LA Times Daily Crossword November 12, 2022 Answers

1. Mint 9. "__ luck!" 14. Long way to go? 15. Porter, for one 16. Ancient language in which "ir" means "the" 17. Shaky 18. Console with Party and Fit games 19. Briefly appeared 21. Go where one shouldn't 22. Hitch 24. Dance company founder Ailey 25. Belt 26. Superficial 28. Kinsey research focus 29. River valley known for Riesling 30. " ... to so __": Churchill 32. Part of an outmoded garage set 34. Exploit a position of trust 38. Arranges for deferred payment 39. Symbolic 100% 40. Waiting expectation 41. Higher ed. hurdle 43. Smartwater rival 46. Mad magazine caricaturist Drucker 47. Stabilizing components 49. Stable gear 51. Go __ 52. Small sailing ship 54. First name of two Spice Girls 55. Bit of needlework 57. Island nation in Oceania 59. Very hot celestial orbs 60. Generic confrontation 61. Lesser number? 62. Ring-necked bird

1. Squanders 2. Getting agitated 3. Radio control 4. "Spring the trap!" 5. Vestige 6. Nabisco name since 1967 7. Unpopular debuts of 1957 8. "This just isn't working" 9. Advance 10. Clod 11. Security element that may be detected by Silly String 12. Peppers between jalapeño and tabasco on the Scoville scale 13. "M*A*S*H" unit 15. "Très __" 20. Add 23. Fragrance assortment, e.g. 25. Show mastery of 27. "Joy Shtick" writer 29. Balm of Gilead, for one 31. __ bar 33. Missouri's Cori Bush, e.g.: Abbr. 34. First of many steps 35. Continental rider's purchase, once 36. Big name in racing 37. Wild party 42. Quenya or Sindarin, in fiction 44. Company whose logo is interlocking tuning forks 45. Blackjack combo 47. "Get Smart" org. 48. Be of use 50. "The Kiss" painter 52. Workout focus 53. "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" novelist See 56. Bit 58. "Mic Drop" band