Los Angeles Times (Sunday) Crossword Answers Crossword December 31, 2022

Here are answers to the Crossword in the Los Angeles Times (Sunday) on December 31, 2022

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Crossword Clues:
NUMBER	ANSWER	CLUE
1A	5 letters	Accessory that may be paired with a smoking jacket
6A	3 letters	"Euphoria" network
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9A	3 letters	Okra or orca unit
12A	6 letters	Like pins and needles
14A	7 letters	"I cleaned my plate!"
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16A	7 letters	Largest moon of Uranus
18A	7 letters	Many of the "GoodFellas" main characters
19A	7 letters	Behavioral psychologist's concern
21A	6 letters	SQUASH
22A	14 letters	Account statement?
24A	5 letters	Maureen presented with an Honorary Academy Award in 2014
25A	3 letters	Buff
26A	5 letters	Kermit sipping tea and Keanu playing with puppies
27A	4 letters	Clothing store department
28A	7 letters	Turn in
30A	3 letters	Psyche segments
31A	7 letters	Border dispute
32A	3 letters	Corp. execs
35A	7 letters	Puzzle that uses every letter
36A	4 letters	Athlete who wrote the memoir "My Life and the Beautiful Game"
37A	5 letters	Drained of color
40A	3 letters	Poetic dusk
41A	5 letters	"Being the Ricardos" role
42A	14 letters	Robin DiAngelo book about race relations
45A	6 letters	"Very funny"
46A	7 letters	Shut up
47A	7 letters	"Did not expect to survive that"
49A	7 letters	Like some passes
51A	7 letters	"Hm ... "
52A	6 letters	Have the gumption
53A	3 letters	Mag wheels?
54A	3 letters	Archipelago part: Abbr.
55A	5 letters	Portends
1D	3 letters	Apropos
2D	8 letters	Careless
3D	8 letters	Film flashbacks, essentially
4D	7 letters	Figures of speech
5D	6 letters	Mystical text in Sanskrit
6D	3 letters	Scenery chewer
7D	5 letters	Heck of a party
8D	8 letters	Honoree who might wear a vintage uniform
9D	6 letters	Santa hat feature
10D	6 letters	Impossible NFL score
11D	6 letters	Chain with "all day diner deals"
13D	4 letters	Property claim for outstanding debt
15D	6 letters	Held
17D	9 letters	Master of disguise?
20D	9 letters	One whose priorities are in order?
23D	9 letters	Winter figure
24D	3 letters	Sash tied with a butterfly knot
28D	3 letters	Staple ___
29D	3 letters	"Just like that!"
31D	8 letters	"Between the World and Me" writer Coates
32D	8 letters	Hazarded, as a guess
33D	8 letters	Schoolyard friend
34D	3 letters	"___ who?"
35D	6 letters	Potpourri pieces
36D	7 letters	First, in Spanish
37D	6 letters	For a spell
38D	6 letters	Brought low
39D	6 letters	Kit parts with pedals
41D	6 letters	Window-switching shortcut
43D	5 letters	Top picks, slangily
44D	4 letters	Apple TV+ device
48D	3 letters	Unadon fish
50D	3 letters	"___ Espookys": 6-Across comedy series

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