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LA Times Crossword Answers Sunday February 13th 2022

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday February 13th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 Willing partner : ABLE
5 Dapper dudes : FOPS
9 Break-even transaction : WASH
13 “__ Eye Is on the Sparrow”: hymn : HIS
16 Easily played : NAIVE
18 Hilarious sort : RIOT
19 Thelma, to Louise, or vice versa : GAL PAL
21 __ Mae: Whoopi’s “Ghost” role : ODA
22 *Game piece with a “6” on it : GREEN BILLIARD BALL
25 “3x” on an Rx : TER
26 Baskin-Robbins treats : SUNDAES
27 27-member gp. : THE EU
28 Good way to plan : AHEAD
30 GPS command : TURN
31 Toon maker of a female road runner costume : ACME
32 Garland’s girl : MINNELLI
35 Tee sizes, initially : SML
38 Curtain holder : ROD
39 Pool hustler : SHARK
41 It’s found in a fizz : SLOE GIN
42 __-Dazs : HAAGEN
44 Like many a bow : TIED
45 Selfish pair? : ESSES
47 Take advantage of : USE
48 Fluish symptoms : AGUES
49 Lends a hand : AIDS
50 Do some road repairs : RETAR
51 Add to the pot : BET
52 Yard opening : VINE-
53 Skin soother : ALOE
54 Name above “The Lady and Her Music” on a 1981 Broadway poster : LENA
55 Kikkoman sauces : SOYS
57 One of two field borders : END ZONE
59 Where it’s at : LOCALE
61 “I will if you will” : LET’S
63 Neither partner : NOR
64 *Camp sleeping arrangement : DOUBLE BUNK BED
68 Pops : DAD
70 Hardly a vet : TYRO
72 “… __, short and stout” : TEAPOT
73 As-the-crow-flies route : BEELINE
75 Chute opener? : PARA-
77 FedEx rounds, briefly : RTES
78 Hollywood brothers’ name : COEN
80 Extras : ANDS
81 __ town : COW
82 It needs a driver : SCREW
84 __ dog : SLED
85 Cook-off bowlful : CHILI
86 Stomach : MAW
87 Thumbs-ups : OKAYS
88 Move quickly, as clouds : SCUD
89 Big name in theaters : WARNER
90 Literally, “going,” in scores : ANDANTE
92 Sierra Nevada lake : TAHOE
94 Man Ray contemporary : ARP
95 Higher ed hurdle : GRE
96 Some union acquisitions : STEPSONS
98 Poet : BARD
99 Lowry of kid lit : LOIS
101 __ firma : TERRA
102 Pulls an all-nighter : CRAMS
104 Fictional pilot who said, “Never tell me the odds” : HAN SOLO
107 “TMI!!” : EEW!
108 *Where women once learned to stitch : LADIES’ SEWING CLASS
113 Stranded letters? : RNA
114 Disguise, in a way : ENCODE
115 Wrap that sounds apologetic : SARI
116 Giant’s NFL foe : EAGLE
117 Belarus, once: Abbr. : SSR
118 El __ : NINO
119 Parted partners : EXES
120 One of three found in each answer to a starred clue : ROOM

