Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday December 14th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 One-named “Baby Beluga” singer : RAFFI
6 EMT skill : CPR
9 Longtime ThinkPad maker : IBM
12 With 12-Down, mantra on embracing difficulty : NO PAIN
13 Bun holder : HAIR TIE
15 Incentives : MOTIVES
16 “It’s curtains for me!” : I’M TOAST
17 Río contents : AGUA
18 __ roast: Sunday entrée : RUMP
20 Grace of “Will & Grace” : ADLER
21 __ Andreas Fault : SAN
22 With 22-Down, idiom meaning “easy peasy” : NO MUSS
24 Party coolerful : ICE
25 Young’uns : KIDDOS
27 Lizzo genre : RAP
28 Exams for srs. : SATS
29 Gobble (up) : SNARF
30 With 30-Down, aphorism excusing misconduct that didn’t cause damage : NO HARM
32 Simple camera setting : AUTO
34 McFlurry cookies : OREOS
36 Sleeping sickness carrier : TSETSE FLY
40 __ bene : NOTA
42 Part of a schmear campaign? : LOX
43 __ gin fizz : SLOE
44 With 44-Down, expression describing an absence without leave : NO CALL
46 Baseball hats : CAPS
48 Golden Rule preposition : UNTO
50 Jekyll’s alter ego : HYDE
51 Unopened : NEW
52 Most aged : OLDEST
54 Barnyard bird : HEN
55 Floppy successors : CD-ROMS
57 Members of a cabal, maybe : SCHEMERS
59 __ projection : ASTRAL
60 Acts like a helicopter parent : HOVERS
61 Get beaten by : LOSE TO
62 Worker’s hourly pay : WAGE
DOWN
1 Domed building : ROTUNDA
2 Samoan capital : APIA
3 Best-liked, in texts : FAV
4 1980s Pontiacs : FIEROS
5 “Long story short … ” : IN SUM
6 Nabisco brand : CHIPS AHOY
7 Tennis pundit Shriver : PAM
8 Poet Dove : RITA
9 Home of Firenze : ITALIA
10 Halve : BISECT
11 Scotland yards? : METRES
12 See 12-Across : NO GAIN
14 __ and reel : ROD
15 Mardi Gras accessories : MASKS
19 Wall, in Spanish : MURO
22 See 22-Across : NO FUSS
23 Practice boxing : SPAR
26 “Dang!” : DRAT
28 Kiss : SMOOCH
30 See 30-Across : NO FOUL
31 Silver State city : RENO
33 __ Aviv : TEL
35 “Don’t move!” : STAY HERE
36 “No Scrubs” pop trio : TLC
37 Real blankety-blank : SO-AND-SO
38 Aces : EXPERTS
39 Takes interest, maybe : LENDS
41 Catkin trees : ALDERS
44 See 44-Across : NO SHOW
45 Fresnel __: lighthouse installation : LENS
47 Promised : SWORE
49 Part of STEM, briefly : TECH
52 Home of the Munch Museum : OSLO
53 Brand of sport sandals : TEVA
55 Baseball’s “Iron Man” Ripken : CAL
56 Bath rug : MAT
58 “The Princess Diaries” novelist Cabot : MEG
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