Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday June 22nd 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Praised : LAUDED
7 Stalagmite creator : DRIP
11 Spam holder : CAN
14 Periodic Pacific current : EL NINO
15 American Eagle Outfitters lingerie brand : AERIE
17 Whiz : ACE
18 Healthy starter : GARDEN GREENS
20 Zodiac animal with horns : RAM
21 Thurman of “The War With Grandpa” : UMA
22 Actress Goldie : HAWN
23 Vocation : TRADE
25 Baked side : POTATO WITH CHIVES
30 Floor model : DEMO
31 Genuflect : KNEEL
32 Pool or polo : GAME
33 Red-wrapped cheeses : EDAMS
35 Julia of “The Addams Family” : RAUL
37 Area represented by Sen. Gillibrand : NYS
38 Meaty entrée : T-BONE STEAK
42 Prez on a fiver : ABE
45 Whole lot : SCAD
46 Muscle twitch : SPASM
49 Tank top kin, briefly : CAMI
51 Crème de la crème : A-LIST
54 Writer Bombeck : ERMA
55 Filled dessert : CHOCOLATE ECLAIRS
59 “Taxi” mechanic : LATKA
60 __ mortals : MERE
61 Place for a “snake bite” piercing : LIP
62 “What __, chopped liver?” : AM I
63 Sequence of dishes such as 18-, 25-, 38-, and 55-Across, in more ways than one : HOMEMADE MEAL
68 Actor McKellen : IAN
69 Leading in a tight game : UP ONE
70 Barcelona’s nación : ESPANA
71 Flavor enhancer, for short : MSG
72 Buttonlike earring : STUD
73 Squeaky ball, e.g. : DOG TOY
DOWN
1 Slight advantage : LEG UP
2 Apple pie order : A LA MODE
3 Starless? : UNRATED
4 “You __ your best” : DID
5 Chicago-to-Toronto dir. : ENE
6 Honolulu-born jet pilot who became a pop singer : DON HO
7 Galápagos Islands researcher : DARWIN
8 Confirms, as a password : RE-ENTERS
9 Isl. with four provinces : IRE
10 See 36-Down : PIN
11 Traveling band : CARAVAN
12 Private school : ACADEMY
13 Foes that seem impossible to beat : NEMESES
16 Bk. read at Purim : ESTH
19 Rubberneck : GAWK
24 Tractor-trailer : RIG
26 Amo, amas, __ : AMAT
27 Crypts : TOMBS
28 “But it’s a dry __” : HEAT
29 Hints : CLUES
34 Home of many L.A. Times readers : SOCAL
36 With 10-Down, politician’s flag, often : LAPEL
39 “The Lion King” lion : NALA
40 Word processor feature : EDIT MENU
41 Melissa Benoist’s role on “Supergirl” : KARA
42 Accolades : ACCLAIM
43 Islands northeast of Cuba : BAHAMAS
44 Chewing the scenery : EMOTING
47 Welcome warmly : SMILE AT
48 Rivera who holds the MLB record for career saves : MARIANO
50 “Blech!” : ICK!
52 Apparently was : SEEMED
53 Mega- squared : TERA-
56 Hanauma Bay’s island : OAHU
57 Gave up : CEDED
58 Fan out : SPLAY
64 Photo __ : OPS
65 Clever remark : MOT
66 Paul Anka’s “__ Beso” : ESO
67 High hybrid stat : MPG
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