Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday September 14th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Spanish tennis great Nadal, familiarly : RAFA
5 Upgrade, as machinery : REFIT
10 Uncertain : IFFY
14 Cabbage buy : HEAD
15 Glazer of “The Afterparty” : ILANA
16 Skating commentator Lipinski : TARA
17 Analogy words : IS TO
18 Bridal path flower piece : PETAL
19 Stash, as gear : STOW
20 Japanese drama : NOH
21 Cookbook contents : RECIPES
23 Author Rand : AYN
24 Genre for composer Terence Blanchard : OPERA
26 Informal “You’re oversharing” : TMI
27 Caramel candies : ROLOS
29 Like some dangerous isotopes : RADIOACTIVE
32 Curry of the NBA : SETH
34 Bike part : BRAKE
35 Quintet for most starfish : ARMS
38 Prefix for a lifesaving “Pen” : EPI-
39 Not so big : SMALLER
41 Knock : RAP
42 Try to hit : AIM AT
44 Tell it like it isn’t : LIE
45 Speed skater Ohno : APOLO
47 Act parts : SCENES
49 Past the point of caring : OVER IT
50 Michelle of “Crazy Rich Asians” : YEOH
52 Neighborhood : AREA
53 *Secretive email option : BLIND CARBON COPY
60 Uncommon : RARE
61 Assertion : CLAIM
62 Cookie used as a 12-Down topping : OREO
63 Admit frankly : AVOW
64 Omit in speech : ELIDE
65 Spreadsheet unit : CELL
66 Soaks up the sun : TANS
67 Calf-roping event : RODEO
68 Diet that’s high in fats and low in carbs, as illustrated by parts of the answers to the starred clues : KETO
DOWN
1 Safari herbivore : RHINO
2 Fabulous writer? : AESOP
3 *Figure often depicted with a scythe and an hourglass : FATHER TIME
4 Hubbub : ADO
5 Ready for picking : RIPE
6 __ college : ELECTORAL
7 *Pakistani-born chef who was posthumously honored with a James Beard Award : FATIMA ALI
8 Up the creek : IN A PICKLE
9 Story : TALE
10 Part of FWIW : IT’S
11 *Serious software problem : FATAL ERROR
12 Dessert from 16 Handles, familiarly : FROYO
13 Signs of boredom : YAWNS
21 “Wicked!” : RAD
22 __ Lanka : SRI
25 Sidelines cheer : RAH
28 Fertility lab cells : OVA
30 Maker of the Deep Blue chess computer : IBM
31 Workout top : TEE
32 Bodies of water : SEAS
33 __ fail : EPIC
36 Timbuktu’s land : MALI
37 Predicament : SPOT
39 Fine horse : STEED
40 Black bird : RAVEN
43 “What’s the latest?” : ANY NEWS
46 NBC symbol : PEACOCK
48 Abby Wambach’s sport : SOCCER
49 Juliet’s cry : O ROMEO
51 Winnie-the-Pooh greeting : HALLO
52 Tolerate : ABIDE
53 Sassy kid : BRAT
54 Chocolate __ cake : LAVA
55 Waffle maker : IRON
56 “Kills bugs dead!” spray : RAID
57 Hockey Hall of Famer Willie : O’REE
58 Hit, as with snowballs : PELT
59 “Seize the day” initialism : YOLO
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