LA Times Daily Crossword December 29, 2022 Answers

1. Young chaps 5. Methodology: Abbr. 9. Played over 14. Samoa's biggest city 15. Fat-heavy diet 16. Prenatal test, for short 17. Trick question? 20. Role for Flockhart 21. Like much event swag 22. "That's it!" 23. Quick question? 29. Fictional Wolfe who was born in Montenegro 31. Netflix's "__ White People" 32. By way of 33. "Battle of the Sexes" loser 35. Like dried rose petals 38. Burning question? 41. Bumps 42. "__ Meenie": Kingston/Bieber hit 43. "CODA" communication method 44. Blues singer Thomas 45. Soaks (up) 49. Leading question? 54. Currency of Laos 55. Roth investments 56. Screenwriter Cody who won an Oscar for "Juno" 58. Probing question? 63. Hawaii or Alaska, on many a map 64. Bread served with mattar paneer 65. Radiate 66. Grind, as teeth 67. Fail suddenly, with "out" 68. Turn down

1. Wyatt Earp, for one 2. Southwestern people 3. Keep from practicing? 4. Fill until full 5. Places to recover after going downhill fast 6. "Sweet!" 7. Farm pen 8. Over the line 9. Like more expensive art, often 10. Awards show host 11. Genetic molecule translated into protein 12. Ultrathin MacBook 13. Go-ahead 18. Conned 19. Short address 24. Photo sources 25. Conference of Magic and Wizards 26. Assert as true 27. Bleak 28. "Woot!" 30. Rich deposits 35. No-frills drawing style 36. "100 Greatest Movie Quotes of All Time" org. 37. Traditional March 14 desserts 38. Break-even proposition 39. Oldest city in Hawaii 40. Half up front? 41. Gritty, in a way 44. Thinking alike 46. "No objection here" 47. Enter en masse 48. Like bad cell reception 50. Teams 51. Intense anger 52. McKellen who plays Gandalf 53. Martini ingredient 57. Matured 58. Newton fruit 59. Overnight option 60. DOD intel arm 61. Living-in-harmony principle 62. "To All the Boys" novelist Jenny