Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday February 20th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 “Can’t someone else?” : DO I HAVE TO?
10 Floor : AMAZE
15 Mozart’s mother : ANNA MARIA
16 Dressing extreme? : NINES
17 Comebacks : RESPONSES
18 See 43-Across : ANGST
19 Set to assemble : KIT
20 Best Actress between Hilary and Helen : REESE
21 Franklin’s bill : C-NOTE
22 Inferior : WORSE
24 Unwanted information, usually : SPOILER
26 Small sewing case : ETUI
27 Cantore in a storm : JIM
30 Member of the first class of World Golf Hall of Fame inductees, 1974 : SNEAD
31 Retreated : BACKPEDALED
34 “Voilà!” : THERE YOU ARE
37 Expression of mock sympathy : TOO BAD, SO SAD
40 Involuntary contraction : SPASM
43 Genre full of 18-Across : EMO
44 Part of un drame : ACTE
45 Forms a union? : MARRIES
47 More than just talk : ORATE
48 Single out : ELECT
49 Appear by surprise : POP IN
53 Ring site : LIP
54 Rushed toward : RAN AT
55 “Either or” : I DON’T CARE
57 Rough : CRUDE
58 “… quaint and curious volume of __ lore”: Poe : FORGOTTEN
59 Really excited : HYPER
60 Democracy concern : FREE PRESS

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1 Limited-access internet area : DARK WEB
2 The least bit : ONE IOTA
3 Show how : INSTRUCT
4 “Our __ is loss, our hope but sad despair”: “Henry VI, Part III” : HAP
5 Subject of Dante’s “La Vita Nuova” : AMORE
6 Weather __ : VANE
7 Gaelic tongue : ERSE
8 Plastic bag accessories : TIES
9 Hot spots’ hot spots? : OASES
10 Amazon threats : ANACONDAS
11 Mouse first voiced by Walt Disney : MINNIE
12 Namibia neighbor : ANGOLA
13 Prepped, as peels : ZESTED
14 Perfume compound : ESTER
23 Follower of Nanak : SIKH
25 Unreal : PSEUDO
27 Fed chair Powell : JEROME
28 Graphic intro? : IDEO-
29 “I’ll get back to you” : MAYBE
32 Vacationer’s need, maybe : PET SITTER
33 Good earth : LOAM
35 One may be heard on safari : ROAR
36 Get out of hand in a hurry : ESCALATE
38 Dresses : ATTIRES
39 Becomes more complicated : DEEPENS
40 Word on a Monopoly corner square : SALARY
41 Asset protection plan, briefly : PRENUP
42 Place to play : ARCADE
45 Branded wares, informally : MERCH
46 Spruce (up) : SPIFF
47 Triumphant : ON TOP
50 Wrinkled-nose cause : ODOR
51 Study intently, with “over” : PORE
52 “Picnic” Pulitzer Prize winner : INGE
56 NBA position : CTR

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday February 19th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.

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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

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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

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday February 18th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 “I __ out!” : WANT
5 Slavic title derived from “Caesar” : CZAR
9 President born in Hawaii : OBAMA
14 Wrath, in a hymn title : IRAE
15 Syllables from Santa : HO HO
16 Egret, for one : HERON
17 Highway reading : SIGN
18 __ of March : IDES
19 “Good Will Hunting” actor : DAMON
20 “Even dialogue wouldn’t have saved that show,” e.g.? : PANTOMIME PAN
23 Stir-fry ingredient : SNAP PEA
24 Camden Yards player : ORIOLE
28 Golden __ : AGER
29 Alpo holder? : CANINE CAN
32 Needlefish : GAR
34 Guys : MEN
35 Abbr. after Shaker or Brooklyn : HTS
36 Misleading gossip? : DISHONEST DISH
41 Richard Wright’s “Native __” : SON
42 __ Center: L.A. skyscraper : AON
43 Urge : YEN
44 Face of a petty criminal? : MUGGER MUG
48 Egyptian goddess : ISIS
51 Anatomical ring : AREOLA
52 Dead Sea Scrolls sect : ESSENES
55 Pilot lighter, and a hint to the four other longest puzzle answers : KITCHEN MATCH
58 Goes after : HAS AT
61 Do nothing : LAZE
62 Hot under the collar : SORE
63 On top of things : AWARE
64 Pentagon measure : AREA
65 Lacking depth and width : ONE-D
66 Phone messages : TEXTS
67 Exec’s benefit : PERK
68 Lepidopterists’ tools : NETS

