Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday February 24th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 With 60-Across, disguise one’s identity … and what the answers to starred clues subtly do? : USE AN
6 Common commuter org. : MTA
9 Key with no sharps or flats: Abbr. : C MAJ
13 Gender identity spectrum : NON-BINARY
15 Origami bird : CRANE
16 *”On the Waterfront” director : ELIA KAZAN
17 Lena of “The Wiz” : HORNE
18 Switz. neighbor : AUST
19 XL x XL : MDC
20 Not so concentrated : WEAKER
21 MLB’s Cards, on scoreboards : STL
22 *Open-water paddlers : SEA KAYAKERS
24 “Yikes!” : YEESH
26 Econ. measure : GNP
27 Madre’s sister : TIA
28 Green-sounding Navy jacket : PEACOAT
32 Sq., for one : RECT
33 *Pungent French beef dish : STEAK AU POIVRE
36 Cache : STOW
37 Vehement : INTENSE
38 Inner __ : EAR
39 FGs often end them : OTS
40 “Am not!” retort : ARE SO
44 *Historic Pearl Harbor event : SNEAK ATTACK
49 French possessive : TES
50 Puma rival : ADIDAS
51 Bobby on ice : ORR
52 Siena sweetheart : CARA
53 Bride of a title Orkan : MINDY
54 *”Godspeed” to the cast of “Godspell,” say : BREAK A LEG
56 __ Park, Colo. : ESTES
57 Orange variety : TANGERINE
58 Slip end? : -SHOD
59 “__ La La”: Manfred Mann hit : SHA
60 See 1-Across : ALIAS
DOWN
1 Perturbed : UNEASY
2 Many an “instant” product, e.g. : SOLUTE
3 Isolate, in a way : ENISLE
4 “Grab __”: “You’re pinch-hitting” : A BAT
5 Beat or neat suffix : -NIK
6 Miata maker : MAZDA
7 Place to race : TRACK
8 “Atlas Shrugged” author Rand : AYN
9 Raven’s sound : CROAK
10 Member of a pitching staff? : MARKETER
11 “The Vampire Chronicles” author : ANNE RICE
12 Taunts : JEERS AT
14 Newborn’s acquisition : NAME
15 For a song : CHEAP
20 Jazz trumpeter Marsalis : WYNTON
22 Kind of butter used in skin care : SHEA
23 Showing surprise : AGAPE
25 Gush : SPEW
29 Strong watchdogs : AKITAS
30 Art able to : CANST
31 Tagged, perhaps : OUT
32 Camper with a camper : RV’ER
33 Plymouth Colony VIP : STANDISH
34 Excoriated : TORE INTO
35 “Out of Africa” author Dinesen : ISAK
36 Bits on some buns : SESAMES
39 Green-lights : OKAYS
41 Latin catchall : ET ALII
42 Legendary sister of Venus : SERENA
43 Plains tribe : OSAGES
45 Did sum math? : ADDED
46 Ark document : TORAH
47 Play area : ARENA
48 Jagged little hill : CRAG
52 Sigmund contemporary : CARL
54 First Korean act to perform at the Grammys : BTS
55 Hawaii’s Mauna __ : KEA
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