Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday February 12th 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Printer supply : INK
4 Stretch often named for a leader : ERA
7 __ Fresh: fast-casual Tex-Mex chain : BAJA
11 Overthinks things, say : OBSESSES
19 Like many bathmats : NONSLIP
21 Legend : ICON
22 Cheap digs : POTSHOTS
23 Rip-roarin’ : ROOTIN’-TOOTIN’
25 Selected during Duck, Duck, Goose, say : TAPPED ON
26 Create an outstanding design? : EMBOSS
27 Foreboding : OMINOUS
29 Lacking : SANS
30 Knitting __ : NEEDLE
32 Actor Carell : STEVE
36 Designer initials : DKNY
39 PBS painter Bob : ROSS
41 Kiosk at some wedding receptions : PHOTO BOOTH
46 “I’ll take that as __” : A NO
47 Vellani who plays Kamala Khan on “Ms. Marvel” : IMAN
49 Great Plains people : OTOE
51 Drops in : STOPS BY
52 “Changing the subject … ” : LET’S NOT GO THERE
56 Spot for primer and shadow, maybe : EYELID
57 March family creator : ALCOTT
58 Theater backdrop : SCRIM
59 Forum admin : MOD
61 River near the Great Pyramid : NILE
62 “Ouch!” : IT HURTS
64 “Ben-__” : HUR
65 Bro kin : SIS
66 Kenan Thompson’s show, for short : SNL
67 More than a little mentally fatigued : TOO TIRED TO THINK
72 Tuba sound : PAH
74 Function : USE
75 Appear in print : RUN
76 Took away from, as profits : ATE INTO
80 Painter Magritte : RENE
81 “Barry” network : HBO
82 “The Naked Chef” chef Oliver : JAMIE
84 Pop singer Britney : SPEARS
85 Golden years : OLD AGE
87 Staley Da Bear, for one : FOOTBALL MASCOT
90 Mosaic piece : TESSERA
92 Writer Silverstein : SHEL
93 Banana skin : PEEL
94 Palette choice : HUE
95 Blank expression? : I GOT NOTHIN
97 Hard to find : RARE
99 Tolkien series, to fans : LOTR
100 Lauder of cosmetics : ESTEE
101 Standing Rock people : LAKOTA
104 Goes back out : EBBS
108 Slept soundly after a big day : CRASHED
112 Gilda who won an Emmy for 66-Across : RADNER
116 Documentary photographer Lange : DOROTHEA
120 Slow-moving tree-dweller : TWO-TOED SLOTH
122 High-stakes gridiron situation, and a feature of eight long puzzle answers : DOUBLE OT
123 Playpen cry : MAMA
124 Effectiveness : POTENCY
125 Cultural sphere : ART SCENE
126 Fitbit unit : STEP
127 Whiz : ACE
128 Sounds of understanding : AHS
DOWN
1 Memo phrase : IN RE
2 Meal- and exercise-tracking app : NOOM
3 Gearshift topper : KNOB
4 Renée __ Goldsberry of “Girls5eva” : ELISE
5 Wash out : RINSE
6 On point : APT
7 Ecological communities : BIOMES
8 Play opener : ACT I
9 Become a member : JOIN
10 __ Domini : ANNO
11 Decides one will : OPTS TO
12 Feathery neckwear : BOA
13 Longtime NASCAR sponsor : STP
14 Super vision? : ESP
15 Women : SHES
16 Pop : SODA
17 School near Windsor : ETON
18 Fed. IDs : SSNS
20 Emotionless : STONY
24 Semi-oxidized teas : OOLONGS
28 Arena attendant : USHER
31 “Aw, nuts” : DRAT
33 “Arrival” arrivals : ETS
34 Cast a ballot : VOTED
35 Member of a TikTok subculture : E-BOY
36 __ Lama : DALAI
37 Genuflected : KNELT
38 Top-__ : NOTCH
40 “Couldn’t agree more” : SO TRUE
41 Audre Lorde creation : POEM
42 Like a liberal commercial aviation agreement : OPEN SKIES
43 K.T. of country music : OSLIN
44 Govt. security : T-BILL
45 Jekyll’s counterpart : HYDE
47 Preface, briefly : INTRO
48 Words to live by : MOTTO
50 Not great, quality-wise : THIRD-RATE
53 Gulf Coast region : SOUTHEAST
54 Earthy colour : OCHRE
55 Radiate : EMIT
60 Dept. of Labor div. : OSHA
63 Ticket leftover : STUB
65 Justice Sotomayor : SONIA
68 “That __ no concern to you” : IS OF
69 Short-form blog platform : TUMBLR
70 Homecoming cry : IT’S ME
71 Mountainous Asian republic : NEPAL
72 Co-owner of the Pequod : PELEG
73 “Consequently … ” : AND SO
77 Chip to dip : NACHO
78 Brook swimmer : TROUT
79 Blender brand : OSTER
80 Flatbread made with atta flour : ROTI
81 Deli subs : HEROS
82 Civil rights leader Lewis : JOHN
83 Madrid museum : EL PRADO
86 __ pool : GENE
88 Willow variety : OSIER
89 Onion kin : LEEK
91 NFL passing stat : ATT
96 Three-faced Greek goddess : HECATE
98 Pub device : ALE TAP
99 Soup scoop : LADLE
102 Surgeon, informally : OR DOC
103 Sample : TASTE
104 Classic Icelandic saga : EDDA
105 Unrefined one : BOOR
106 Champagne choice : BRUT
107 Breaks down : SOBS
109 Spots for checks and balances? : ATMS
110 Whack : SWAT
111 Browser button : HOME
113 “Strega __”: Tomie dePaola Caldecott Honor book : NONA
114 Set in stone, say : ETCH
115 Matthew of “The Americans” : RHYS
117 Coddling, for short : TLC
118 Giggle syllable : HEE
119 Seemingly forever : EON
121 Clean Air Act org. : EPA
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