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1 “Gemini Man” director Lee : ANG
2 Signal-strength display : BARS
3 “In __ of gifts … ” : LIEU
4 Occasion : EVENT
5 One on a Facebook list : FRIEND
6 Spa supplies : OILS
7 Pro in a party : POL
8 What a comedy show might have you in : STITCHES
9 Get one’s feet wet : WADE
10 Book of memories : ALBUM
11 Cruise amenity : SPA
12 Actor Linden : HAL
13 *Primary concern of a Four Seasons chef : HOTEL GUEST DINING
14 One with a vision : IDEALIST
15 Metaphorical rush-hour subway rider : SARDINE
17 Stands the test of time : ENDURES
19 Garson of “Mrs. Miniver” : GREER
20 Plains, in Peru : LLANOS
23 Industry tycoon : BARON
24 Sportscaster Rashad : AHMAD
29 “__ Haw” : HEE
31 In reserve : ASIDE
33 Rae of “The Lovebirds” : ISSA
34 Reds and Cards, briefly : NL’ERS
35 Shadowless? : SHAVEN
36 French military leader with an eponymous line : MAGINOT
37 *’50s-’60s ad competition : LAUNDRY POWDER WAR
40 Actor Wynn : KEENAN
43 “__ Louise!” : GEEZ
44 Andalusian uncle : TIO
46 Celery piece : STALK
49 Early seal hunter : ALEUT
50 Shorten further : RECUT
51 “I’m outta here” : BYE
53 Mayo is in it : ANO
54 Timber wolves : LOBOS
56 Quaint shoppe adjective : OLDE
58 Notable feature of 59-Down : ODOR
59 Toon with a 58-Down : LE PEW
60 Subsided : EBBED
62 Adam of “Grown Ups” films : SANDLER
65 Smoothie fruit : BERRY
66 Most up-to-date : LATEST
67 Dusk, to Donne : E’EN
69 Hankering : DESIRE
71 Like clams on the half shell : RAW
74 Bert in Oz : LAHR
76 “I didn’t __ be here” : ASK TO
78 Informed, with “in” : CLUED
79 Ref. that added “chapstick” in 2021 : OED
81 Base bars : CANTEENS
83 City on the Orne : CAEN
84 “Taxi Driver” director : SCORSESE
85 Tony Soprano’s “Got it?” : CAPISCE
86 Really nails : MASTERS
87 Marked down : ON SALE
88 Trickeries : SHAMS
89 “Don’t think so” : WRONG
91 Aries mo. : APR
93 Put down : ABASE
94 Grammy winner Morissette : ALANIS
97 Offspring : SCION
100 Word with panel or system : SOLAR
103 Overhaul : REDO
104 Bring on board : HIRE
105 Maracaibo, por ejemplo : LAGO
106 Munch Museum city : OSLO
109 Fashionable Taylor : ANN
110 Caesar’s 601 : DCI
111 Tussaud’s medium : WAX
112 School yr. division : SEM

LA Times Crossword Answers Sunday February 6th 2022

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday February 6th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 Heat in “The Heat” : NARCS
6 Pickle piece : SPEAR
11 Eschew : SHUN
15 On its way : SENT
19 Scouting party? : TROOP
20 2018 CVS Health acquisition : AETNA
21 Prepare to be shot? : POSE
22 x, y and z, in math : AXES
23 Song in which Pat Benatar challenges the owner of an aquarium? (1980) : HIT ME WITH YOUR PET SHARK
27 Trapped by a winter storm : ICED IN
28 It’s not an option : NEED
29 Split in two : HALVE
30 Song in which The Beatles say goodbye to a girl on a big bird? (1965) : CHICKEN TO RIDE
35 Zipped : DARTED
36 IRS exam : AUD
37 Tokyo, once : EDO
38 Peruvian pronoun : ESO
39 Gibbons on TV : LEEZA
41 Answered an invite : RSVP’D
43 Song in which Johnny Rivers unmasks a Far East spy? (1966) : SECRET ASIAN MAN
49 Puritan pronoun : THEE
50 Judge’s seat : BANC
52 Release money : RANSOM
53 Big pitcher : ACE
54 Like some office jobs : CLERICAL
58 Checkout task : SCAN
59 Bit of sediment : DREG
60 Song in which Peter Gabriel bakes a simian-shaped dessert? (1982) : CHOCOLATE MONKEY
64 Volkswagen model : JETTA
65 Veracruz neighbor : OAXACA
66 Ending with calc and sod : -IUM
67 “Amen” : SO BE IT
68 Drag racer’s fuel, briefly : NITRO
69 Song in which the Plastic Ono Band promotes legumes? (1969) : GIVE PEAS A CHANCE
75 Good card for lowball : TREY
76 Explorer Hernando de __ : SOTO
77 Former renter : EX-TENANT
78 Oral health org. : ADA
79 Tool in a wheeled bucket : WET MOP
81 Polite address : MA’AM
82 Biblical twin : ESAU
86 Song in which Culture Club dons lizard costumes to teach punctuation? (1983) : COMMA CHAMELEON
90 Nickname for Chicago’s Ernie Banks : MR CUB
91 Pretentious : ARTSY
92 Ewe wish? : RAM
93 Apt name for a chef? : STU
95 “We __ the World” : ARE
96 Mid-calf pants : CAPRIS
99 Song in which The Clash knocks over a wedding reception? (1982) : ROB THE CASH BAR
103 Ninja Turtles’ ally April __ : O’NEIL
104 Pension __ : PLAN
106 Pablo’s “precise” : EXACTO
107 Song in which AC/DC plays nasty tricks on livestock? (1976) : DIRTY DEEDS DONE TO SHEEP
114 Actress Watson : EMMA
115 Nabisco cookie : OREO
116 Home on the range : RANCH
117 Calculus pioneer : EULER
118 Negotiation ender : DEAL
119 Ballroom basic : TURN
120 Rub off : ERASE
121 Brontë sister : EMILY

