Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday October 18th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 “Barbaric” cry in Whitman’s “Song of Myself” : YAWP
5 Departed : LEFT
9 Stockpile : AMASS
14 Actress Falco : EDIE
15 Thin batteries : AAAS
16 “Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!” host Peter : SAGAL
17 *Busy stretch at a sandwich shop : LUNCH RUSH
19 Dish : PLATE
20 Snuck a look : PEEKED
21 Clock readout : TIME
23 Shoe front : TOE
24 Verbalize : SAY
25 *Crumple, as notepaper filled with bad ideas : SCRUNCH UP
27 Lets off steam : VENTS
29 Lightbulb unit : WATT
30 “Fiddlesticks!” : RATS
31 Brief “If you ask me” : IMO
32 Letter-shaped support : I-BAR
34 Provençal pal : AMI
36 *Fare that pairs well with beer : PUB GRUB
38 *Ticket marketplace with a FanProtect Guarantee : STUBHUB
42 Farmyard oinker : PIG
43 Worrisome grades : DEES
44 Actress de Armas : ANA
45 __ facto : IPSO
48 “__ sesame!” : OPEN
50 Otherwise : IF NOT
52 *Source of bribe money, perhaps : SLUSH FUND
54 Scoundrel : CAD
55 Used to be : WAS
56 Natural hairstyle : AFRO
57 Infomercial disclaimer : PAID AD
60 College application part : ESSAY
62 “I’m handing this off now,” and a phonetic description of the answers to the starred clues : IT’S ALL YOU and IT’S ALL U
64 Revise : AMEND
65 __ as a pin : NEAT
66 Watch over, as sheep : TEND
67 Odorless gas : RADON
68 Tacks on : ADDS
69 Poems of praise : ODES
DOWN
1 [You stepped on my paw!] : YELP
2 For two voices, in music : A DUE
3 Connoisseur who likely scoffs at boxed Merlot : WINE SNOB
4 Eat like a bird : PECK AT
5 Baker’s fat : LARD
6 __ de toilette : EAU
7 Tracy Chapman hit with the line “Won’t have to drive too far” : FAST CAR
8 Summer top : T-SHIRT
9 Colorado ski resort : ASPEN
10 Prefix with practice : MAL
11 “Death on the Nile” novelist Christie : AGATHA
12 Stayed on the sidelines : SAT OUT
13 Snoozes : SLEEPS
18 Activation phrase for Apple’s digital assistant : HEY SIRI
22 Change genetically : MUTATE
25 DNA test kit item : SWAB
26 High-sided bed : CRIB
27 Big shot, briefly : VIP
28 Ostrich kin : EMU
33 “Scram!” : BUG OFF
35 Broadway offering : MUSICAL
37 Main mail ctrs. : GPOS
38 Put in the mail : SEND
39 Like some small-batch textiles : HAND-DYED
40 Card game with an American Girl version : UNO
41 Belfry critter : BAT
43 Stood for : DENOTED
45 “Cross my heart!” : I SWEAR
46 Blood component : PLASMA
47 Figured (out) : SUSSED
49 Fancy Feast maker : PURINA
51 “I __ see the humor here” : FAIL TO
53 Composer known as the “Father of the Symphony” : HAYDN
57 Butter portions : PATS
58 Top of the line : A-ONE
59 Disappointing fireworks : DUDS
61 “It’s __-win situation” : A NO
63 Glum : SAD
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