Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday May 22nd 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Pleads : BEGS
5 Clear as day : LUCID
10 Brunch side : HASH
14 “Lunch _ a Skyscraper”: iconic New York photograph : ATOP
15 Trip to see Africa’s “Big Five” : SAFARI
16 Capital city with public transit ferries : OSLO
17 Undercover undertaking : STEALTH OPERATION
20 Owns : HAS
21 _ Lingus : AER
22 As of now : TO DATE
23 Toy that may get stuck in a tree : KITE
25 Sweater pattern : ARGYLE
28 Fully _ nachos : LOADED
30 Apt rhyme for tear : WEAR
31 Lovers’ quarrel : SPAT
35 Garden shelter : ARBOR
36 Winter getaway deal : SKI PACKAGE
38 “Wild” card game : UNO
39 4-Down sigh : AHH
41 Country north of Kenya: Abbr. : ETH
42 Unlikely to reprimand : LAX
43 Meet, Maps, and Drive, e.g. : GOOGLE APPS
47 “Don’t cry for me” singer : EVITA
49 Web content std. : HTML
50 Tizzies : ADOS
51 Soaks in a salt solution : BRINES
52 “Even still … ” : AND YET
54 “So I _” : LIED
55 Infinitesimally small : ATOMIC
58 Things put in to power? : AAS
59 Wheelbarrow groove : RUT
62 Bend over backward, or what each set of circled letters is : JUMP THROUGH HOOPS
67 Novelist Rice : ANNE
68 Vehicles with pedal assist : E-BIKES
69 All over the place : AMOK
70 Fridge incursion : RAID
71 Folder contents : FILES
72 Top diving scores : TENS
DOWN
1 Swinging soiree : BASH
2 Gospel icon James : ETTA
3 Makes a big noise : GOES KABOOM
4 Relaxation station : SPA
5 Judy Garland co-star Bert : LAHR
6 Mysterious sight in the sky : UFO
7 Tube top? : CAP
8 Intense anger : IRE
9 “Traitor!” : DIRTY RAT
10 Choose a spot in an open office : HOT DESK
11 Most populous continent : ASIA
12 Gumball machine opening : SLOT
13 Make sharp : HONE
15 Camel in a caravan, maybe : STEED
18 Like some job moves : LATERAL
19 Early web portal : AOL
24 Eager reply to “Who wants this cookie?” : I DO
25 Uncomfy, casually : AWK
26 Hiking gear rental co. : REI
27 Stops and stares : GAPES
28 Guffaw : LAUGH
29 “I take it back” : … OR NOT
32 Race car or kayak : PALINDROME
33 Banded gemstone : AGATE
34 Home state of Beyoncé and Megan Thee Stallion : TEXAS
36 Suspicious : SHADY
37 Think of fondly : CHERISH
40 Captain cook? : HEAD CHEF
44 Rented a yurt, maybe : GLAMPED
45 “The Bells” poet : POE
46 Hollywood hrs. : PST
48 Strive (for) : VIE
51 Slight depression, with “the” : … BLAHS
53 Tiny issue : NIT
55 Cracked just a bit : AJAR
56 Mackerel relative : TUNA
57 Potent prefix : OMNI-
58 Life times? : AGES
60 Wish __ a star : UPON
61 Tuts : TSKS
63 Squeeze play stat : RBI
64 Menorah liquid : OIL
65 “Aloha ‘Oe” instrument, briefly : UKE
66 Granola grain : OAT
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