Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday August 24th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 State with conviction : ASSERT
7 Adventurous : BOLD
11 Hit the slopes : SKI
14 Less abundant : SPARER
15 Purple berry from Brazilian palms : ACAI
16 Midmorning hour : TEN
17 State that’s an archipelago : HAWAII
18 Went on and on : YAMMERED
20 Teatime treat topped with shaved ice? : SNO-CONE SCONE
22 Bistro : CAFE
25 Spanish article : UNA
26 Wind quintet wind : OBOE
27 Pub order : ALE
28 Played the part of : ACTED AS
32 Put a stop to : END
33 Feature of King Arthur’s court? : NOTABLE TABLE
36 Buffet fuel : STERNO
37 Farfalle shape : BOW TIE
41 Gaggle native to northern Italy? : GENOESE GEESE
45 Augment with superfluous verbiage : PAD
48 Runs again : REPLAYS
49 “It’s __ good” : ALL
50 Biblical land west of Nod : EDEN
52 Part of t.i.d., on an Rx : TER
53 Lover of Aphrodite : ARES
54 Trainee’s bad habits? : NOVICE’S VICES
59 Microscope blobs : PROTOZOA
60 Excuses : ALIBIS
64 Folk singer DiFranco : ANI
65 Champagne designation : BRUT
66 “That’s it for me!” : I’M DONE!
67 Drug in Michael Pollan’s “How to Change Your Mind” : LSD
68 Feed adequately : SATE
69 “Find another way out” sign and a feature of four answers in this puzzle : NO EXIT
DOWN
1 Tennis star Barty who announced her retirement in 2022, familiarly : ASH
2 Day __ : SPA
3 Adage : SAW
4 Wipe out : ERASE
5 Halter attachment : REIN
6 Half a sextet : TRIO
7 Rifle attachment : BAYONET
8 Anthem with the line “The True North strong and free” : O CANADA
9 Fabric with metallic threads : LAME
10 Turns down : DIMS
11 Flashing light : STROBE
12 Heavily into : KEEN ON
13 “No doubt” : INDEED
19 Prefix with friendly : ECO-
21 Adorable : CUTE
22 Some recyclables : CANS
23 Much : A LOT
24 Big party : FETE
28 Doubleday incorrectly credited with inventing baseball : ABNER
29 Knockoff : CLONE
30 Westminster landmark : ABBEY
31 Tedious journeys : SLOGS
34 Bol. neighbor : ARG
35 Short-horned bighorn : EWE
38 Hot streak : TEAR
39 Land in the water : ISLE
40 Slithery fish : EELS
42 Chooses not to participate : OPTS OUT
43 Raise : ELEVATE
44 South Asian garb : SARI
45 Epistolary friend : PEN PAL
46 Festoons : ADORNS
47 Without, with “of” : DEVOID
51 Minor issue : NIT
53 Out of the way : ASIDE
55 Picnic discards : COBS
56 “The Snowy Day” Caldecott winner __ Jack Keats : EZRA
57 Adam’s eldest : CAIN
58 Red Muppet with a pet goldfish named Dorothy : ELMO
61 Amazon.com delivery : BOX
62 Suffix on some pasta names : -INI
63 Good to go : SET
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