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1 Ultimate degree : NTH
2 Singer Grande’s debut fragrance : ARI
3 Hogwash : ROT
4 Larry the Cable Guy, for one : COMIC
5 Dotted (with) : SPECKED
6 Declined : SAID NO
7 Small, at the Sorbonne : PETIT
8 Culture: Pref. : ETHNO-
9 Even one : ANY
10 ’90s Indian prime minister : RAO
11 Jag : SPREE
12 Crossed-fingers sentiment : HOPE
13 Yard sale adjective : USED
14 Hoops hanger : NET
15 Very hot and dry : SAHARAN
16 Glorify : EXALT
17 Chutzpah : NERVE
18 Expressed disdain for : TSKED
24 Neaten the garden, perhaps : WEED
25 Scandal, to a politician, perhaps : UNDOER
26 Captain Marvel’s magic word : SHAZAM
30 E-commerce icon : CART
31 “Quiet!” : HUSH
32 “If only __ known … ” : I’D’VE
33 Tape deck button : REC
34 Leb. neighbor : ISR
35 __ Sanders, only athlete to play in both the Super Bowl and World Series : DEION
39 Jousting weapon : LANCE
40 Homework assignment : ESSAY
42 South American pig relative : PECCARY
43 Vexed state : SNIT
44 “__ homo” : ECCE
45 Job : TASK
46 Mink cousin : MARTEN
47 Acid type found in vinegar : ACETIC
48 Cancel out : NEGATE
50 Composer Bartók : BELA
51 Altar in the sky : ARA
55 In __ parentis : LOCO
56 French friend : AMIE
57 Jeweler’s tool : LOUPE
59 Con, half the time : DEBATER
60 Cold relief brand : CONTAC
61 High style, maybe : HAIRDO
62 It can take a yoke : OX TEAM
63 Truth or Consequences st. : NMEX
64 Father of Julian : JOHN
67 Con job : SCAM
69 Some black-clad teens : GOTHS
70 “Possibly” : IT MAY
71 “Va-va-__!” : VOOM
72 Prefix with sphere : ATMO-
73 Half-brother of Julian : SEAN
74 Santa __ winds : ANA
76 Splinter groups : SECTS
79 With suspicion : WARILY
80 Argentine icons : PERONS
83 Worker during a walkout : SCAB
84 Ambiance : AURA
85 Ride provider : UBER
87 Kind of vows : MARITAL
88 Chocolate __ : LAB
89 First responder: Abbr. : EMT
90 Rave review word : MUST-SEE
93 Rake over the coals : SCATHE
94 Sinaloa street snack : TACO
96 Like apps : CODED
97 Cartoon genre : ANIME
98 Prefix with frost : PERMA-
99 Odorless basement hazard : RADON
100 Temporary tattoo dye : HENNA
101 C-suite VIPs : EXECS
102 “Meh” : HO-HUM
104 Major quinoa producer : PERU
105 Creepy look : LEER
108 Web address component : DOT
109 Hip-hop Dr. : DRE
110 Propeller with just one blade : OAR
111 Philanthropist Broad : ELI
112 Fish that may be jellied : EEL
113 Meddle : PRY

