Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday February 22nd 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Octopus octet : ARMS
5 Unmoored : ASEA
9 “Ready or not, here __!” : I COME
14 Potting soil base : PEAT
15 Melodious cadence : LILT
16 Opera star Callas : MARIA
17 Anti-cruelty org. : PETA
18 Reporters who cover the multiple-recalls beat? : LEMON PRESS
20 Country star Haggard : MERLE
22 In a clingy way : NEEDILY
23 Championship match for competitive waitstaff? : SERVING BOWL
26 “Breaking Bad” law org. : DEA
27 Flounder and Scuttle’s friend : ARIEL
28 “Yikes” : OOF
29 Beanie Babies, Tamagotchi, etc. : FADS
30 The Masters gp. : PGA
31 Kept in a barrel : AGED
33 “Knives Out” actress de Armas : ANA
35 Party where sparks really fly? : ELECTRIC MIXER
40 General on a Chinese takeout menu : TSO
41 Stylish : CHIC
42 Understand : GET
44 Blanchett of “Thor: Ragnarok” : CATE
47 __ culpa : MEA
48 Soaring apex predator : EAGLE
50 Actress Longoria : EVA
51 Zero-star review that goes fully scorched earth? : ROASTING PAN
54 “Dinner!” : LETS EAT
56 Meted (out) : DEALT
57 Professional purveyor of gossip? : TEA PITCHER
60 Conceited : VAIN
62 Finalize, as a comic strip : INK IN
63 Hindu festival : HOLI
64 Desire : ENVY
65 Nickels and dimes : COINS
66 Bookbinder’s tools : AWLS
67 Mushroom part : STEM
DOWN
1 Oft-shared restaurant order, informally : APP
2 Surface again : REEMERGE
3 Relevant : MATERIAL
4 Treat a fever, per dubious folk wisdom : STARVE
5 “Grey’s Anatomy” executive producer Debbie : ALLEN
6 “Sprechen __ Deutsch?” : SIE
7 Blight-stricken tree species : ELM
8 Many, many : A TON OF
9 Urge : IMPEL
10 Penalize in soccer : CARD
11 Tater Tots maker : ORE-IDA
12 Hoodwinked : MISLED
13 GPA-boosting classes : EASY AS
19 Fresh : NEW
21 Purple blossoms : LILACS
23 Tree product : SAP
24 Movie trailer? : -GOER
25 Dress design options : BODICES
29 Once-common office fixture : FAX
32 Classic Pontiac : GTO
33 Bordeaux buddy : AMI
34 __ Creed: church recitation : NICENE
36 Avignon summer : ETE
37 Catch up, maybe : CHAT
38 Parmigiana choice : EGGPLANT
39 Second cousin, e.g. : RELATIVE
43 Big __ Conference : TEN
44 Like the Irish language : CELTIC
45 Maker of Positively Radiant skin care products : AVEENO
46 Japanese food prep method that translates to “pounded” : TATAKI
47 Green tea ice cream ingredient : MATCHA
49 Mezcal plants : AGAVES
51 Harness straps : REINS
52 Nondairy milk : OAT
53 Elba of “Thor: Ragnarok” : IDRIS
55 Rotate : SPIN
58 “No matter __ you slice it … ” : HOW
59 Tetris shape : ELL
61 Queens team, in box scores : NYM
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