Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday May 11th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Works in a park, perhaps : STATUES
8 Chooses : SELECTS
15 City of ancient Greece : CORINTH
16 Steelmaking raw material : IRON ORE
17 First part of a quip about climate change : A MIND-CONTROLLED
19 “Cool beans!” : NEATO
20 Cookware purchase : POT
21 Streaming delay : LAG
22 Finale : END
24 Cornish game __ : HEN
26 Abhor : HATE
27 Second part of the quip : … AIR DEODORIZER
32 “This Is Just My Face: __ Not to Stare”: memoir by Gabourey Sidibe : TRY
33 Green, in a way : NEW
34 Hearing organ : EAR
35 2020 N.L. MVP Freddie : FREEMAN
38 Beverage similar to hard seltzer : ALCOPOP
42 Short lunch? : BLT
43 Form 1099 agcy. : IRS
44 Future flower : BUD
45 Third part of the quip : MAKES SCENTS IF
49 Time for action : D-DAY
51 With 58-Down, 2018 Best New Artist Grammy winner : DUA
52 Land north of Den. : NOR
53 Decompose : ROT
54 __ and cheese : MAC
56 Works very hard : TOILS
60 Last part of the quip : YOU THINK ABOUT IT
65 Neither here nor there : EN ROUTE
66 Flute played by Zamfir : PANPIPE
67 Confirm, as a password : REENTER
68 Syrup source : TREE SAP
DOWN
1 PC virus check : SCAN
2 Hefty book : TOME
3 Opera solo : ARIA
4 Like some windows : TINTED
5 Brought to ruin : UNDONE
6 “The rest is obvious” abbr. : ETC
7 Factory : SHOP
8 Minor minder : SITTER
9 “To __ is human … ” : ERR
10 British lav : LOO
11 Picture that shows more detail: Abbr. : ENL
12 Tall decorative addition around some cakes : COLLAR
13 Spring for lunch : TREAT
14 Swamp plant : SEDGE
18 “Ain’t gonna happen” : NOHOW
23 Was philanthropic : DONATED
25 Leslie of “The Naked Gun” films : NIELSEN
26 Long lunch? : HERO
27 DOJ branch : ATF
28 Sale rack abbr. : IRR
29 Pumpernickel grain : RYE
30 Animal house : DEN
31 Actor Efron who voices Fred in “Scoob!” : ZAC
36 Site to do one’s bidding : EBAY
37 “Letter From Birmingham Jail” initials : MLK
38 __ de Triomphe : ARC
39 TV network with pledge drives : PBS
40 “Certainement!” : OUI
41 Adobe file format : PDF
43 “Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing” singer Chris : ISAAK
45 Grown-up : MATURE
46 Sting’s real last name : SUMNER
47 Zip, nada, zilch : NOT ONE
48 Group of traveling performers : TROUPE
49 Appliance that seems to eat socks : DRYER
50 Lorna of literature : DOONE
55 Ship leader: Abbr. : CAPT
57 “For sure!” : IT IS
58 See 51-Across : LIPA
59 Pedometer unit : STEP
61 Heavy weight : TON
62 Shack : HUT
63 Mineral suffix : -ITE
64 Watering hole : BAR
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