Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday March 4th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 With 41-Across, “Cloud Shepherd” Dadaist : JEAN
5 RR depot : STA
8 Elbow grease : EFFORT
14 Hoosier : INDIANAN
16 Storied restaurant : ALICE’S
17 *Throw for a loop : FLABBERT
18 *Traditional jack-o’-lantern sources in the British Isles : RUTABA
19 Worthlessness metaphor : FIG
20 “__ Weapon” : LETHAL
22 1921 robot play : RUR
23 Surfers’ find : SITE
25 Warring son of Zeus and Hera : ARES
26 __ Scarlett : MISS
27 Only Canadian MLB city : TOR
28 Half-Betazoid sci-fi counselor : TROI
29 Draw to a close : WANE
30 Four quarters : ONE
32 Spanish inns : POSADAS
34 Incapacitating agent of pulp detective and sci-fi novels … and a hint to solving this puzzle’s starred clues : KNOCKOUT GAS
36 Illegal “Risky Business” business : BROTHEL
37 NRC forerunner : AEC
38 Avatar of Vishnu : RAMA
39 Blanket __ : FORT
41 See 1-Across : ARP
44 Copacetic : JAKE
45 Nickname of NBA great Oscar Robertson : BIG O
46 Branch headquarters? : TREE
47 Actress Gardner : AVA
48 Songlike : ARIOSE
50 Homer’s bartender : MOE
52 *Adele and Cher, e.g. : METARS
55 *Buffet variety : SMORBORD
57 Flora and fauna of different regions : BIOTAS
58 Liqueur made with coffee beans : TIA MARIA
59 Actress Dash : STACEY
60 Sun. delivery : SER
61 Hat-tipper’s address : MA’AM
DOWN
1 Wink : JIFF
2 Beat the draft? : ENLIST
3 “Moonlight Sonata” opening movement, e.g. : ADAGIO
4 Penpoint : NIB
5 Dagger of yore : SNEE
6 Fish-and-chips sauce : TARTAR
7 Studiers of human ancestry : ANTHROPOLOGISTS
8 Viscounts’ superiors : EARLS
9 Winter bug : FLU
10 Be the right size : FIT
11 Panpipe relatives : OCARINAS
12 Picture puzzles : REBUSES
13 Winter Palace figures : TSARS
15 Cutting the mustard : ABLE
21 Vital quintet in English literature : A-E-I-O-U
24 *Gourmet : (GAS)TRONOME
26 *World’s second-largest island country : MADACAR
28 Georgia __ : TECH
29 Carry on : WAGE
31 “__ bad idea” : NOT A
33 Runs or walks, e.g. : STAT
34 Volcano in the Sunda Strait : KRAKATOA
35 Russian milk drink : KEFIR
36 Go out into the storm, say : BRAVE IT
40 Dorm pal : ROOMIE
42 Ride-hitching fish : REMORA
43 Everycity, USA : PEORIA
44 Door parts : JAMBS
45 Very low : BASSY
46 __ paper : TERM
49 Skyrocket : SOAR
51 Red-wrapped cheese : EDAM
53 LAX tower service : ATC
54 Issa of “Awkward Black Girl” : RAE
56 Emeril catchword : BAM
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