Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday February 18th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Ketch pair : MASTS
6 Pre-weekend letters : TGIF
10 Damson or Mirabelle : PLUM
14 On the lookout : ALERT
15 Decimated sea : ARAL
16 “All __” : RISE
17 “It’s the truth!” : NO LIE
18 Old comics character who said, “We have met the enemy and he is us.” : POGO
19 Apple product : IPOD
20 Naivete personified, literally : THE BABE WOODS
23 It’s needed, but often “not included” : AA CELL
24 Many a Nora Ephron film : ROMCOM
28 Old speedster: Abbr. : SST
29 Ice cream holder : TUB
31 Bother : AIL
32 Co-founder of Artists Against Fracking : ONO
33 Abandoned, literally : THE LEFT LURCH
36 Angry : SORE
39 Doce meses : ANO
40 Equal : PEER
41 Low, literally : THE DOWN DUMPS
46 Medium power : ESP
47 Give a hand : AID
48 Tennis strategy : LOB
49 Rte. finder : GPS
52 Presumes : POSITS
54 Feature of some Birkenstocks : T-STRAP
56 Metaphor for a sitting-pretty situation, literally : THE MADE SHADE
60 Modern diary : BLOG
63 Like father, like son? : MALE
64 Accord creator : HONDA
65 Bridges of Los Angeles County : BEAU
66 Fourth letter in a famous mnemonic : ERIE
67 Like Barbara Bush, vis-à-vis Jenna : OLDER
68 Lincoln or Jackson : CITY
69 Twice-monthly tide : NEAP
70 Works in a garden : WEEDS
DOWN
1 Rays that can live 50 years : MANTAS
2 Island exchanges : ALOHAS
3 Handpicked : SELECT
4 “Survivor” group : TRIBE
5 Cat burglar’s asset : STEALTH
6 It’s broken at many races : TAPE
7 Become : GROW
8 Classic stage betrayer : IAGO
9 Request for maximum speed : FLOOR IT
10 Light bender : PRISM
11 Sass : LIP
12 Gulf War support gp. : USO
13 Pill, say : MED
21 Word with collar or chip : BLUE
22 American Girl purchase : DOLL
25 Abs are part of it : CORE
26 Some time ago : ONCE
27 Comic Jay : MOHR
30 Lacking pizzazz : BLAND
31 On the wrong side (of) : AFOUL
33 Rocker Nugent : TED
34 One who may go deep : END
35 Good times : UPS
36 Aerobic bit : STEP
37 Quite : OH SO
38 Gym set : REPS
42 Hammer-strikes-thumb reaction : OATH
43 Guys with gifts : WISE MEN
44 Particle in a beam : MOTE
45 “Sesame Street,” e.g. : PBS SHOW
49 About half of Trenta, at Starbucks : GRANDE
50 Protected, in a way : PADDED
51 “Femme Fatale” artist, 2011 : SPEARS
53 PC fixer : IT GUY
55 Oar fulcrum : THOLE
57 HBO’s “__ of Easttown” : MARE
58 Latin “others” : ALIA
59 Like some pockets : DEEP
60 “Doctor Who” airer : BBC
61 Island greeting : LEI
62 Bit of horse feed : OAT
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