LA Times Crossword Answers Sunday January 30th 2022

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday January 30th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 Hankered (for) : ITCHED
7 Honi’s comics dad : HAGAR
12 Jungian concerns : PSYCHES
19 Ricky Martin’s surname, by birth : MORALES
21 Mindless : INANE
22 Stuffed meat dish : ROULADE
23 Fraudulent budget increase for cleaning supplies? : BRILLO PADDING
25 Together : EN MASSE
26 Walk in the park, say : AMBLE
27 Ending with neur- : -OSES
28 Role for Ingrid : ILSA
30 False __ : STEP
31 Lucie’s dad : DESI
32 Start of a classic dramatic question : ET TU
33 Those waiting for Facebook friend acceptance? : PENDING PALS
36 Iain’s negative : NAE
38 Concerning : IN REGARD TO
40 Pre-flight pandemonium? : WILD BOARDING
44 Big spreads : ESTATES
49 Challenge, as testimony : IMPEACH
50 Air issues org. : EPA
51 “I knew it __ you” : WAS
53 “Oy vey!” : AH ME
54 Seal the deal : SIGN
55 Hungry request : MORE
57 Fire : CAN
58 Folding ladder feature : A-FRAME
60 H, to Kronos : ETA
61 Word of accusation : LIAR
63 Mil. rhyme for “Yahtzee” : ROTC
64 Lost steam : SLOWED
65 Banking at a beach ATM? : FUNDING IN THE SUN
69 Shape-fitting game : TETRIS
72 “The __ Show” : GONG
73 Feed bag bits : OATS
74 Deg. of distinction : PHD
77 Just about : ALMOST
78 Letters to a lender : IOU
79 Part of CPA: Abbr. : CERT
81 Modeling supply : GLUE
82 Stray : ROAM
83 Atl.-based network : CNN
84 Shut out : BAN
85 Embrace, as a custom : ESPOUSE
88 Ancient Assyrian capital : NINEVEH
91 Growing bulb? : BUDDING LIGHT
93 First Black person to host a successful TV variety show : FLIP WILSON
96 Whole lot : TON
97 Major curves on a mountain road? : EPIC WINDING
101 Record speeds, for short : RPMS
103 “__ Smile”: Hall & Oates hit : SARA
107 Park way : PATH
108 Scott of “Hawaii Five-0” : CAAN
109 “Oh” : I SEE
110 Statehouse official: Abbr. : LT GOV
111 At Notre Dame, say : IN PARIS
113 Ocean trip for relationship strengthening? : BONDING VOYAGE
117 Saw-toothed : SERRATE
118 Strand at a chalet, say : ICE IN
119 More frivolous : SILLIER
120 Like a best friend : CLOSEST
121 One of the Allman Brothers : GREGG
122 Lots : PLENTY

