Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday February 6th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Heat in “The Heat” : NARCS
6 Pickle piece : SPEAR
11 Eschew : SHUN
15 On its way : SENT
19 Scouting party? : TROOP
20 2018 CVS Health acquisition : AETNA
21 Prepare to be shot? : POSE
22 x, y and z, in math : AXES
23 Song in which Pat Benatar challenges the owner of an aquarium? (1980) : HIT ME WITH YOUR PET SHARK
27 Trapped by a winter storm : ICED IN
28 It’s not an option : NEED
29 Split in two : HALVE
30 Song in which The Beatles say goodbye to a girl on a big bird? (1965) : CHICKEN TO RIDE
35 Zipped : DARTED
36 IRS exam : AUD
37 Tokyo, once : EDO
38 Peruvian pronoun : ESO
39 Gibbons on TV : LEEZA
41 Answered an invite : RSVP’D
43 Song in which Johnny Rivers unmasks a Far East spy? (1966) : SECRET ASIAN MAN
49 Puritan pronoun : THEE
50 Judge’s seat : BANC
52 Release money : RANSOM
53 Big pitcher : ACE
54 Like some office jobs : CLERICAL
58 Checkout task : SCAN
59 Bit of sediment : DREG
60 Song in which Peter Gabriel bakes a simian-shaped dessert? (1982) : CHOCOLATE MONKEY
64 Volkswagen model : JETTA
65 Veracruz neighbor : OAXACA
66 Ending with calc and sod : -IUM
67 “Amen” : SO BE IT
68 Drag racer’s fuel, briefly : NITRO
69 Song in which the Plastic Ono Band promotes legumes? (1969) : GIVE PEAS A CHANCE
75 Good card for lowball : TREY
76 Explorer Hernando de __ : SOTO
77 Former renter : EX-TENANT
78 Oral health org. : ADA
79 Tool in a wheeled bucket : WET MOP
81 Polite address : MA’AM
82 Biblical twin : ESAU
86 Song in which Culture Club dons lizard costumes to teach punctuation? (1983) : COMMA CHAMELEON
90 Nickname for Chicago’s Ernie Banks : MR CUB
91 Pretentious : ARTSY
92 Ewe wish? : RAM
93 Apt name for a chef? : STU
95 “We __ the World” : ARE
96 Mid-calf pants : CAPRIS
99 Song in which The Clash knocks over a wedding reception? (1982) : ROB THE CASH BAR
103 Ninja Turtles’ ally April __ : O’NEIL
104 Pension __ : PLAN
106 Pablo’s “precise” : EXACTO
107 Song in which AC/DC plays nasty tricks on livestock? (1976) : DIRTY DEEDS DONE TO SHEEP
114 Actress Watson : EMMA
115 Nabisco cookie : OREO
116 Home on the range : RANCH
117 Calculus pioneer : EULER
118 Negotiation ender : DEAL
119 Ballroom basic : TURN
120 Rub off : ERASE
121 Brontë sister : EMILY
DOWN
1 Ultimate degree : NTH
2 Singer Grande’s debut fragrance : ARI
3 Hogwash : ROT
4 Larry the Cable Guy, for one : COMIC
5 Dotted (with) : SPECKED
6 Declined : SAID NO
7 Small, at the Sorbonne : PETIT
8 Culture: Pref. : ETHNO-
9 Even one : ANY
10 ’90s Indian prime minister : RAO
11 Jag : SPREE
12 Crossed-fingers sentiment : HOPE
13 Yard sale adjective : USED
14 Hoops hanger : NET
15 Very hot and dry : SAHARAN
16 Glorify : EXALT
17 Chutzpah : NERVE
18 Expressed disdain for : TSKED
24 Neaten the garden, perhaps : WEED
25 Scandal, to a politician, perhaps : UNDOER
26 Captain Marvel’s magic word : SHAZAM
30 E-commerce icon : CART
31 “Quiet!” : HUSH
32 “If only __ known … ” : I’D’VE
33 Tape deck button : REC
34 Leb. neighbor : ISR
35 __ Sanders, only athlete to play in both the Super Bowl and World Series : DEION
39 Jousting weapon : LANCE
40 Homework assignment : ESSAY
42 South American pig relative : PECCARY
43 Vexed state : SNIT
44 “__ homo” : ECCE
45 Job : TASK
46 Mink cousin : MARTEN
47 Acid type found in vinegar : ACETIC
48 Cancel out : NEGATE
50 Composer Bartók : BELA
51 Altar in the sky : ARA
55 In __ parentis : LOCO
56 French friend : AMIE
57 Jeweler’s tool : LOUPE
59 Con, half the time : DEBATER
60 Cold relief brand : CONTAC
61 High style, maybe : HAIRDO
62 It can take a yoke : OX TEAM
63 Truth or Consequences st. : NMEX
64 Father of Julian : JOHN
67 Con job : SCAM
69 Some black-clad teens : GOTHS
70 “Possibly” : IT MAY
71 “Va-va-__!” : VOOM
72 Prefix with sphere : ATMO-
73 Half-brother of Julian : SEAN
74 Santa __ winds : ANA
76 Splinter groups : SECTS
79 With suspicion : WARILY
80 Argentine icons : PERONS
83 Worker during a walkout : SCAB
84 Ambiance : AURA
85 Ride provider : UBER
87 Kind of vows : MARITAL
88 Chocolate __ : LAB
89 First responder: Abbr. : EMT
90 Rave review word : MUST-SEE
93 Rake over the coals : SCATHE
94 Sinaloa street snack : TACO
96 Like apps : CODED
97 Cartoon genre : ANIME
98 Prefix with frost : PERMA-
99 Odorless basement hazard : RADON
100 Temporary tattoo dye : HENNA
101 C-suite VIPs : EXECS
102 “Meh” : HO-HUM
104 Major quinoa producer : PERU
105 Creepy look : LEER
108 Web address component : DOT
109 Hip-hop Dr. : DRE
110 Propeller with just one blade : OAR
111 Philanthropist Broad : ELI
112 Fish that may be jellied : EEL
113 Meddle : PRY
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