Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday February 26th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Be temporarily : ACT AS
6 Pulitzer-winning journalist for her Clinton-Lewinsky columns : DOWD
10 Part of an ear : COB
13 Heckle : TAUNT
14 2018 documentary about Alex Honnold’s conquest of El Capitan : FREE SOLO
16 Like a classic Reuben : ON RYE
17 “Are you serious!?” : WAIT WHAT
18 Key of Chopin’s Ballade No. 1 : G MINOR
19 Mariner’s worry : REEFS
20 Minute quality : TININESS
23 Pastoral sounds : BAAS
24 Return address for guilty sorts? : SCENE OF THE CRIME
28 Written in the stars : MEANT TO BE
29 6-Down info : ETAS
33 “My Fair Lady” composer : LOEWE
34 Law school newbie : ONE L
35 Postgame celebrations : FIST PUMPS
37 Elusive result : FAIRY-TALE ENDING
44 Enervate : TIRE
45 Well-thought-of : ESTEEMED
46 John of Scotch fame : DEWAR
48 Showrunner Shonda : RHIMES
49 Colorful quartz variety : AMETHYST
53 Victim of Hermes : ARGUS
54 Trepidatious query starter : DARE I ASK
55 [Shrug] : DUNNO
56 Mellow, in some cases : AGE
57 What one often wears out? : COAT
58 City near Düsseldorf : ESSEN
DOWN
1 __ Fireball: hot candy : ATOMIC
2 Boxer, for instance : CANINE
3 Call it a night : TURN IN
4 Fishing line? : ANYONE?
5 Sound choice : STEREO
6 Tex. airport that’s bigger than Manhattan : DFW
7 1/24 of un giorno : ORA
8 One of China’s Northern Dynasties : WEI
9 Take away : DETRACT
10 Unity : COHESION
11 “Frozen” snowman who sings “In Summer” : OLAF
12 Some spammers : BOTS
15 Certify : SWEAR TO
18 Sporty rides : GTS
21 Calif. home of works by Matisse and Warhol : SFMOMA
22 Skyline feature : STEEPLE
23 Prefix with diction : BENE-
25 Mooring cable openings : HAWSES
26 U.K. honor : MBE
27 Sushi bar fare : EEL
29 False start? : EFF
30 __ Maria : TIA
31 So to speak : AS IT WERE
32 Mark with bands : STRIATE
33 Ukulele forebear : LUTE
36 Like a costly victory : PYRRHIC
38 Schwab rival : E-TRADE
39 ’60s-chic jackets : NEHRUS
40 Stoops : DEIGNS
41 Protected, in a way : IMMUNE
42 “Taken” trilogy surname : NEESON
43 Dept. store stock : GDS
46 Post-WWI art movement : DADA
47 Kindle read : E-MAG
50 Former hoopster __ Ming : YAO
51 Org. funded by FICA : SSA
52 Box office buy: Abbr. : TKT
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