Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday September 21st 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Thwack : SLAP
5 Informed (of) : AWARE
10 Compensation : WAGE
14 Tuck out of view : HIDE
15 Wrinkled : LINED
16 Many a univ. donor : ALUM
17 365 days : YEAR
18 Rub ingredient : SPICE
19 HBO political satire starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus : VEEP
20 Impractical way to get dressed? : SHOES ON FIRST
23 Barack and Michelle’s eldest daughter : MALIA
26 Family room : DEN
27 Impatient : ANTSY
28 Lives : EXISTS
30 Cookie fruit : FIG
31 Planning meeting for the costume department? : CLOTHES CALL
35 “Stop filming!” : CUT
38 Broody sorts? : HENS
39 Sir or sri : TITLE
40 More than dislike : HATE
41 Donkey : ASS
42 Disappointing sign on a store selling warm-weather garments? : OUT OF SHORTS
44 GPS display : MAP
45 Small village : HAMLET
46 Food cart snacks in South Asia : CHAAT
49 Texting letters : SMS
52 Swerves : VEERS
53 Really pulls off a jacket? : ROCKS THE COAT
56 Initial poker bet : ANTE
57 Japanese noodle dish : RAMEN
58 Carried debt : OWED
62 Appear to be : SEEM
63 “You __ kidding!” : AREN’T
64 Grow tiresome : WEAR
65 Jekyll’s counterpart : HYDE
66 Basil-based sauce : PESTO
67 Yields, as a profit : NETS
DOWN
1 Bashful : SHY
2 Blip on a polygraph, maybe : LIE
3 Hugo-nominated novelist Palmer : ADA
4 Continues : PERSISTS
5 “One more thing … ” : ALSO
6 Totally beat : WIPED
7 Ouzo flavoring : ANISE
8 Scouting mission, briefly : RECON
9 Garden with forbidden fruit : EDEN
10 Fluttering in the wind : WAVING
11 Warning signal : ALERT
12 Ballpark figure : GUESS
13 Like cans in a recycling bin, hopefully : EMPTY
21 Doth own : HATH
22 Fall flat : FAIL
23 Anime genre featuring giant robots : MECHA
24 Wheel-connecting rods : AXLES
25 NFL team whose mascot is named Roary : LIONS
29 Punchline lead-in : SETUP
30 __ and blood : FLESH
32 “Pull up a chair” : SIT
33 Corp. computer exec : CTO
34 Fuzzy sitcom star of the 1980s : ALF
35 “The Grouchy Ladybug” writer/illustrator : CARLE
36 Out-and-out : UTTER
37 Tries, as one’s patience : TESTS
40 Place of origin : HOMETOWN
42 Cheerios grains : OATS
43 “__ Nagila”: Israeli folk song : HAVA
44 Defiant retort : MAKE ME
46 Cymbal sound : CRASH
47 Bee product : HONEY
48 Performed : ACTED
49 Open up, in a way : SHARE
50 Fast-spreading social media posts : MEMES
51 Fragrance : SCENT
54 Hip hop genre : TRAP
55 “I’m __ your tricks!” : ONTO
59 Pint-size : WEE
60 “Mangia!” : EAT
61 Many profs : DRS
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