Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday October 5th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Creates suds : FOAMS
6 Lettuce variety : BIBB
10 Testy mood : SNIT
14 Patronized, as a diner : ATE AT
15 __ Bator: former spelling of Mongolia’s capital : ULAN
16 Security checkpoint device : WAND
17 Crooner Mel : TORME
18 Tracks on a muddy road, e.g. : TIRE MARKS
20 *Kitchen fire, for one : HOME EMERGENCY
22 To boot : ALSO
23 __ lodge : SKI
24 *Laura Dern’s “Little Women” role : MARMEE MARCH
30 ’60s protest gp. : SDS
33 Bed bug? : APHID
34 Vaio laptop maker : SONY
35 Game, __, match : SET
36 Kylo Ren’s mother : LEIA
37 Yellowstone bovine : BISON
39 “I Just Wanna Stop” singer Vannelli : GINO
40 Square root of 100 : TEN
41 House overhang : EAVE
42 Pitcher’s bagful : ROSIN
43 Pvt. address : APO
44 *Lifetime Achievement Award presented to “Sesame Street” in 2009, e.g. : DAYTIME EMMY
47 Michael of “SNL” : CHE
49 Latest : NEWS
50 Soft-shoe classic, or what can be found in the answers to the starred clues : ME AND MY SHADOW
56 Common sweetener : CORN SYRUP
57 Atlanta Dream co-owner Montgomery : RENEE
59 “Oh, sure, whatever you say” : UM OK
60 Wolfe of detective fiction : NERO
61 Try to stop : DETER
62 Chilean sea __ : BASS
63 Revise : EDIT
64 Part of an inner circle? : SPOKE
DOWN
1 Butter or lard : FAT
2 Brief “Then again … ” : OTOH
3 Flight-related prefix : AERO
4 Jukebox musical featuring ABBA songs : MAMMA MIA
5 Braced (oneself) : STEELED
6 Kid’s dismayed cry : BUT MOM
7 Nastase of tennis : ILIE
8 Mystery writer Nevada : BARR
9 Uncommon blood type, briefly : B-NEG
10 Two-time Best Actress winner Hilary : SWANK
11 Self-absorption : NARCISSISM
12 Very dark : INKY
13 NFL scores : TDS
19 Like netting : MESHY
21 Linguistic suffix : -ESE
24 Island near Sicily : MALTA
25 “Not __ out of you!” : A PEEP
26 Thick-skinned safari beast : RHINOCEROS
27 Valuable quality : ASSET
28 Milne joey : ROO
29 Christiane Amanpour’s channel : CNN
31 Durable fabric : DENIM
32 Poker-faced : STONY
37 Shearing day sound : BAA
38 Creeping vine : IVY
39 Hits a homer, in baseball lingo : GOES DEEP
41 Idyllic places : EDENS
42 Loyalty program perks : REWARDS
45 Trendy place : IN SPOT
46 “I could take it or leave it” : MEH
48 Tom who voices Woody in the “Toy Story” films : HANKS
50 NYC cultural center : MOMA
51 Unit of force : DYNE
52 1960s TV horse : MR ED
53 Cosmonaut Gagarin : YURI
54 Not duped by : ONTO
55 Pay period, for some : WEEK
56 Baby bear : CUB
58 Poetic “before” : ERE
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