Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday February 16th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Tripoli’s country : LIBYA
6 College grad : ALUM
10 Kill, as a dragon : SLAY
14 Thorny plant : BRIAR
15 Latina toon explorer : DORA
16 Scrabble piece : TILE
17 If Nicholson sang, danced and acted, he might be called __ : JACK OF ALL TRADES
20 GQ or Cosmo : MAG
21 Photographed : SHOT
22 Inhumane : BARBARIC
27 Salty drops : TEARS
31 Big name in PCs : ACER
32 __ pork: Chinese dish with pancakes : MOO SHU
35 “High” afternoon meal : TEA
36 Forbidden : TABOO
38 Series of missed calls : PHONE TAG
40 If Robinson left En Vogue to sing in Jerry Garcia’s group, she might be called __ : DAWN OF THE DEAD
43 Dog food seller : PET STORE
44 Crop up : ARISE
46 Soul, to Sartre : AME
47 Polar parka : ANORAK
50 Passionate about : INTO
51 Winona of “Stranger Things” : RYDER
53 Brings good luck to : SMILES ON
55 Taunt : GIBE
58 Drone or worker : BEE
59 If Tomlin came from San Fernando, she might be called __ : LILY OF THE VALLEY
67 Trim, as a photo : CROP
68 Dry forecast : FAIR
69 Religious doctrine : DOGMA
70 Credit card balance, say : DEBT
71 Benchmarks: Abbr. : STDS
72 Jerk or twitch : SPASM
DOWN
1 JFK’s successor : LBJ
2 Nest egg initials : IRA
3 Flickable lighter : BIC
4 Go on and on : YAK
5 Kitchen allure : AROMA
6 Samuel Barber’s “__ for Strings” : ADAGIO
7 Cyberchortle : LOL
8 Web addresses : URLS
9 Subject with numbers : MATH
10 Georgia or Washington : STATE
11 Pot cover : LID
12 It may be blonde or pale : ALE
13 “Roundabout” rockers with a positive name : YES
18 Word before hand or land : FARM-
19 Capitol feature : ROTUNDA
22 Cave hanger : BAT
23 Plato’s school, with “the” : ACADEMY
24 Paid back, as a purchase incentive : REBATED
25 Tweezer targets : BROWS
26 Whirlybirds : COPTERS
28 Realizes, as a goal : ATTAINS
29 Entertains with a bedtime story : READS TO
30 Give in to gravity : SAG
33 Recital rebuke : SHH
34 Flower bed tool : HOE
37 Province on four Great Lakes : ONTARIO
39 Spooky : EERIE
41 Bass ending : -OON
42 Pendulum direction? : FRO
43 Links standard : PAR
45 Seemingly forever : EON
48 Orange-yellow gemstones : AMBERS
49 Ukraine’s capital : KIEV
52 The Nile runs through it : EGYPT
54 Detectives’ aids : LEADS
56 Bosom buds, in texts : BFFS
57 Nouveau-Mexique, par exemple : ETAT
59 TV screen type : LCD
60 Fury : IRE
61 Easy throw : LOB
62 Laid low : HID
63 Cut (off) : LOP
64 JFK alternative : LGA
65 Maximum borders? : EMS
66 Oft-candied veggie : YAM
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