Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday June 21st 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Drains of energy : SAPS
5 Prefix with sphere : ATMO-
9 Jousting weapon : LANCE
14 Drive-__ ATM : THRU
15 Have to have : NEED
16 Negatively charged particle : ANION
17 Many millennia : AEON
18 Surrealist Salvador : DALI
19 Muscular : TONED
20 *Broadcast quality determined by a car antenna : RADIO RECEPTION
23 NFL six-pointers : TDS
24 Beer barrel : KEG
25 One, in Germany : EIN
26 *Sine or cosine, for short : TRIG FUNCTION
32 Mongolia’s continent : ASIA
34 Load, as cargo : LADE
35 Movement-sensing game console : WII
36 Get set, casually : PREP
37 Fireplace ducts : FLUES
39 “You said the same thing as me!” : JINX
40 Go kaput : DIE
41 Sheet music symbol : CLEF
42 Really, really stinky : RANK
43 *Issue best kept within the clan : FAMILY AFFAIR
47 Cry inconsolably : SOB
48 “__ go time!” : IT’S
49 Boxer’s stat : KOS
52 Tongue-in-cheek description of a mullet, and of the answers to the starred clues : PARTY IN THE BACK
57 Move rapidly toward : RUN AT
58 Sweetie : BABE
59 Double Stuf cookie : OREO
60 Cosmetician Lauder : ESTEE
61 “Yes, let’s do it!” : I’M IN
62 Actor Sharif : OMAR
63 Youngster : CHILD
64 Sitcom backgrounds : SETS
65 Breathe hard : PANT
DOWN
1 Microwave button : START
2 Coming up : AHEAD
3 Urges along : PRODS
4 Gymnast Lee who won a gold medal at the 2020 Olympics : SUNI
5 Nobel Peace Prize winner Sakharov : ANDREI
6 Hard-boiled Chinese snack : TEA EGG
7 Sporty Spice of the Spice Girls : MEL C
8 Garfield’s drooling frenemy : ODIE
9 Crisscross pie crust pattern : LATTICE
10 Bless with oil : ANOINT
11 Yucatán boy : NINO
12 Last name of filmmakers Ethan and Joel : COEN
13 Come to a close : END
21 Bhindi masala pod : OKRA
22 Isn’t yet decided : PENDS
26 Felt-__ marker : TIP
27 Material in a lint trap : FLUFF
28 Abu Dhabi’s fed. : UAE
29 “Victory is mine!” : I WIN
30 Pigpen grunt : OINK
31 Put the kibosh on : NIX
32 “Eri tu,” but not “Eres Tu” : ARIA
33 Look like : SEEM
36 Many an email attachment : PDF
37 Low-altitude airplane pass : FLYBY
38 “Miss Saigon” Tony winner Salonga : LEA
39 Salsa container : JAR
41 Formed clumps : CLOTTED
42 Get out of bed : RISE
44 Holy Land nation : ISRAEL
45 Step-counting device : FITBIT
46 Capital of Greece : ATHENS
49 Cosmic balance : KARMA
50 Salty expanse : OCEAN
51 Hybrid garment : SKORT
52 Pull’s opposite : PUSH
53 Voting against : ANTI
54 Bird in Egyptian art : IBIS
55 First line on a form, often : NAME
56 “Touched your nose!” sound : BOOP
57 TiVo remote button : REC
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