Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday July 27th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Manicurist’s tool : FILE
5 Windex target : PANE
9 Blackjack stack : CHIPS
14 Black Card co. : AMEX
15 “Hey, sailor!” : AHOY
16 Largest city on the Red River : HANOI
17 *Small Hershey’s treats : CHOCOLATE KISSES
20 Some pore minimizers : TONERS
21 Chowder head? : CLAM
22 “Outlander” cable network : STARZ
23 *Cabbagelike ornamental plant : WHITE KALE
28 Sit for a portrait : POSE
30 More iffy : DODGIER
31 Pool toy : RAFT
34 Orecchiette shape : EAR
36 Henrik whose last play was “When We Dead Awaken” : IBSEN
37 Tetris shape : ELL
38 *Baker’s pan : CAKE TIN
41 Mormons, initially : LDS
42 Prom queen topper : TIARA
44 Links standard : PAR
45 Left on a map : WEST
46 Reason for a makeup test : ABSENCE
49 Transmission selection : GEAR
51 *Pedicabs : BIKE-TAXIS
53 Sacramento team : KINGS
57 Apropos of : AS TO
58 Stuff one’s face : PIG OUT
59 Misinterpret, or what is hidden in each of the answers to the starred clues? : TAKE THE WRONG WAY
64 String quartet instrument : VIOLA
65 Get just right : NAIL
66 Old Italian bread? : LIRE
67 Poetry fests : SLAMS
68 General __ chicken : TSO’S
69 Pulls the plug on : ENDS
DOWN
1 Trivia quiz fodder : FACTS
2 “Can we turn on the ceiling fan?” : I’M HOT
3 “Glassheart” singer Lewis : LEONA
4 Passage quoted in a book review, say : EXCERPT
5 Buds : PALS
6 “That’s it!” : AHA
7 Top-__ : NOTCH
8 Lens cover : EYELID
9 Added one’s opinion : CHIMED IN
10 Experiences : HAS
11 Some connections : INS
12 Baltimore Ravens mascot named for a writer : POE
13 Mom, to Auntie : SIS
18 Ricelike pasta : ORZO
19 Green Hornet sidekick : KATO
23 Watered-down : WEAK
24 USSR secret service : KGB
25 Flight path? : AISLE
26 City near Manchester : LEEDS
27 Accounting giant __ & Young : ERNST
29 __ salt : SEA
31 Adjust a paragraph setting : RETAB
32 Defensive line? : ALIBI
33 Lab container : FLASK
35 Iron-pumping unit : REP
38 Some Bach creations : CANTATAS
39 Puts a glove on, in a way : TAGS
40 Wrath : IRE
43 Food writer Drummond : REE
45 Squirm : WRIGGLE
47 “Ring of Fire” singer : CASH
48 Scope : EXTENT
50 Comparable (to) : AKIN
52 Siouan speakers : IOWAS
54 Lose-lose : NO-WIN
55 Keep safe : GUARD
56 Ocular woes : STYES
58 D.C. veterans : POLS
59 Sets in a bar : TVS
60 Feel poorly : AIL
61 RVer’s stopover : KOA
62 Common name for a tree-lined street : ELM
63 Ipanema’s city : RIO
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