Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday February 19th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Store sign words suggesting longevity : OPEN SINCE
10 Confess : OWN UP
15 Ellen Morgan’s revelation in a 1997 episode of “Ellen,” e.g. : COMING OUT
16 Awesome relative : NEATO
17 The blue ribbon : TOP HONORS
18 Activation key : ENTER
19 Genre qualifier : ALT
20 New __: drink that made a comeback in 2019 : COKE
21 Chem class measuring technique : PH TEST
22 New Orleans’ Café Lafitte in Exile is one of the oldest of these still operating : GAY BARS
24 Fiddler, for one : CRAB
25 Baroque : ORNATE
26 Aleichem who created Tevye : SHOLEM
28 Obligations : NEEDS
29 Surpass by skipping : LEAPFROG
31 Badge holder : SASH
32 Sheds : MOLTS
33 Bottom lines, often : SUMS
35 Big parks : STADIUMS
37 Apt rhyme for “cents” : PENCE
38 Time out : SIESTA
39 Role played by a sufferer, maybe : MARTYR
40 “Phooey!” : RATS
41 Adds to the cost of : MARKS UP
42 Hardly lasting : SHODDY
45 Paycheck signer : BOSS
46 #34, familiarly : IKE
47 Notes featuring Atatürk : LIRAS
48 Threaten to isolate : CLOSE IN ON
50 Terse farewell : OK, BYE
51 Drying agent : DESICCANT
52 Thompson of “Westworld” : TESSA
53 Satisfied cook’s gesture : CHEF’S KISS
DOWN
1 Stop signs, usually : OCTAGONS
2 Places where you might see butterflies : POOL AREAS
3 Sources of some college-years woes : EMPTY NESTS
4 Bethesda research org. : NIH
5 Arctic travelers : SNO-CATS
6 Mute, say : IGNORE
7 Secluded spots : NOOKS
8 Solution : CURE
9 Arrivals in “Arrival” (2016) : ETS
10 Fair share, at times : ONE HALF
11 Wigged out : WENT BERSERK
12 “Mom” actor Corddry : NATE
13 Colorado tribe : UTES
14 Left on a liner : PORT
21 Respect, in slang : PROPS
23 Personal management problems : BAD-HAIR DAYS
24 Text exchanges, say : CHATS
26 Film that ends with a King’s speech : SELMA
27 Big name in tablets? : MOUNT SINAI
29 Big lugs : LOUTS
30 Chevy Tahoe counterparts : GMC YUKONS
32 Like eyes betraying nostalgia : MISTY
34 Caduceus pair : SERPENTS
36 Israeli border lake : DEAD SEA
37 Interstellar measures : PARSECS
39 Mountain formation : MASSIF
41 Bullwinkle J. __ : MOOSE
42 __ car: toy racer : SLOT
43 Raise : HIKE
44 Travelers in distant circles : ORBS
45 “Keep that away from me!” : BLEH
48 Org. in much recent news : CDC
49 “Keep that away from me!” : ICK
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