Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday February 11th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 “Smooth Operator” artist : SADE
5 Play groups : CASTS
10 Pop of punk : IGGY
14 Miso go-with, often : UDON
15 Sean who played Samwise : ASTIN
16 Many August births : LEOS
17 Panache : ZING
18 Grand __ : PIANO
19 Unique : LONE
20 Desire : YEN
21 Yogi’s barber? : BEAR TRIMMER
23 Cheesy Mexican appetizer : QUESO
25 One found among blocks : STREET
26 Related on mom’s side : ENATE
30 Tiffs : SET-TOS
32 Break into pieces : FRAGMENT
35 Troy, N.Y., campus : RPI
36 Tusker as tutor? : BOAR OF EDUCATION
40 “Nice __!” : TRY
41 Do the math, perhaps : SUBTRACT
42 Light courses : SALADS
46 “A moveable feast,” to Hemingway : PARIS
47 They work in lofty places : PILOTS
49 Scratching (out) : EKING
53 Function of a straw man? : CROW CONTROL
57 Ginza agreement : HAI
58 Formality : RITE
59 California coastal county : MARIN
60 Super star : NOVA
61 It precedes Romans : ACTS
62 Hardly a libertine : PRUDE
63 Word with season or mind : OPEN
64 Vanquished : BEAT
65 Trim and graceful : SLEEK
66 Bench press muscle : DELT
DOWN
1 Bygone Devil Dog competitor : SUZY Q
2 One-consonant parting : ADIEU
3 “Any man’s death diminishes me” writer : DONNE
4 University dept. : ENG
5 __ May : CAPE
6 K2 locale : ASIA
7 Leading : STAR
8 Adds sepia to, say : TINTS
9 Is bullish? : SNORTS
10 “__ by moonlight, proud Titania” : Shak. : ILL MET
11 Like art using circles, squares, etc. : GEOMETRIC
12 Failed : GONE TO POT
13 River in Flanders : YSER
21 Old coffeehouse drum : BONGO
22 Choler : IRE
24 Blacken a bit : SEAR
27 Big letters in bowling : AMF
28 Begins a round, with “off” : TEES
29 Eventually become : END UP
31 Envy, say : SIN
32 “… but it isn’t free” : FOR A PRICE
33 Shoeless Joe Jackson portrayer in “Field of Dreams” : RAY LIOTTA
34 Low wind : TUBA
36 Band with members Jimin and Jin : BTS
37 QB feeder : CTR
38 Prospero’s servant : ARIEL
39 Something to do : TASK
43 Division with A’s : AL WEST
44 Bugs address : DOC
45 Energetic dances : STOMPS
48 Tie-up : SNARL
50 “Fingers crossed” : I HOPE
51 __ orange : NAVEL
52 Fairy tale figure : GIANT
53 Maryland catch : CRAB
54 Not subject to debate : TRUE
55 Wheels : RIDE
56 Short jog : ONE-K
60 Silent assent … or, in two parts, a hint to three long answers : NOD or, NO D
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