Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday October 25th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Brief email sign-off : BEST
5 Baby horse : FOAL
9 Utterly detest : ABHOR
14 __ rug: floor decor : AREA
15 Extreme anger : RAGE
16 Director Sergio : LEONE
17 *Equally disagreeable choices : HORNS OF A DILEMMA
20 Line spoken to the audience : ASIDE
21 Boo-boo kisser : MOM
22 Serve dinner to : FEED
23 *Easy to cut, as meat : FORK-TENDER
27 Be a good dog, say : OBEY
28 Grade just above C : B-MINUS
32 Mideast title : EMIR
35 Org. that certifies albums as gold or platinum : RIAA
38 Pronoun-shaped girders : I-BARS
39 __ Vegas Raiders : LAS
40 *Improvises : WINGS IT
42 Gym cushion : MAT
43 “Erin go __” : BRAGH
45 Prod : GOAD
46 Snaky swimmers : EELS
47 “The Handmaid’s Tale” novelist Margaret : ATWOOD
49 Tire leak sound : HISS
51 *Braking signals : TAILLIGHTS
55 Admin. aide : ASST
58 Alumna bio word : NEE
59 Deliver a speech : ORATE
62 “We were just talking about you!” and a hint to the first words of the answers to the starred clues : SPEAK OF THE DEVIL
66 Depend (on) : HINGE
67 Oompah instrument : TUBA
68 12/24 and 12/31 : EVES
69 Provide with funding : ENDOW
70 “You missed a __” : SPOT
71 Whitehall whitewall : TYRE
DOWN
1 “Who Let the Dogs Out” group __ Men : BAHA
2 Greek Cupid : EROS
3 Calligraphy stroke : SERIF
4 Clay oven for baking naan : TANDOOR
5 To and __ : FRO
6 Bumbling fool : OAF
7 Athlete’s peak performance : A-GAME
8 Gave false hope to : LED ON
9 Every last one : ALL
10 Barbecue cut : BEEF RIB
11 House-shaped browser button : HOME
12 “Looks like the joke’s __” : ON ME
13 Get lost in a book : READ
18 Balkan native : SERB
19 Film research website : IMDB
24 “The Americans” star Russell : KERI
25 Making, as a knot : TYING
26 Radiate : EMIT
29 Birth certificate information : NAME
30 Eurasian border river : URAL
31 Phased-out fast planes, for short : SSTS
32 Actor Idris : ELBA
33 Small store : MART
34 “No need to describe what happened” : I SAW
36 “Four score and seven years __ … ” : AGO
37 Japanese beer brand : ASAHI
40 “Not so fast!” : WHOA
41 “With ya so far” : I DIG
44 “Adios!” : GOTTA GO
46 Springsteen’s __ Band : E STREET
48 Flintstone family pet : DINO
50 Wearing kicks : SHOD
52 Some boxing jabs : LEFTS
53 Ease off, as rain : LET UP
54 Expertise : SAVVY
55 Tennis legend Arthur : ASHE
56 Laundry cycle : SPIN
57 Ship : SEND
60 Cake layer : TIER
61 “You are something __!” : ELSE
63 London’s __ Gardens : KEW
64 “House of the Dragon” cable network : HBO
65 “Dig in!” : EAT
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