LA Times Daily Crossword January 29, 2022 Answers

1. Biography beginning? 5. Energy 8. It may be fictional 15. Where "Madama Butterfly" premiered 16. What spies often do 17. Works on walls 19. Cereal bit 20. Prisoner's place, in an 1894 adventure novel 22. Most coins have them 23. Make sharp 25. 2004 World Golf Hall of Fame inductee Isao __ 27. Titled woman 28. Radiation Protection Program org. 31. Las Palmas lad 33. Badger 34. Celebrity's arrival, perhaps 37. In the negative, unlikely to be fooled 38. Bet, in a way 39. "Alley __" 40. Works on, as a lawn 41. Five mL, in medicine 42. Is beholden to 44. __ sauce 46. Oodles 50. Musical skill 52. Sign up, in Salisbury 55. Zilch 56. Wanting success? 58. Assign responsibility 60. Summary 61. Serious predicament 62. Wine residue 63. Modern marshal's milieu 64. Text translation

1. Radiant 2. First name in a Dickens classic 3. Preference 4. "For the apparel __ proclaims the man": Polonius 5. Wisteria, e.g. 6. Memoir that led to the movie "What's Love Got to Do With It" 7. Act mannerly 8. Music box, maybe 9. Yarn spinner 10. Homeric epic 11. Versatile head-neck garb 12. Getting very close 14. Tasseled hat 18. Extended attack 21. Like 24. Looped fabric 26. Strongly focused 29. What a hot dog does? 30. "But I digress ... " 32. Root in perfumery 34. Wig out about 35. Clinton press secretary Myers 36. Crackerjack 37. Windbag 38. Dog 43. Food flavoring 45. "Smallville" actress Kristin 47. Studio sign 48. Explosive, briefly 49. Letter carrier's challenge 51. Catch-22 53. Skin care brand 54. Relay part 57. Family docs 59. Clock-setting std.