Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday December 28th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Title of respect : MA’AM
5 Suffix with “Wrestle” : -MANIA
10 Stinging insect : WASP
14 Both: Pref. : AMBI-
15 Scent : AROMA
16 Prepared to veto : ANTI
17 Actress who wrote the 2022 memoir “Dying of Politeness” : GEENA DAVIS
19 House spot : SEAT
20 Spike Lee heist film starring Denzel Washington : INSIDE MAN
21 Croquet sites : LAWNS
22 Hawaii’s “Valley Isle” : MAUI
23 Groovy : FAB
24 Expeditions made by freegans, say : DUMPSTER DIVES
30 Born in : FROM
32 Beer foam : HEAD
33 Longoria of “Telenovela” : EVA
34 Olympic swimmer Thorpe : IAN
35 Sly, and a phonetic hint to the pattern in the last words of 17-, 24-, 42-, and 58-Across : DEVIOUS, and D-V-S
38 Band’s job : GIG
39 Bay Area airport letters : SFO
40 Scent : ODOR
41 Black-tie party : GALA
42 Policy debate sides during an international conflict : HAWKS AND DOVES
47 Onyx, for one : GEM
48 Freeway sign : EXIT
49 Stop and go : VERBS
52 Competition with rockets : SPACE RACE
57 Hertz rival : AVIS
58 Prima donnas : OPERA DIVAS
59 Afternoon fare : SOAP
60 More sage : WISER
61 Half of dix : CINQ
62 Playwright Kushner : TONY
63 Derisive sound : SNORT
64 “__ off to you!” : HATS
DOWN
1 Crèche figures : MAGI
2 Blessing ender : AMEN
3 Hollywood’s Vigoda and basketball’s Saperstein : ABES
4 Least amount : MINIMUM
5 Reconciled : MADE UP
6 One of the Musketeers : ARAMIS
7 Old Chevy model : NOVA
8 “Sounds like a plan!” : I’M IN
9 Thin batteries : AAS
10 __ peas : WASABI
11 All over again : ANEW
12 Comics icon Lee : STAN
13 La Brea Tar __ : PITS
18 Maroon 5 lead singer Levine : ADAM
21 Actresses Cheryl and Diane : LADDS
23 German woman : FRAU
24 “What am I supposed to __?” : DO NOW
25 “Hot corner” base : THIRD
26 Job listing inits. : EEO
27 “What happens in __ … ” : VEGAS
28 Wicked : EVIL
29 Drawn-out account : SAGA
30 Sneakily probe (for) : FISH
31 Nadal of tennis, familiarly : RAFA
35 Medical units : DOSES
36 Semisoft cheese : EDAM
37 2016 Super Bowl MVP Miller : VON
41 Make a bundle : GET RICH
43 Cold War agent : KGB SPY
44 More highly cherished : DEARER
45 Vehicle pulled by yoked animals : OX CART
46 Contended : VIED
49 Stretching on and on : VAST
50 Vinaigrette ingredient, briefly : EVOO
51 “Knives Out” filmmaker Johnson : RIAN
52 Washer cycle : SPIN
53 Manila money : PESO
54 Sneaker brand : AVIA
55 “__, or won’t?” : CAN’T
56 Legal honorifics: Abbr. : ESQS
58 Yelps of pain : OWS
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