Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday February 27th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Often abbreviated reaction to information overload : TOO LONG DIDN’T READ
12 Ukulele ridge : FRET
16 “Gotcha” sounds : AHS
19 Starter : HORS D’OEUVRE
20 Indian flatbread : ROTI
21 Laser pointer chaser : CAT
22 Altruism : SELFLESSNESS
23 Most of the 2010s : OBAMA ERA
25 Span of a scale with three sharps : A TO A
26 That, in Madrid : ESA
27 Gucci of fashion : ALDO
29 “Elements of Algebra” author : EULER
30 “Don’t back down, bro!” : MAN UP
32 Completely different situation : A WHOLE OTHER BALL GAME
36 Certain carton components : EGGCUPS
39 Reunion attendees : AUNTS
40 Café freebie : EAU
41 “Don’t think so” : I BET
42 Nos. for alums : YRS
43 Comparative data diagram : BAR GRAPH
48 “The Misery Index” network : TBS
51 Bulgarian’s neighbor : SERB
53 Type of diet that might replace potatoes with cauliflower : LOW-CARB
56 New Deal agcy. : NRA
57 “High Rollers” co-host __ Lee : RUTA
59 Grams : NANAS
61 Alert on the road : HONK AT
63 __ in Charlie : C AS
64 “Play it cool” : ACT CASUAL
66 Prefix with treat or giving : MIS-
67 Blow a fuse : LOSE IT
69 Sellers of KAFFEREP cinnamon buns : IKEAS
70 Middle-earth ring bearer : BIL(BO BA)GGINS
74 Following : POSSE
75 Tokyo airport : NARITA
77 Apple runs on it : IOS
78 Raggedy : MOTH-EATEN
80 Hot state : IRE
81 How three nursery-rhyme merchants went to sea : IN A TUB
84 Trailer follower : MOVIE
85 Laker legend, familiarly : KOBE
86 Votes against : NOS
87 Soybeans served in the pod : EDAMAME
89 Gawk at : OGLE
91 With 6-Down, Rudolph’s guiding light : RED
92 Dad’s referral? : GO ASK MOM
95 Boarding precedes it: Abbr. : ETD
97 Penicillium, e.g. : MOLD
99 Half a martial art : TAI
100 Kendrick with a Pulitzer : LAMAR
102 On the lam : AT LARGE
106 Résumé alert about an unfinished goal : DEGREE NOT COMPLETED
112 Like a romantic dinner, in Paris : A DEUX
113 Chef’s protection : APRON
114 Word with words or chance : LAST
115 Org. with many returns : IRS
117 Paris gal pal : AMIE
118 Most sentimental : WEEPIEST
120 Total removals : ERADICATIONS
125 Maiden name preceder : NEE
126 __-Ball : SKEE
127 “The Crocodile” of early tennis : RENE LACOSTE
128 ID on many returns : SSN
129 Post : SEND
130 “Give me some gossip!” … and a hint to this puzzle’s sets of circles, which affect four Across answers : SPILL THE TEA
DOWN
1 What Rickey Henderson often beat : THE TAG
2 Chinese for “black dragon” : OOLONG
3 NIAID director : DR FAUCI
4 Luzon, for one: Abbr. : ISL
5 JFK predecessor : DDE
6 See 91-Across : NOSE
7 Thompson of Marvel movies : TESSA
8 Beat it : RUN AWAY
9 Night before : EVE
10 ___ Technica: tech news website : ARS
11 Make drinkable, as seawater : DESALT
12 70-Across nephew : FRODO
13 “Mr. __”: Rami Malek drama : ROBOT
14 ORD posting : ETA
15 Zoom annoyance : TIME LAG
16 Amtrak speedster : ACELA
17 Sultan’s group : HAREM
18 Intimidate, with “down” : STARE
22 Identical : SAME
24 Foretell : AUGUR
28 Paris article : LES
31 Trivia night settings : PUBS
33 Flings : HURLS
34 “That’s wrong __ many levels” : ON SO
35 Like some remedies : HERBAL
37 Hammer parts : PEENS
38 “Ghost Story” author Peter : STRAUB
43 Forbid : BAN
44 Flood shelter : ARK
45 23andMe discovery : ANCESTOR
46 “Thank the Lord!” : PRAISE BE
47 Got a move on : HASTENED
48 Instruction : TRAINING
49 “__ Holiday”: opening section of Copland’s “Rodeo” : BUCKAROO
50 First woman to be named Doctor of the Church, briefly : ST TERESA
52 __ B’rith : B’NAI
54 Tory adversary : WHIG
55 __ de’ Medici, first de facto Lord of Florence : COSIMO
58 Berry in a bowl : ACAI
60 Garlic genus : ALLIUM
62 Get plastered : TOPE
65 Piedmont bubbly : ASTI
66 Classic U.K. sports cars : MGS
68 Prepare, as beans : SOAK
71 Fett in “The Mandalorian” : BOBA
72 De __: again : NOVO
73 Stain : STIGMA
76 Short on iron, maybe : ANEMIC
79 Serf of Sparta : HELOT
82 Ruckus : ADO
83 Cap with a pompon : TAM
84 Convened in : MET AT
88 Idea that spreads in a culture : MEME
90 “First Lady of Song” : ELLA
93 Entrance porch : STOOP
94 Teen dystopian novel narrator : KATNISS
96 Hanukkah top : DREIDEL
98 Duchamp, for one : DADAIST
100 CD precursors : LPS
101 Lets out, say : ALTERS
103 Channel changer : REMOTE
104 Kind of pig that’s not a pig : GUINEA
105 They can be tricky to run into : EXES
106 Daybreaks : DAWNS
107 Foil relatives : EPEES
108 Putting __ : GREEN
109 Designer Ashley : OLSEN
110 Like some cornered kings : MATED
111 “You know the __” : DRILL
116 90-Down’s improv : SCAT
119 Just make, with “out” : EKE
121 Good name, briefly : REP
122 “Star Wars” nickname : ANI
123 German “Alas!” : ACH
124 __ the line : TOE
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