Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday March 8th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Frightened cry : EEK
4 The-lower-the-better MLB stat : ERA
7 Relay segment : LEG
10 James Bond, for one : SPY
13 Wannabe IRS agent’s test : CPA EXAM
15 Glass of “This American Life” : IRA
16 Make, as a knot : TIE
17 Vitamin capsule material : GELATIN
18 Prayer books : MISSALS
20 Crystal ball gazer : SEER
21 “When Harry Met Sally…” screenwriter : NORA EPHRON
23 Turkey roasting instruction : BASTE
25 Name for a man going either way? : OTTO
26 Full range : GAMUT
29 Puts up with : ABIDES
33 Annual LGBTQ celebration : PRIDE PARADE
36 Sign of success : SRO
39 Help : AID
40 Green New Deal co-sponsor, initially : AOC
41 35mm camera type : SLR
42 Bagel go-with : LOX
43 Frodo’s sidekick : SAM
44 Mug for the camera : STRIKE A POSE
47 “Be right there!” : ONE SEC
49 Cedar Rapids resident : IOWAN
50 Taj Mahal city : AGRA
52 Pandora’s box emanations : EVILS
55 Slippery slapstick prop : BANANA PEEL
59 Slide on the icy road : SKID
63 Like dark clouds : OMINOUS
64 “Quiet!” : SILENCE
66 Lair : DEN
67 Many pop-ups : ADS
68 Thick fog metaphor … and what each set of circled letters is? : PEA SOUP
69 Joule fraction : ERG
70 Home run, for one : HIT
71 Put two and two together : ADD
72 Recipe amt. : TSP
DOWN
1 Heart charts, for short : ECGS
2 Blunt-tipped sword : EPEE
3 Popular smoothie veggie : KALE
4 Business card no. : EXT
5 Drizzles, say : RAINS
6 Playground retort : AM NOT
7 __ bean : LIMA
8 Part of HOMES : ERIE
9 [OMG!] : GASP
10 Paces oneself, maybe : STARTS SLOW
11 Amelia Earhart, e.g. : PILOT
12 Like 20 Questions questions : YES/NO
14 Jogger’s speaker : EARBUD
19 Clog or Croc : SHOE
22 Stern, at sea : REAR
24 “Relax, soldier” : AT EASE
26 Student stats : GPAS
27 “Nessun dorma,” e.g. : ARIA
28 Common coffee break time : MID-MORNING
30 Revel (in) : BASK
31 Just sitting around : IDLE
32 Knock off the track : DERAIL
34 Plant places : POTS
35 43,560 square feet : ACRE
37 Parks who took a seat to take a stand : ROSA
38 Team in a yoke : OXEN
45 Slurpee rival : ICEE
46 Wild West enforcers : POSSES
48 Bread with palak paneer : NAAN
50 Condo or co-op : ABODE
51 Minecraft player : GAMER
53 Italian scooter : VESPA
54 “That part was made-up” : I LIED
56 Ark builder : NOAH
57 Q5 automaker : AUDI
58 Soft “Over here!” : PSST
60 Sea speed unit : KNOT
61 Hosp. areas : ICUS
62 “Pirates of the Caribbean” star : DEPP
65 “Wee” boy : LAD
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