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1 Tiny tufts : WISPS
2 “God Is a Woman” singer Grande : ARIANA
3 “Stop badgering me!” : NAG NAG
4 Camper’s supply : TENT PEGS
5 Wind instrument? : CHIME
6 Belt with 12 parts : ZODIAC
7 “I’m standing right here” : AHEM
8 Flower with hips : ROSE
9 “Phooey!” : OH DARN
10 Brimless cap : BEANIE
11 Limb with biceps and triceps : ARM
12 Low in the field : MOO
13 Martin who wrote many of the “Baby-Sitters Club” novels : ANN
21 Winfrey of HBO’s “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” : OPRAH
22 Sharp : POINTY
25 Folk singer Phil : OCHS
26 Wood strip : LATH
27 Minnesota twins? : ENS
30 “May I see __?”: diner’s query : A MENU
31 1980s-’90s game console : NES
33 Find incredibly funny : ROAR AT
36 Stern : DOUR
37 “Bus Stop” dramatist : INGE
38 __ de plume : NOM
39 Reason-based faith : DEISM
40 Available and fresh : IN SEASON
41 Like a wee bairn : SMA
45 Small racer : GO KART
46 Select groups : ELITES
47 Eccentric type : GEEZER
49 Pray aloud, perhaps : INTONE
50 It’s not for everyone : SECRET
53 __ preview : SNEAK
54 Tool storage sites : SHEDS
56 Thunder sound : CLAP
57 Rabbit-like animal : HARE
58 Bowler, for one : HAT
59 More than impress : AWE
60 Jazz instrument : SAX

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday February 17th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 “__ All That”: 1999 movie : SHE’S
5 Diver’s gear : FINS
9 “Fancy seeing you here!” : OH HEY
14 Hoof it on a bad knee, say : LIMP
15 Ecstatic internet shout : WOOT
16 Driver’s choice : ROUTE
17 Oberlin’s state : OHIO
18 “We tried, but this won’t work” : IT’S USELESS
20 Give up on : WALK AWAY FROM
22 Superman’s makeup? : STEEL
23 Fashion plate : FOP
24 Kerfuffle : ADO
27 Construction girder : I-BAR
31 Dubuque denizen : IOWAN
33 Serve as a reminder : JOG ONE’S MEMORY
37 Mic __: triumphant move : DROP
39 Finnish company that created Angry Birds : ROVIO
40 James Patterson hero __ Cross : ALEX
41 Do an accountant’s job : RUN THE NUMBERS
44 Cheapen : ABASE
45 Subtle summons : PSST
46 Run-of-the-mill : MEH
47 Nonsense : ROT
50 Yellowfins, e.g. : TUNAS
55 Write briefly and quickly : DASH OFF A NOTE
59 Cause of a crash : FATAL ERROR
62 Family __ : TREE
63 Cup or star : AWARD
64 Emerald City princess : OZMA
65 “Haven’t decided yet” : I MAY
66 Uses WhatsApp, say : TEXTS
67 Eject : BOOT
68 Tibetan title : LAMA

