Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday August 10th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Starts a triathlon : SWIMS
6 Airplane assignments : SEATS
11 Short lines at the register? : UPC
14 Chocolate source : CACAO
15 “I’ve __ up to here!” : HAD IT
16 Swelter : FRY
17 *When “you can see forever,” per the classic song : ON A CLEAR DAY
19 Watch chain : FOB
20 Top __ : TEN
21 Requests : ASKS
22 DVR pioneer : TIVO
23 Rich cake : TORTE
25 Air purifying gadget : IONIZER
28 Skateboarding star Tony : HAWK
30 *Genetic lab project : DNA CLONING
32 Qatari bigwigs : EMIRS
34 “__ I say more?” : NEED
35 *Almost got the gold : RAN A CLOSE SECOND
42 Word on Irish euros : EIRE
43 Finnish hot spot : SAUNA
44 *Long, curved barrette : BANANA CLIP
50 Academic acronym : STEM
51 Glasses for bookworms : READERS
52 Court attire : ROBES
54 Itch : URGE
55 Han who said, “It’s not wise to upset a Wookiee” : SOLO
56 [shrug] : MEH
59 __ sale : TAG
60 Quantity applied to dubious advice, and what’s found in the answer to each starred clue : GRAIN OF SALT
64 Put away : ATE
65 Very serious : ACUTE
66 Leading : FIRST
67 __ light bulb : LED
68 Cookie source : BAKER
69 Ready to flow : ON TAP
DOWN
1 Person in Paisley : SCOT
2 Diminish : WANE
3 “Gosh, no one is happy with me!” : I CAN’T WIN
4 PC alternative : MAC
5 __ power : SOLAR
6 Like some martinis : SHAKEN
7 AirPods holders : EARS
8 Total : ADD
9 Hermana de la madre : TIA
10 Farm pen : STY
11 Florence gallery with Botticelli’s “Birth of Venus” : UFFIZI
12 Tried and true : PROVEN
13 Seven of Nine of “Star Trek,” for one : CYBORG
18 Founded, for short : ESTD
22 Pewter component : TIN
24 Gumbo vegetable : OKRA
25 Cold, slushy treat : ICEE
26 World Cup chants : OLES
27 Network connections : NODES
28 She/__ pronouns : HER
29 “No question is too personal” session, for short : AMA
31 “Yosemite Valley Winter” photographer Adams : ANSEL
33 Part of an act : SCENE
36 Storyteller : LIAR
37 Tolkien creatures : ORCS
38 Wholesale quantity : CASE
39 Get the better of : OUTSMART
40 U-turn from SSW : NNE
41 Hydroelectric power source : DAM
44 Merciless : BRUTAL
45 Gas up? : AERATE
46 Hounded : NAGGED
47 Stand buy : ADE
48 Wrinkle remover : IRONER
49 Casual top : POLO
53 Awesome, in showbiz : BOFFO
55 Etsy, e.g. : SITE
57 “Frozen” sister : ELSA
58 Start of an address : HTTP
60 Shoot the breeze : GAB
61 Color TV pioneer : RCA
62 North Sea diving bird : AUK
63 Transgression : SIN
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