Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday February 26th 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Lawn game similar to pétanque : BOCCI
6 iPad download : APP
9 Tear : REND
13 Old-Fashioned option : NEAT
17 Post-surgery regimen : REHAB
18 In close combat : TOE-TO-TOE
20 Ton o’ : LOTTA
21 Southwestern snapshot gallery? : ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
23 Like Chartres Cathedral : GOTHIC
24 Drummer Ringo : STARR
25 Inert gas : NEON
26 Diver’s need : AIR TANK
27 “Cool your jets” : WAIT
30 Alerts to some party planners that their guests have arrived? : HOSTESS DING DONGS
33 Red tide bloom : ALGA
34 Drag show accessory : BOA
35 Puts in : ADDS
36 __ tie : BOLO
37 Skating biopic starring Margot Robbie : I, TONYA
40 Ending for sub- or ex- : -URB
42 “Nailed It!” host Nicole : BYER
43 “Over the Rainbow” composer : ARLEN
44 One searching for a river crossing? : FORD EXPLORER
47 __ blues: genre that originated in Mississippi : DELTA
49 Actor Mahershala : ALI
50 Yale grads : ELIS
52 “Look on the bright side!” : BE GLAD
56 Troves of getting-to-know-you questions? : ICE BREAKER MINTS
64 Audio giant : BOSE
65 Passage cleared by a neti pot : SINUS
66 PBS-funding org. : NEA
67 Play-__ : DOH
68 Like lechón asado : CUBAN
69 “No ifs, __, or buts” : ANDS
70 Flipped bar tables? : CONVERSE HIGH TOPS
75 Private aye : YES, SIR
77 Daredevil Knievel : EVEL
78 “Beach House” singer Carly __ Jepsen : RAE
79 Fawned (over) : COOED
82 Veto a very large corsage? : AXE BODY SPRAY
89 Some IRAs : ROTHS
92 Vampire’s curfew : DAWN
94 Nursery cry : WAH
95 French star : ETOILE
96 Pointless event at the Olympics? : EPEE
97 Napa product : WINE
98 Small slitherer : ASP
100 Last president to keep a White House cow : TAFT
101 Entertainment at a tailgate party? : FENDER TELECASTER
107 __ mitzvah : B’NAI
108 Guarantees : ENSURES
109 Meat salad in Lao cuisine : LARB
110 Pontificate : ORATE
112 Lay into : RAIL ON
113 Political movement against free enterprise, or a way of reading this puzzle’s long answers? : ANTI-CAPITALISM
118 Rummikub pieces : TILES
119 Familiar turf : HOME SOIL
120 Hyper : ULTRA
121 Rich rocks : ORES
122 Agape : AWED
123 Many OCS grads : LTS
124 Cicely who wrote the 2021 memoir “Just As I Am” : TYSON
DOWN
1 Wireless support, maybe : BRA
2 Ref. that could be considered hi-def.? : OED
3 Comedian Margaret : CHO
4 Taxi waiting area : CABSTAND
5 “Likely story” : I BET
6 Pulsating : ATHROB
7 Wretch : POOR SOUL
8 Veterinary patient : PET
9 Thorny flowers : ROSES
10 Set of values : ETHOS
11 When the sun is highest : NOONDAY
12 Bank acct. addition : DEP
13 “I’m normally more humble than this … ” : NOT TO BRAG BUT
14 Gas additive : ETHANOL
15 Excited : ATINGLE
16 Includes : TACKS ON
19 Color quality : TONE
20 Epithet for Shiva : LORD
22 Oom-__ : PAH
23 Tour stops : GIGS
26 Tennis great Agassi : ANDRE
27 Oliver Twist, for one : WAIF
28 Palo __, California : ALTO
29 Assistant with a hunch? : IGOR
31 __ chips : TARO
32 Picked out of a lineup, briefly : ID’ED
38 Quite a spell : YEARS
39 Wheel shaft : AXLE
41 Male title derived from “brother” : BR’ER
42 Hat edge : BRIM
43 Supped : ATE
45 Steinway instrument : PIANO
46 Above-the-street trains : ELS
48 Scale divs. : LBS
51 Pro or con : SIDE
53 Basketball commentator Rebecca : LOBO
54 w/o delay : ASAP
55 Cozy spots : DENS
56 “Mercy me!” : I SAY
57 French film : CINE
58 Winds down : ENDS
59 Plans to go public? : BUS SCHEDULES
60 Actor Watanabe : KEN
61 Roof overhang : EAVE
62 Japanese drama : NOH
63 __ party : THIRD
68 Storage box : CHEST
70 __-Magnon : CRO
71 Tony-winning musical “Dear __ Hansen” : EVAN
72 Nero Wolfe creator Stout : REX
73 Oodles : SLEW
74 “Mercy Mercy Me” singer : GAYE
76 Apple platform : IOS
80 Takes care of a draft : EDITS
81 Great __ : DANE
83 Sheep trills : BAAS
84 “You’re too kind!” : OH STOP IT
85 Rotund stove : POTBELLY
86 “Glass Onion” filmmaker Johnson : RIAN
87 __ Romeo: sports car : ALFA
88 Hairy legend : YETI
89 Cite : REFER TO
90 Like many summer concerts : OPEN-AIR
91 __ strength: measure of tolerance : TENSILE
93 “Let’s see … ” : WELL NOW
97 Noisy bird in a dome-shaped nest : WREN
99 Hazards : PERILS
102 Bow-toting deity : EROS
103 Tempting words in Wonderland : EAT ME
104 Bawled : CRIED
105 School basics : ABCS
106 Lab rodent : RAT
111 Stretched thin : TAUT
113 Cry of discovery : AHA
114 IM pioneer : AOL
115 “__ Raining Them”: Mila Jam remake celebrating the gender spectrum : IT’S
116 Sign for a crowded house : SRO
117 Guy : MAN
Leave a Reply