Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday February 21st 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Glow of virtue : HALO
5 Fort Knox supply : GOLD
9 Wet : RAINY
14 __ of March : IDES
15 57-Down for a diva : ARIA
16 Run onstage? : EMCEE
17 Some inbox attachments : PDFS
18 Change course suddenly : VEER
19 Puts together : MAKES
20 Make a fool of : PUT ONE OVER ON
23 Decline, with “out” : OPT
24 Sounds of pain : OWS
25 Pencil topper : ERASER
29 Air filter acronym : HEPA
31 Christmas poem contraction : ‘TWAS
33 Smooching on the kiss cam, say : PDA
34 Hide-and-seek exclamation : THERE YOU ARE
37 Bae : LUV
38 Charged particles : IONS
39 Joan of __ : ARC
40 Harmful habit : VICE
41 Big name in anonymity : DOE
42 Determines the age of, as archaeological finds : CARBON-DATES
46 Sounds of relief : AHS
47 In case that’s the case : IF SO
48 Masseur’s supply : OILS
49 Astronaut Ellen Ochoa, for one : LATINA
51 Sock part : TOE
52 Seasoned pro : VET
55 Sub, and an apt description of 20-, 34-, or 42-Across : HERO SANDWICH
59 Wedding figure : GROOM
62 Invalidate : VOID
63 Pasta __ checca: trattoria dish : ALLA
64 Animated British piglet of kid’s TV : PEPPA
65 Feminine Spanish pronoun : ELLA
66 Shutter section : SLAT
67 Fleming subjects : SPIES
68 In someone’s business : NOSY
69 Loved ones blessed at the Feast of St. Francis : PETS
DOWN
1 River-dwelling mammal related to whales and dolphins : HIPPO
2 Tally : ADD UP
3 Flew off on one’s own : LEFT THE NEST
4 Bone, in Italian : OSSO
5 Collapsed : GAVE WAY
6 Double Stuf treats : OREOS
7 Actor Schreiber : LIEV
8 Be bold enough : DARE
9 Guilty feeling : REMORSE
10 Kitchen appliance brand : AMANA
11 Grossed-out reaction : ICK
12 Wedding page word : NEE
13 “Let’s” : YES
21 “Forget it” : NOPE
22 Foster : REAR
26 Potential “destination” for a troubled relationship : SPLITSVILLE
27 Elicit : EDUCE
28 Gushes : RAVES
30 Verbal stumbles : ERS
31 __Tax: Intuit software package : TURBO
32 City on the Brazos : WACO
34 Word with pool or basin : TIDAL
35 Ruckus : HOO-HA
36 Dinghy duo : OARS
40 Actor Kilmer : VAL
42 Projection places : CINEMAS
43 Hardly a hop, skip, and a jump away : AFAR
44 Time when shadows are shortest : NOONDAY
45 Petered out : DIED
50 Optimist’s words : I HOPE
51 Follows surreptitiously : TAILS
53 Brilliance : ECLAT
54 Dean Martin’s “__ Amore” : THAT’S
56 Baker : OVEN
57 Song for one : SOLO
58 Insect that first appeared in the Jurassic era : WASP
59 Family docs : GPS
60 Sales agt. : REP
61 Brand at a nail salon : OPI
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