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1 Boast in a 1987 Michael Jackson hit : I’M BAD
2 “Chestnuts roasting …” co-writer : TORME
3 Exam no-nos : CRIBS
4 Tony winner who portrayed TV’s Barney Miller : HAL LINDEN
5 Vogue alternative : ELLE
6 __ gratias : DEO
7 Use to conceal, as a bed : HIDE UNDER
8 Added conditions : ANDS
9 Chicken, in a Cantonese dish : GAI
10 Wilson of Heart : ANN
11 Saskatchewan capital : REGINA
12 What a chair does : PRESIDES
13 Spoken sounds : SONANTS
14 “Delish!” : YUM
15 Simple fastener : CLASP
16 “__ mañana” : HASTA
17 Car that didn’t go far : EDSEL
18 Percolates : SEEPS
20 Precise location : SPOT
24 Moving : ASTIR
29 Pres. or CEO : LDR
32 Fed. anti-discrimination org. : EEOC
33 __ Palace: castle on the Portuguese Riviera : PENA
34 Word with white or cream : EGG
35 “America’s __ Talent” : GOT
37 Legal gp. : ABA
39 Ready : RIPE
40 One way to crack : WISE
41 “You found the right person” : I’M IT
42 Patti Tavatanakit was its Rookie of the Year for 2021: Abbr. : LPGA
43 Jazz pianist __ Jamal : AHMAD
45 Quarterback Rodgers : AARON
46 Soften : THAW
47 One-named body-image advocate : EMME
48 Sesame __ : SEED
51 Bulb measure : WATT
52 Nightly news figure : ANCHOR
56 Where it all started : ORIGIN
57 One side of an issue : CON
58 Mgr.’s second-in-command : ASST
59 Wintry strains : FLUS
61 California’s San __ Obispo : LUIS
62 Part of MIT: Abbr. : INST
63 Fix : RIG
65 “The most striking figure in Starkfield,” in a Wharton classic : FROME
66 Twelve, half the time : NOON
67 African antelope : GNU
68 Polished off : EATEN
69 Alpine lake : TARN
70 Weena’s race, in a Wells classic : ELOI
71 IRS agent : T-MAN
74 Bit of talk show self-promotion : PLUG
75 One may fall over a crowd : HUSH
76 Something specific, informally : DEET
79 Heels : CADS
80 Showing support for : ENDORSING
81 Take a limo, say : GO IN STYLE
83 Special occasion service : CHINA SET
84 Sofia’s home: Abbr. : BULG
86 Some NCOs : SGTS
87 Arafat’s gp., once : PLO
89 Group for ex-GIs : VFW
90 Brings forth : ELICITS
91 Recycling receptacle : BIN
92 How deals are usually sealed : IN PEN
94 Kissing at the bar, briefly : PDA
95 Hit the jackpot : WIN BIG
97 Protestant denom. : EPISC
98 Group of experts : PANEL
99 Geek Squad member, for short : IT PRO
100 Burns a little : CHARS
102 Parts of gigs : MEGS
104 Word from a coach : AGAIN
105 Where to find words for words : ROGET
106 Label giant : AVERY
109 “Gotcha, man” : I DIG
110 Loaf : LOLL
112 Pop’s Carly __ Jepsen : RAE
114 Text-scanning tech. : OCR
115 Called before : NEE
116 Limo passenger : VIP

