Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday February 21st 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Skin growth : WART
5 Learns via word of mouth : HEARS
10 Riot spray : MACE
14 Camera or eye part : IRIS
15 Bates __: “Psycho” setting : MOTEL
16 Muslim holy man : IMAM
17 How a boat may rock : SIDE-TO-SIDE
19 Busting agent : NARC
20 Ziti or rigatoni : PASTA
21 How boxers square off : TOE-TO-TOE
23 Generous slice : SLAB
26 Macho : VIRILE
27 How Fred and Ginger sometimes danced : CHEEK-TO-CHEEK
32 “The guy over there” : HIM
33 Stadium attendance counter : STILE
34 Sports show rundown : RECAP
38 Not fer : AGIN
40 Assumed name : ALIAS
42 Lotus position discipline : YOGA
43 Pulsate : THROB
45 Furnish with a fund : ENDOW
47 Fond du __, Wisconsin : LAC
48 How BFFs converse : HEART-TO-HEART
51 Division in a church : SCHISM
54 Black gemstone : ONYX
55 How people may agreeably see : EYE-TO-EYE
58 Use elbow grease on : SCOUR
62 Take __ the waist: alter : IN AT
63 1984 De Palma film, and a hint to five puzzle answers : BODY DOUBLE
66 “__ Talkin’”: Bee Gees #1 hit : JIVE
67 Birch relative : ALDER
68 Cosecant’s reciprocal : SINE
69 Cake decorator : ICER
70 Video chat choice : SKYPE
71 Abbr. at the end of a list : ET AL
DOWN
1 Thin trail of smoke : WISP
2 Mozart’s “Il mio tesoro,” e.g. : ARIA
3 Frees (of) : RIDS
4 Scary African fly : TSETSE
5 Managed care gp. : HMO
6 Camera named for a Greek goddess : EOS
7 Going __: bickering : AT IT
8 Second effort : REDO
9 Place to hide a metaphorical ace : SLEEVE
10 Beethoven’s Ninth is written in one : MINOR KEY
11 Stradivari’s tutor : AMATI
12 Christmas song : CAROL
13 Roast host : EMCEE
18 Conversations : TALKS
22 Bleacher feature : TIER
24 “__ boy!” : ATTA
25 Water heater : BOILER
27 Chew the fat : CHAT
28 Tipsy from wine, say : HIGH
29 Kuwaiti ruler : EMIR
30 “Cry Macho” (2021) star Eastwood : CLINT
31 Set out for, as a destination : HEAD TO
35 Pepsi, for one : COLA
36 Food thickener : AGAR
37 Agreement : PACT
39 One of Nolan Ryan’s seven : NO-HITTER
41 “Any day now” : SOON
44 Kiss from Consuela : BESO
46 “And your reason?” : WHY SO
49 One-celled pond dwellers : AMEBAS
50 “The dog ate my homework” is a sad one : EXCUSE
51 Conductor Ozawa : SEIJI
52 Pessimist : CYNIC
53 Throw with effort : HEAVE
56 Egg yellow : YOLK
57 Drain swirl : EDDY
59 Passing words? : OBIT
60 Arm bone : ULNA
61 Fishing rod attachment : REEL
64 “You betcha” : YEP
65 Dr. of hip-hop : DRE
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