Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday February 20th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 With 21-Across, marching band instrument : BASS
5 Feline weapons : CLAWS
10 Vineyard measure : ACRE
14 Valuable find : TROVE
19 James who co-wrote and sang “I’d Rather Go Blind” : ETTA
20 Monsieur __: classic Jacques Tati role : HULOT
21 See 1-Across : DRUM
22 Had one’s fingers crossed : HOPED
23 M.D. on “Wheel of Fortune”? : SPIN DOCTOR
25 Fast-working “Downton Abbey” woman? : MINUTE MAID
27 Indian menu word : TANDOORI
28 “… a grin without a cat!” thinker : ALICE
30 How aspirin is taken : ORALLY
31 Restful state : REPOSE
32 Promising moment, as of wit : SPARK
33 Till stack : ONES
34 Madness : IRE
35 Coward’s lack, figuratively : SPINE
36 Aparicio in Cooperstown : LUIS
37 Dress (up) : TOG
40 Float like smoke rings : WAFT
43 Painter in prison? : CON ARTIST
45 Crime novelist Paretsky : SARA
46 Crop up : ARISE
48 “Nixon in China” role : MAO
49 Mutual influence : INTERPLAY
51 Speak like a rug? : LIE
52 Ideal for farming : ARABLE
55 Quilting events : BEES
56 Hurricane of 2011 : IRENE
57 The Who co-founder : DALTREY
59 Prepare for a race : TRAIN
61 Hot rod? : SPIT
62 Shoppe preceder : OLDE
63 CIA operative in the Arctic? : NORTHERN SPY
67 Dry run : TEST
70 Happy cap tosser : GRAD
72 Delete : ERASE
73 “And Still I Rise” poet : ANGELOU
75 Unacceptable, as punishment : CRUEL
77 Caramel-topped dessert : FLAN
78 Exodus obstacle : RED SEA
81 Chem class part : LAB
82 Partied hearty : ROISTERED
84 Site for used cars : LOT
85 Short-vowel mark : BREVE
87 “The West Wing” Emmy winner, 2006 : ALDA
88 One rating singles bar come-ons? : LINE JUDGE
92 Smelter metals : ORES
93 __ hours : WEE
94 “Don’t play” music notation : REST
95 Gazetteer stats : AREAS
96 Drink from a snifter : SIP
98 Wall map marker : TACK
99 Princeton mascot : TIGER
100 Cell feature : CAMERA
103 Trip up : ASCENT
106 Derby drink : JULEP
107 Hill hundred : SENATORS
109 Gofer at a ballpark? : SPORTS PAGE
111 Displayer of truck-stop equipment? : SCALE MODEL
113 Flirt with, say : TEASE
114 Sign of spoilage : ODOR
115 Marquesses’ inferiors : EARLS
116 100-year-old chip brand : WISE
117 Ran standing still : IDLED
118 Digs for pigs : PENS
119 Surprise ending : TWIST
120 Put one over on : SNOW
DOWN
1 Awards adjective : BEST
2 For face value : AT PAR
3 “Fear Street” series author : STINE
4 Kids’ play places, across the pond : SANDPITS
5 Settle on : CHOOSE
6 Ill-gotten loot : LUCRE
7 Some choir members : ALTI
8 Try to win over : WOO
9 Secure for the trip : STRAP IN
10 Fan : ADMIRER
11 Pain in the neck : CRICK
12 Mystical character : RUNE
13 Liberty’s LiMu, for one : EMU
14 Beatles’ “__ a Place” : THERE’S
15 Oblong tomatoes : ROMAS
16 Birthstone after sapphire : OPAL
17 Bridal shop buy : VEIL
18 Hot tub feature : EDDY
24 One of a coupe’s pair : DOOR
26 Time on a marquee : TONITE
29 Clark’s teenage crush : LANA
32 Fishing line holder : SPOOL
33 Gives the heave-ho : OUSTS
35 Nature’s bandage : SCAB
36 White sale purchases : LINENS
37 Bank worker with lots of stories? : TALE TELLER
38 City across the Mediterranean from Cartagena : ORAN
39 Marvin of Motown : GAYE
40 Guy hiding in a red-and-white striped shirt : WALDO
41 Sans-serif font : ARIAL
42 Farmland tour giver? : FIELD GUIDE
44 Advertising gimmick : TIE-IN
45 Elf : SPRITE
47 Melodic sense : EAR
48 Eponymous surgical family name : MAYO
50 Tear : RIP
53 Tear : REND
54 Hawke of “Sinister” : ETHAN
55 Less carpeted : BARER
58 One of Barbie’s best friends : TERESA
60 Hi-__ graphics : RES
61 Seasonal song word : SYNE
64 Back off : RELENT
65 Give this for that : TRADE
66 Historian’s subject : PAST
68 Dry Italian wine : SOAVE
69 Straws, e.g. : TUBES
71 Cockpit gauge fig. : ALT
74 Be a chatterbox : GAB
75 Metaphorical sticking place : CRAW
76 Auditioner’s goal : ROLE
77 Pat down : FRISK
79 English composer of the symphonic study “Falstaff” : ELGAR
80 “That __ it!” : DOES
83 Awards a seat to : ELECTS
86 Skiers’ aids : ROPE TOWS
89 Corrections staffers : JAILERS
90 Push for : URGE
91 Like Jennifer Aniston’s eyes : DEEP-SET
94 Typed in ALL CAPS, maybe : RANTED
96 Least wacky : SANEST
97 Mosque leader : IMAM
98 Not given to speeches : TERSE
99 Yank at : TUG ON
100 Amoebae, e.g. : CELLS
101 “The Kiss” sculptor : RODIN
102 Recess rebuttal : ARE SO
103 Piedmont wine region : ASTI
104 Hustled : SPED
105 Longtime Kentucky resource : COAL
106 Green hue : JADE
107 Bollywood attire : SARI
108 Whole lot : SLEW
110 Uncorking sound : POP
112 Rook’s call : CAW
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