Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday February 21st 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Opera solos : ARIAS
6 Afrobeat pioneer Fela __ : KUTI
10 Atlas pages : MAPS
14 Birdcage feature : PERCH
15 Part of, as a plan : IN ON
16 __ vera : ALOE
17 Creamy dip for French fries : AIOLI
18 Attractive person with gray hair : SILVER FOX
20 Anderson Cooper’s channel : CNN
21 Female sib : SIS
23 Like some restrictions : DIETARY
24 Pea soup flavorer : HAM BONE
26 Hit the slopes : SKI
27 Genesis twin : ESAU
28 Many a Farsi speaker : IRANI
31 Singer Simone : NINA
35 Hep “Gotcha” : I DIG
37 Scripture-related : BIBLICAL
39 Perform a simple operation? : ADD
41 Safe to drink : POTABLE
43 Org. that ensures water is 41-Across : EPA
44 No-win situations? : TIE-GAMES
46 Medical checkup : EXAM
48 Singer Del Rey : LANA
49 Greek theater : ODEUM
51 Scandinavian people : SAMI
54 “Encanto” songwriter __-Manuel Miranda : LIN
56 Recorder mounted to a windshield : DASHCAM
58 Dawn on : OCCUR TO
62 Political org. with a donkey symbol : DNC
63 Stashed : HID
64 “I can be better” : SHAME ON ME
66 __ acid : AMINO
68 Speech therapy subject : LISP
69 Average gestation period for a dolphin : YEAR
70 Button on a library app : RENEW
71 Vow : OATH
72 “This might be broken” shorthand : AS IS
73 No-nonsense : STERN
DOWN
1 People of the southern Great Plains : APACHE
2 Spanish queens : REINAS
3 *”A Matter of Life and Death” heavy metal band : IRON MAIDEN
4 Knee part, for short : ACL
5 Mint leaf used as a sushi garnish : SHISO
6 Mouth, slangily : KISSER
7 Prefix with cycle : UNI-
8 Ratted (on) : TOLD
9 *Ralph Ellison novel about the Black American experience : INVISIBLE MAN
10 “Dirty” cocktail : MARTINI
11 Automaker __ Romeo : ALFA
12 Shoddy : POOR
13 Erotic : SEXY
19 Shriek of fear : EEK
22 *Fencer seeking revenge in “The Princess Bride” : INIGO MONTOYA
25 Future flower : BUD
29 Demean : ABASE
30 Quill tip : NIB
32 *Noisy amenity in a motel hallway : ICE MACHINE
33 Siesta : NAP
34 In the style of : A LA
36 Bitter brew, briefly : IPA
38 Supervillain Luthor : LEX
39 Georgia airport: Abbr. : ATL
40 Part of una semana : DIA
42 Actor Danson : TED
45 Walk oafishly, like the Jabberwock slayer : GALUMPH
47 Campfire residue : ASH
50 Calf feeders : UDDERS
52 Pine Tree State resident : MAINER
53 “Count me in!,” or an apt description of the answers to the starred clues : I’M DOWN! or “IM” DOWN
55 Burning anger : IRE
57 Surgery marks : SCARS
58 Norway’s capital : OSLO
59 __ seeds: smoothie choice : CHIA
60 Assign to a role : CAST
61 Small bills : ONES
65 __ tai: cocktail : MAI
67 Came together : MET
Leave a Reply