriage Story” actor Alan : ALDA
6 Actress Thompson : LEA
7 Regal home : MANOR
8 Promptly : ON CUE
9 Rudder’s locale : STERN
10 Only Canadian MLB city : TOR
11 Firenze locale : ITALIA
12 Swear words : CURSES
13 More than necessary : EXCESS
18 Cry of pain : YIPE!
22 Television award : EMMY
23 Tartan-sharing kin : CLAN
24 Santa’s jolly syllables : HO! HO!
25 Physically delicate : FRAIL
26 Disneyland hat pair : EARS
28 Sore : ACHY
32 Genetic material : DNA
33 Construct : BUILD
34 Bun, e.g. : UPDO
36 Wine barrel : CASK
37 Giggled self-consciously : TITTERED
38 Smart __: know-it-all : ALEC
39 Swanky : POSH
40 Like disappointing coffee : WEAK
41 McMuffin meat option : SAUSAGE
42 Think too much (about) : OBSESS
43 Old-__ forest : GROWTH
44 Ebb : RECEDE
46 Rather smart : CHIC
48 Cook in some olive oil, say : SAUTE
49 Tugs at a fishing line : BITES
50 Choir section : ALTOS
54 November honorees : VETS
56 Pic taker : CAM
57 Shade on a color wheel : HUE
58 Plead : BEG
59 Big __ Country : SKY
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