Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday February 23rd 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Pierre’s st. : SDAK
5 Retro ski area sight : T-BAR
9 Sounding amazed : AGASP
14 Dance at Jewish weddings : HORA
15 Slippery : EELY
16 Not exactly a company person : LONER
17 Like a GI doing dishes : ON KP
18 It starts the pot : ANTE
19 Former Portuguese territory in China : MACAO
20 Train vigorously : WHIP INTO SHAPE
23 Obscure : NO-NAME
24 Worldwide cultural org. : UNESCO
27 Part of a play : ACT
29 Like wee bairns : SMA
30 Street-paving goop : TAR
31 Show eager anticipation : LICK ONE’S CHOPS
35 Citrus drinks : ADES
37 Brazil __ : NUT
38 Cookies-and-cream ingredient : OREO
39 Search everywhere : BEAT THE BUSHES
44 Timeworn : OLD
45 Paddle relative : OAR
46 Honor society starter : PHI
47 Subject of the Book of Proverbs : WISDOM
49 Neither early nor late : ON TIME
54 Work really hard for victory … and a hint to the start of 20-, 31- and 39-Across : HAMMER OUT A WIN
58 Classic mother-and-son statue : PIETA
60 Pub projectile : DART
61 Yellowish green : LIME
62 Primp : PREEN
63 Geometry product : AREA
64 Techie, say : USER
65 Cline of country : PATSY
66 Sail support : MAST
67 “Get lost!” : SHOO
DOWN
1 Exhibited, as a home for sale : SHOWN
2 Hawaiian singing legend : DON HO
3 Alan of “Argo” : ARKIN
4 Honor society ender : KAPPA
5 Town where the New Jersey (now Brooklyn) Nets played home games for their first year : TEANECK
6 Twisted : BENT
7 The “A” in SATB : ALTO
8 Bar shelf lineup : RYES
9 Annual fact book : ALMANAC
10 Act bonkers : GO APE
11 Family tree members : ANCESTORS
12 North __ : SEA
13 Play-for-pay : PRO
21 Apple desktop : IMAC
22 Sings without lyrics : HUMS
25 Common superhero garb : CAPE
26 Estimate qualifier : OR SO
28 Printer supply : TONER
29 Prep : SETUP
31 Bare bones musical notation : LEAD SHEET
32 Loyal end? : -IST
33 Heart : NUB
34 Garden tool : HOE
35 Take __: acknowledge applause : A BOW
36 Business with a slicer : DELI
40 More than needed : TOO MANY
41 Soccer great Mia : HAMM
42 Call to from a distance : SHOUT AT
43 Clue : HINT
48 Sources of high school jitters : DATES
50 Anklebone : TALUS
51 “If only” : I WISH
52 Old copy machine : MIMEO
53 Four before mayo : ENERO
55 Dutch cheese : EDAM
56 __ avis : RARA
57 Mining targets : ORES
58 Very softly, in music : PPP
59 Sr.’s nest egg : IRA
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