Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday January 19th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Breaks in relations : RIFTS
6 Update cartographically : REMAP
11 Adorns with Charmin, for short : TP’S
14 Basketball Hall of Famer __ Thomas : ISIAH
15 Sherlock Holmes’ younger sister as depicted in a recent Nancy Springer book series : ENOLA
16 Hot temper : IRE
17 Using any available means : CATCH AS CATCH CAN
20 He broke Babe’s record in 1974 : HANK
21 Tulip-to-be : BULB
22 Kitchen protection : MITTS
23 Rocks in a bar : ICE
24 “Miss Saigon” setting : ‘NAM
25 Clear out : VACATE
26 A college applicant may have to write one : ESSAY
28 City on the Ruhr : ESSEN
31 Roman 151 : CLI
32 Ella’s forte : SCAT
34 Strain : TAX
35 Swiss Army knife’s assortment : USES
36 Dashboard gauges : ODOMETERS
39 Go for a rebound : JUMP
42 Generation __ : GAP
43 Opportunity metaphor : DOOR
45 Ike’s WWII command : ETO
46 Heathcliff’s love : CATHY
48 Future docs’ exams : MCATS
51 Cassiterite, e.g. : TIN ORE
53 A-lister : VIP
55 Govt. mortgage agcy. : FHA
56 Golf goof : SLICE
57 Slangy sweeties : BAES
59 Stern’s opposite : STEM
60 Novelty piano piece of 1921 … and a hint to this puzzle’s theme : KITTEN ON THE KEYS
63 Skater Midori : ITO
64 Old Venetian coin : DUCAT
65 Havana’s __ Castle : MORRO
66 Leb. neighbor : SYR
67 Soliloquy site : STAGE
68 Elizabeth of “WandaVision” : OLSEN
DOWN
1 Singer Lionel : RICHIE
2 Jason of “Harry Potter” films : ISAACS
3 Exercise goal : FITNESS
4 Thumb-pressed nail : TACK
5 Theater rebuke : SHH!
6 Continue : RESUME
7 Ltr. insert : ENCL
8 Utah city with a Biblical name : MOAB
9 __-rock: music genre : ALT
10 Game with ghosts and a maze : PAC-MAN
11 Tiny breath mints : TIC TACS
12 Talk nonsense : PRATTLE
13 Martial arts instructors : SENSEIS
18 Attorney’s gp. : ABA
19 Juice box brand : HI-C
24 Long-distance swimmer Diana : NYAD
25 Perturbed : VEXED
27 “Rent-__”: 1988 film : A-COP
29 Curry of the NBA’s Warriors : STEPH
30 Warmed the bench : SAT
33 Senate cover-ups? : TOGAE
35 Dream Team org. : USOC
37 Yoga surface : MAT
38 Frolic : ROMP
39 Kawasaki watercraft : JET SKIS
40 The U in “SUV” : UTILITY
41 Hall pass checker : MONITOR
44 Roof supports : RAFTERS
46 Belief systems : CREEDS
47 “The Big Fib” host __ Nicole Brown : YVETTE
49 “And __ off!” : THEY’RE
50 Biblical strongman : SAMSON
52 Fall mo. : OCT
54 Suffix like -like : -ISH
57 Fla. resort : BOCA
58 Toilets for T.S. Eliot?: Abbr. : ANAG
59 Vodka brand that sounds like a toast : SKOL
61 Trail mix morsel : NUT
62 Fall Out Boy genre : EMO
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