LA Times Daily Crossword December 28, 2022 Answers

1. Title of respect 5. Suffix with "Wrestle" 10. Stinging insect 14. Both: Pref. 16. Prepared to veto 17. Actress who wrote the 2022 memoir "Dying of Politeness" 19. House spot 20. Spike Lee heist film starring Denzel Washington 21. Croquet sites 22. Hawaii's "Valley Isle" 23. Groovy 24. Expeditions made by freegans, say 30. Born in 32. Beer foam 33. Longoria of "Telenovela" 34. Olympic swimmer Thorpe 35. Sly, and a phonetic hint to the pattern in the last words of 17-, 24-, 42-, and 58-Across 38. Band's job 39. Bay Area airport letters 40. Scent 41. Black-tie party 42. Policy debate sides during an international conflict 47. Onyx, for one 48. Freeway sign 49. Stop and go 52. Competition with rockets 57. Hertz rival 58. Prima donnas 59. Afternoon fare 60. More sage 61. Half of dix 62. Playwright Kushner 63. Derisive sound 64. "__ off to you!"

1. Crèche figures 2. Blessing ender 3. Hollywood's Vigoda and basketball's Saperstein 4. Least amount 5. Reconciled 6. One of the Musketeers 7. Old Chevy model 8. "Sounds like a plan!" 9. Thin batteries 10. __ peas 11. All over again 12. Comics icon Lee 13. La Brea Tar __ 18. Maroon 5 lead singer Levine 21. Actresses Cheryl and Diane 23. German woman 24. "What am I supposed to __?" 25. "Hot corner" base 26. Job listing inits. 27. "What happens in __ ... " 28. Wicked 29. Drawn-out account 30. Sneakily probe (for) 31. Nadal of tennis, familiarly 35. Medical units 36. Semisoft cheese 37. 2016 Super Bowl MVP Miller 41. Make a bundle 43. Cold War agent 44. More highly cherished 45. Vehicle pulled by yoked animals 46. Contended 49. Stretching on and on 50. Vinaigrette ingredient, briefly 51. "Knives Out" filmmaker Johnson 52. Washer cycle 53. Manila money 54. Sneaker brand 55. "__, or won't?" 56. Legal honorifics: Abbr. 58. Yelps of pain