Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday August 3rd 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Maxims : SAWS
5 Indian dignitaries : RAJAHS
11 Pizzeria order : PIE
14 Make bootees, say : KNIT
15 Childish response : ARE TOO
16 Lenient : LAX
17 *”We’ll never understand” : IT’S A MYSTERY
19 Sports rep : AGT
20 Familia members : TIAS
21 __ Palmas: Canary Islands port : LAS
22 Ranch unit : ACRE
23 Not just a few : EVERY
25 *Color named for a fruit : LIME GREEN
27 Public face : PERSONA
29 Not yet firm : UNSET
30 D’backs, in box scores : ARI
31 Residue in a charcoal grill : ASH
33 Pt. of many long weekends : FRI
34 *Large bovine of American folklore : BABE THE BLUE OX
40 Slithery swimmer : EEL
41 Loaf that may contain caraway seeds : RYE
42 Rival : FOE
44 Like a designated driver : SOBER
47 Weepy : TEARFUL
50 *Political satirist who wrote “Holidays in Hell” : PJ O’ROURKE
54 “Phooey!” : NERTS
55 Umbrella spokes : RIBS
56 __ chi: martial art : TAI
57 Ten, for openers : DECA-
58 Recede : EBB
59 Louisa May Alcott classic whose main characters are hidden in the answers to the starred clues : LITTLE WOMEN
63 Wonderment : AWE
64 Lipton drink : ICE TEA
65 High coif : UPDO
66 Teller of corny jokes, stereotypically : DAD
67 Not strict with : EASY ON
68 Discreet summons : PSST
DOWN
1 Compete in the Super G, e.g. : SKI
2 Colony critter : ANT
3 Climbing vine with purple flowers : WISTERIA
4 Connecting flights : STAIRS
5 Tampa Bay baseballers : RAYS
6 Horace’s “__ Poetica” : ARS
7 “Fist of Legend” action star : JET LI
8 Starting squad : A-TEAM
9 Neigh-sayer : HORSE
10 __ latte: dairy-free order : SOY
11 Director’s call : PLACES
12 “So true!” : I AGREE
13 Magnitude : EXTENT
18 Cinco de __ : MAYO
22 Golfer Palmer, informally : ARNIE
23 Org. with a Climate Change section on its website : EPA
24 Sink or swim : VERB
25 Mascara target : LASH
26 Hindu spiritual adviser : GURU
28 The older of baseball’s two leagues: Abbr. : NATL
32 Possessive pronoun : HER
33 Vamoose : FLEE
35 Pub round : BEERS
36 Architect Saarinen : EERO
37 Data unit : BYTE
38 Freeway exits : OFF-RAMPS
39 Cross off : X-OUT
43 Overhead trains : ELS
44 Cream cheese, e.g. : SPREAD
45 Algonquian language : OJIBWA
46 Rose and fell on the waves : BOBBED
48 Over again : ANEW
49 Get back : RECOUP
51 City near Syracuse : UTICA
52 Hotel postings : RATES
53 Poker pot : KITTY
57 Leader with an .edu address : DEAN
59 Fabrication : LIE
60 Name of 13 popes : LEO
61 Masthead VIPs : EDS
62 “__ too shabby!” : NOT
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