Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday November 15th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Sci-fi weapon that makes the sounds heard at the ends of the answers to the starred clues : RAY GUN
7 Hubs: Abbr. : CTRS
11 Catch : NAB
14 Operating mindlessly : ON AUTO
15 “Call on me! I know!” : OH OH
16 Mined resource : ORE
17 Getting some sun : DAYLIT
18 Like a phenom’s rise to stardom : METEORIC
20 *”Black Widow” co-star : FLORENCE PUGH
22 Placeholder abbr. : TBA
25 Court divider : NET
26 Light lunch : SALAD
27 Spy of kid-lit fame : HARRIET
30 Olympics participant : ATHLETE
32 Oxen harnesses : YOKES
33 “Should that be the case … ” : IF SO
35 Costa del __ : SOL
36 *Cathedral bench : CHURCH PEW
40 Isr. neighbor : SYR
43 Genius Bar pro : TECH
44 Capital city on the Andean Plateau : LA PAZ
48 Forced : COERCED
51 Binge watcher’s unit : EPISODE
53 Venomous snake : ADDER
54 Sound from a fold : BAA
55 Came in first : WON
56 *Offer of assistance : LET ME HELP YOU
61 Much of nursery school : PLAYTIME
62 Of France : GALLIC
66 Brain scan letters : EEG
67 Comparable : AKIN
68 New York prison in 1971 headlines : ATTICA
69 Mormon initials : LDS
70 Enthusiast, colloquially : NERD
71 Sci-fi weapon that makes the sounds heard at the ends of the answers to the starred clues : PHASER
DOWN
1 Towel holder : ROD
2 De Armas of “Blonde” : ANA
3 Happy cry : YAY
4 Wide gap : GULF
5 Elec., for one : UTIL
6 Zero : NOT ONE
7 Cupid colleague : COMET
8 “__ what?” : THEN
9 Campus mil. unit : ROTC
10 “Jeepers!” : SHEESH
11 “Anything goes!” : NO RULES
12 Japanese “thank you” : ARIGATO
13 Alison who wrote the graphic memoir “The Secret to Superhuman Strength” : BECHDEL
19 Stone for a Libra : OPAL
21 No longer working : RETIRED
22 Poetic possessive : THY
23 Steamed bun in Asian cuisine : BAO
24 Genesis boat : ARK
28 “Parks and __” : REC
29 Sorta : ISH
30 Metaphor for no-longer-relevant history : ASH HEAP
31 Blouse : TOP
34 Media-monitoring org. : FCC
37 Great Basin native : UTE
38 Actor Wallach : ELI
39 Is past? : WAS
40 Surgical tool : SCALPEL
41 Sang some high notes? : YODELED
42 Colorful sale labels : RED TAGS
45 “Kaboom!” : POW
46 Commotion : ADO
47 Garden type : ZEN
49 “Ratatouille” rat who loves gourmet food : REMY
50 Greek islander : CRETAN
52 Evidence of workplace gender bias, perhaps : PAY GAP
54 Mix : BLEND
57 Walk in the park, maybe : HIKE
58 Mideast dignitary : EMIR
59 Pledge : OATH
60 Beauty store chain : ULTA
63 Fleur-de-__ : LIS
64 Curling surface : ICE
65 Automobile : CAR
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