LA Times Crossword Answers Sunday January 23rd 2022

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday January 23rd 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 Spanish for “prairie” : PAMPA
6 __ wind : SOLAR
11 “Carmina Burana” composer : ORFF
15 Breaks down : ROTS
19 Verdi creations : ARIAS
20 Milan fashion house : PRADA
21 Letter-shaped support : I-BAR
22 Hose color : ECRU
23 Hex nut? : WITCH DOCTOR
25 Paints the town red : LIVES IT UP
27 Sinus-clearing aids : NETI POTS
28 Boilermaker ingredient : BEER
30 Go in for : REPLACE
31 Cool, in a way : FAN
32 Palm nut? : FORTUNE TELLER
34 Encircle : HEM IN
37 “__ Bop”: Cyndi Lauper song : SHE
39 Fiver : ABE
40 “Curious George” co-author Margret : REY
41 City on the Skunk : AMES
42 Audrey of “The Da Vinci Code” : TAUTOU
45 Flavorful : SAPID
47 It’s almost always fishy : SEA
50 Date nut? : HISTORY BUFF
52 Brewers’ gadgets : TEA BALLS
54 “Sorry, can’t do it” : ALAS NO
55 Customary : STOCK
58 Mischievous glance : SLY LOOK
59 Bit : IOTA
62 “Sorry not sorry” : SUE ME
64 Old Bruins nickname : ESPO
65 Wing nut? : STUNT PILOT
71 Butternut? : PASTRY CHEF
74 Folksy Guthrie : ARLO
75 Abdominal scar, actually : NAVEL
77 Earth goddess : GAIA
78 One in the alley’s back row : NINE-PIN
81 Pueblo building material : ADOBE
84 Breakfast cereal magnate : CW POST
89 Zigzagged, in a sport : SLALOMED
91 Doughnut? : BANK MANAGER
94 Drink with a painful homophone : ALE
95 Packed (with) : LADEN
97 “Phooey!” : OH DARN
98 Family figure? : TREE
99 Kind of blanket or paint : WET
100 Bubbly prefix : AER
102 New Haven collegian : ELI
103 FDR had three of them : VEEPS
104 Wheel nut? : RACE CAR DRIVER
110 Card game cry : GIN
111 “C’est magnifique!” : OOH LA LA
112 “How ya __?” : DOIN’
113 Punter’s metric : HANG TIME
118 Reggie Jackson nickname based on his postseason success : MR OCTOBER
120 Chestnut? : BODYBUILDER
122 Impress : ETCH
123 “Game of Thrones,” for one : SAGA
124 Dodge : ELUDE
125 Hawaiian veranda : LANAI
126 Squirrels’ haunts : OAKS
127 Train station, e.g. : STOP
128 Bob who was the voice of Future Ted Mosby in “How I Met Your Mother” : SAGET
129 Muscular, in modern lingo : SWOLE

DOWN

1 First to move, usually : PAWN
2 Indy champ Luyendyk : ARIE
3 Glove : MITT
4 Protest group, perhaps : PACIFISTS
5 Sooty receptacle : ASH PAN
6 Allow as a handicap : SPOT
7 “LOTR” menaces : ORCS
8 Delt neighbor : LAT
9 Tangy Mexican sauce : ADOBO
10 More desirable to collectors : RARER
11 Massage parlor services : OIL RUBS
12 Triple Crown stat : RBI
13 Packers QB before Rodgers : FAVRE
14 Streaming service offer : FREE TRIAL
15 “Match Game” regular Charles Nelson __ : REILLY
16 In base eight : OCTAL
17 Fighters’ pact : TRUCE
18 Word that’s its own synonym when a “b” is added to the end : SUPER
24 Family title? : DON
26 Fly past : SPEED BY
29 Due-in hr. : ETA
32 Former embryo : FETUS
33 Bourbon order : NEAT
34 “Funny not funny” : HA HA
35 Pianist Gilels : EMIL
36 Arizona College of Nursing city : MESA
37 “Here’s a thought … ” : SAY
38 Center of activity : HUB
42 Move en masse : TROOP
43 Many times o’er : OFT
44 Aerial enigmas : UFOS
46 Old Spanish dough : PESETA
47 Splash (through) : SLOSH
48 Split to come together : ELOPE
49 Request from : ASK OF
51 “Will do” : ON IT
53 Novelist Waugh : ALEC
56 Golf green insert : CUP
57 Mauna __ : KEA
60 Preserved, as sardines : TINNED
61 Like : A LA
63 Chinese sauce additive : MSG
65 Prefix with belt, in slacks : SANSA-
66 What a wavy line may mean in music : TRILL
67 Long bones : ULNAE
68 Advent air : NOEL
69 Eggs in a lab : OVA
70 “Chopped” host Allen : TED
72 Costa __ : RICAN
73 Sign of boredom : YAWN
76 Western wolf : LOBO
79 Skunk cousin : POLECAT
80 “Haven’t the foggiest” : I’M AT A LOSS
82 “Phooey!” : BAH
83 Week add-on : -ENDER
85 Inventor’s protection : PATENT LAW
86 Nasty sort : OGRE
87 Ooze : SEEP
88 A fourth of doce : TRES
90 Out of juice : DEAD
92 Penn of the Harold & Kumar films : KAL
93 Hosp. test in a tube : MRI
96 MC Chris genre : NERD RAP
99 Big name in jam : WELCH’S
101 Maracanã Stadium city : RIO
103 Watches : VIGILS
104 “Did my heart love till now?” speaker : ROMEO
105 Main artery : AORTA
106 As much as possible : CHOCK
107 Capital near Casablanca : RABAT
108 Empaths pick them up : VIBES
109 __ Gay : ENOLA
110 Serengeti bovine : GNU
113 London’s __ Park : HYDE
114 Help in a risky way : ABET
115 Passport fig. : ID NO
116 It may include several courses : MEAL
117 One in a wet quintet : ERIE
119 __ trip : EGO
121 Exposed, with “up” : DUG