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1 Slackens the pace : SLOWS
2 Drum kit item with a pedal : HI-HAT
3 “Into the Wild” star Hirsch : EMILE
4 Took the mic : SPOKE
5 “Just saying,” in 66-Across : FWIW
6 Kappa preceder : IOTA
7 Meddlesome : NOSY
8 Nonsense companion? : STUFF
9 Black-and-white dessert : OREO PIE
10 Ian who plays Bilbo Baggins : HOLM
11 It might be adjusted in Photoshop : HUE
12 Kang and Kodos, on “The Simpsons” : ETS
13 “Affirmative” : YES
19 Sellout letters : SRO
21 Sacha Baron Cohen alter ego : ALI G
24 Mil. truants : AWOLS
25 “You wouldn’t __!” : DARE
26 Black gemstone used to make beads : ONYX
28 Snooze inducer : BORE
29 Auth. unknown : ANON
30 Gun : REV UP
32 Actor Epps : OMAR
33 Fish story notable : JONAH
34 Backs (out) : OPTS
35 Popular video game series, with “The” : SIMS
36 Unruly groups : MOBS
37 Scot’s Scotch order : DRAM
38 Yahoo : RUBE
42 Foreshadows : HERALDS
43 R&B great James : ETTA
48 Ending with malt : -OSE
49 Ache : THROB
51 “__ we meet again” : UNTIL
52 Fashionista Kamali : NORMA
53 Likely roster for the big game : A-TEAM
54 “I’m outta here” : SEE YA
55 Bar flier : DART
56 Rice-shaped pasta used in salads : ORZO
57 Acronymic anxiety about being excluded from the fun : FOMO
58 Group with pledges : FRAT
59 The 1% in 1% milk : FAT
60 Flabbergast : AWE
61 Sales __ : TAX

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday February 16th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 Tripoli’s country : LIBYA
6 College grad : ALUM
10 Kill, as a dragon : SLAY
14 Thorny plant : BRIAR
15 Latina toon explorer : DORA
16 Scrabble piece : TILE
17 If Nicholson sang, danced and acted, he might be called __ : JACK OF ALL TRADES
20 GQ or Cosmo : MAG
21 Photographed : SHOT
22 Inhumane : BARBARIC
27 Salty drops : TEARS
31 Big name in PCs : ACER
32 __ pork: Chinese dish with pancakes : MOO SHU
35 “High” afternoon meal : TEA
36 Forbidden : TABOO
38 Series of missed calls : PHONE TAG
40 If Robinson left En Vogue to sing in Jerry Garcia’s group, she might be called __ : DAWN OF THE DEAD
43 Dog food seller : PET STORE
44 Crop up : ARISE
46 Soul, to Sartre : AME
47 Polar parka : ANORAK
50 Passionate about : INTO
51 Winona of “Stranger Things” : RYDER
53 Brings good luck to : SMILES ON
55 Taunt : GIBE
58 Drone or worker : BEE
59 If Tomlin came from San Fernando, she might be called __ : LILY OF THE VALLEY
67 Trim, as a photo : CROP
68 Dry forecast : FAIR
69 Religious doctrine : DOGMA
70 Credit card balance, say : DEBT
71 Benchmarks: Abbr. : STDS
72 Jerk or twitch : SPASM

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1 JFK’s successor : LBJ
2 Nest egg initials : IRA
3 Flickable lighter : BIC
4 Go on and on : YAK
5 Kitchen allure : AROMA
6 Samuel Barber’s “__ for Strings” : ADAGIO
7 Cyberchortle : LOL
8 Web addresses : URLS
9 Subject with numbers : MATH
10 Georgia or Washington : STATE
11 Pot cover : LID
12 It may be blonde or pale : ALE
13 “Roundabout” rockers with a positive name : YES
18 Word before hand or land : FARM-
19 Capitol feature : ROTUNDA
22 Cave hanger : BAT
23 Plato’s school, with “the” : ACADEMY
24 Paid back, as a purchase incentive : REBATED
25 Tweezer targets : BROWS
26 Whirlybirds : COPTERS
28 Realizes, as a goal : ATTAINS
29 Entertains with a bedtime story : READS TO
30 Give in to gravity : SAG
33 Recital rebuke : SHH
34 Flower bed tool : HOE
37 Province on four Great Lakes : ONTARIO
39 Spooky : EERIE
41 Bass ending : -OON
42 Pendulum direction? : FRO
43 Links standard : PAR
45 Seemingly forever : EON
48 Orange-yellow gemstones : AMBERS
49 Ukraine’s capital : KIEV
52 The Nile runs through it : EGYPT
54 Detectives’ aids : LEADS
56 Bosom buds, in texts : BFFS
57 Nouveau-Mexique, par exemple : ETAT
59 TV screen type : LCD
60 Fury : IRE
61 Easy throw : LOB
62 Laid low : HID
63 Cut (off) : LOP
64 JFK alternative : LGA
65 Maximum borders? : EMS
66 Oft-candied veggie : YAM