Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday November 2nd 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Flash __: impromptu gatherings : MOBS
5 Chew like a squirrel : GNAW
9 Pretzel topping : SALT
13 Pentathlete’s sword : EPEE
14 Low opera voice : BASSO
15 Joshua __ National Park : TREE
16 Swell : RISE
17 “Your work is awesome!” : I’M A HUGE FAN
19 Overstep boundaries, perhaps : INTRUDE
21 Civil rights activist Baker : ELLA
22 Beverage brewed in a chawan : TEA
23 “The Bone Garden” novelist Gerritsen : TESS
25 City that hosts the State Fair of Texas : DALLAS
29 Fifth of a nickel : CENT
31 Round of applause : HAND
33 Aggravate : IRK
34 “I’ll handle this” : LET ME
36 __-Free: contact lens solution : OPTI
37 By way of : VIA
38 Fact-checker’s catch : ERROR
39 Leave stunned : AWE
40 Troubled to no end : ATE AT
42 Thanos, to the Avengers : FOE
43 Those, in Spanish : ESOS
45 “Say cheese!” : SMILE
46 QB stats : TDS
47 Org. fighting for LGBTQ rights : ACLU
48 Garlic’s covering : SKIN
49 Emphatic agreement : YES I DO
51 Washed-out : PALE
53 Go out for a bit? : NAP
56 Light in signs : NEON
58 Text from a glum chum : SAD FACE
60 Gala celebrating the Academy Awards : OSCAR PARTY
64 Heavy burden : ONUS
65 Like ground chicken : LEAN
66 Dubai dignitaries : EMIRS
67 Fully aware of : ONTO
68 Palm fruit : DATE
69 Promotional sample : DEMO
70 Turns blue, maybe : DYES
DOWN
1 Deserve : MERIT
2 Offer one’s two cents : OPINE
3 Academy Award category : BEST ACTRESS
4 One with a crystal ball : SEER
5 Go and Go Fish : GAMES
6 Org. that uses cryptanalysis : NSA
7 Arthur in the International Tennis Hall of Fame : ASHE
8 “__ that be nice!” : WOULDN’T
9 Real bargain : STEAL
10 Bark : ARF
11 Field for grazing : LEA
12 Value of a Q tile, in Scrabble : TEN
14 Bathroom fixture : BIDET
18 “Great to find that out” : GLAD I ASKED
20 Eclectic online digest : UTNE READER
24 Arrives, and an apt description of the sets of circled letters : SHOWS UP
26 Au pair : LIVE-IN NANNY
27 Sans serif typeface : ARIAL
28 Go rollerblading : SKATE
30 Music genre that spawned screamo : EMO
32 Donkey Kong, e.g. : APE
34 Southpaw : LEFTY
35 Wear down : ERODE
39 Yahoo! alternative : AOL
41 “Spare us the details!”: Abbr. : TMI
44 Served, as ice cream : SCOOPED
48 Brings down the house : SLAYS
50 Plain silly : INANE
52 Four-footed Jetson : ASTRO
54 Like a 30-degree angle : ACUTE
55 Guadalajara cash : PESOS
57 January or June : NAME
59 Something to chew on : FOOD
60 Like antiques : OLD
61 Zooplankton’s habitat : SEA
62 Litter box visitor : CAT
63 Hoop’s outer edge : RIM
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