Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday February 19th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Adopted gradually, with “in” : PHASED
7 Sandpiper family birds : SNIPES
13 One of two sound recommendations for a light sleeper? : EARPLUG
15 Shunned one : PARIAH
16 African Queen, for one : STEAMER
17 “Don’t doubt my abilities!” : I CAN SO
18 January temps, often : TEENS
19 Do lunch? : CATER
21 London’s __ Gardens : KEW
22 Longtime senator Thurmond : STROM
23 Battery parts : ANODES
25 History : PAST
26 Short on manners : RUDE
27 Fraternal order : ELKS
31 Coil in a garden : HOSE
32 Prepares for takeoff : TAXIES
34 Extravagant : BAROQUE
38 Lot : FORTUNE
39 Buttonhole : ACCOST
40 Function : WORK
41 Campus figure : DEAN
42 Storytelling singer Guthrie : ARLO
43 Declared : SAID
47 Like some ornate doorways : ARCHED
50 Fixes tears : DARNS
51 Firepit residue : ASH
54 Speak publicly : ORATE
55 Advice from colleagues, say : INPUT
56 With 58-Across, savory base for a canapé … and the function of a black square in four puzzle rows? : CHEESE
58 See 56-Across : CRACKER
60 Afternoon service : TEA SET
61 One held for ransom : HOSTAGE
62 Force (upon) : IMPOSE
63 Allowed paid use of : LEASED
DOWN
1 Pre-euro coin : PESETA
2 Critics who can’t be pleased : HATERS
3 Childish denial : ARE NOT
4 Jerk, e.g. : SPASM
5 West __: upscale store : ELM
6 Sufficient grounds for action, in law : DUE CAUSE
7 Used bugs, perhaps : SPIED
8 Shell material : NACRE
9 Rollover acronym : IRA
10 __ lady: gin and grenadine cocktail : PINK
11 Fluency : EASE
12 Make an appearance : SHOW
14 Starbucks size : GRANDE
18 Baking powder amt. : TSP
20 Sock part : TOE
24 Hot message : SEXT
26 Beat decisively : ROUT
28 Lucy of “Kill Bill” : LIU
29 Tennis great Rosewall : KEN
30 Orlando-to-Miami dir. : SSE
31 Main bases: Abbr. : HQS
32 Deere rival : TORO
33 Ararat craft : ARK
34 Shoddy : BAD
35 Top player : ACE
36 TV pioneer : RCA
37 Actress Chaplin : OONA
38 Utter nonsense : FOLDEROL
40 Deplorable sort : WRETCH
42 “Eureka!” : AHA!
43 Some decafs : SANKAS
44 Lanvin scent since 1927 : ARPEGE
45 Accustomed (to) : INURED
46 Summer hrs. : DST
48 Blush wines : ROSES
49 Minos’ kingdom : CRETE
50 Formal decrees : DICTA
51 When Lear disowns Cordelia : ACT I
52 Young passenger on the 33-Down : SHEM
53 Rattletrap : HEAP
57 Spanish “that” : ESO
59 Enzyme suffix : -ASE
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