LA Times Crossword Answers Sunday January 16th 2022

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday January 16th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 Handy tension reliever : STRESS BALL
11 Kick back : REST
15 “Aww!” : WHAT A CUTIE
16 Fair : EXPO
17 Places for posers : ART CLASSES
18 Banh mi spread : MAYO
19 Nonsense : ROT
20 Fabric types : KNITS
21 Racer with a crew : YACHT
22 Pasture mom : MARE
24 Exchange membership : SEAT
25 Trumpet : EXTOL
26 Guiding lights? : STARS
28 Leaves on the sly : SKIPS
30 Pub order : ALE
31 Architectural deets : SPECS
33 Omission indications : ELLIPSES
35 In : CHIC
37 Instrument akin to an oud : LUTE
38 Bucolic : PASTORAL
42 From then on : SINCE
45 Tony-winning playwright Ensler : EVE
46 Prepare to show some muscle : OIL UP
48 Pets : SNITS
50 From around here : LOCAL
52 One way to start : ANEW
54 Reason to go green? : ENVY
55 Desktop assortment : ICONS
56 Software to debug : BETAS
58 Very long time : EON
59 “Pretty please?” : CAN I?
60 Let others talk : PASS THE MIC
62 Inserts, say : ADDS
63 Event necessitated by a move, perhaps : ESTATE SALE
64 Bridge site : NOSE
65 “Why the tears?” : WHAT’S SO SAD?

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1 Moving multitudes : SWARMS
2 Speakers often clear them : THROATS
3 Dilapidated digs : RATTRAP
4 Space-saving abbr. : ETC
5 La Jolla scientific research institute namesake : SALK
6 Medical procedures : SCANS
7 Keeps occupied : BUSIES
8 On the line : AT STAKE
9 MRI technician’s request : LIE STILL
10 “__ Djinns”: Franck symphonic poem : LES
11 Century 21 rival : RE/MAX
12 Ambitious track wagers : EXACTAS
13 See-through device : SPYHOLE
14 Piccolo sounds : TOOTLES
21 Confident response after being doubted : YES, IT IS
23 Straight up : ERECT
27 Underwater groups : SCHOOLS
29 __-size : PLUS
32 HomePod Mini voice : SIRI
34 Diagonally cut pasta : PENNE
36 Vine fruit that can be dried and used as a container : CALABASH
38 Smoothie King Center NBAer : PELICAN
39 California state fruit : AVOCADO
40 Duel personalities : SECONDS
41 Some sleep on it : LUNESTA
43 Mall features : CINEMAS
44 “Ta-da!” : ET VOILA!
47 Watched a boxer, say : PET-SAT
49 Matched, as movie sound and action : SYNCED
51 Star __: five-spice ingredient : ANISE
53 Juice amounts? : WATTS
57 Word before “A Lady” or “A Woman,” in two old Top 10 songs : SHE’S
60 Bench for a flock : PEW
61 Spanish pronoun : ESO