Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday February 22nd 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Hint of color : TINCT
6 Biblical tower site : BABEL
11 Inquire : ASK
14 Play area? : ARENA
15 Greek salad fruit : OLIVE
16 Sushi topper : ROE
17 Pride symbol : RAINBOW FLAG
19 Texter’s “Hang on a sec” : BRB
20 “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” director Lee : ANG
21 No-frills font : ARIAL
22 Wee bit : IOTA
23 Arachnid relative that resembles a crustacean : HORSESHOE CRAB
27 Sex therapy subject : LIBIDO
29 Helpful supporter : ALLY
30 Loads : A TON
31 Give in a little : BUDGE
33 Irritate : VEX
36 Functions perfectly, and what can be said about the starts of 17-, 23-, 46-, and 57-Across : WORKS LIKE A CHARM
40 Brief alarm? : SOS
41 Fake : POSER
42 Singer India.__ : ARIE
43 Gargantuan : HUGE
44 “The Country Girls” novelist Edna : O’BRIEN
46 Minty frozen treat at McDonald’s every March : SHAMROCK SHAKE
51 School year division : TERM
52 Swarms (with) : TEEMS
53 Noble __ : GAS
56 With 11-Down, Michigan college town : ANN
57 Nutty-tasting winter vegetable : ACORN SQUASH
60 TNT part : TRI-
61 Sounds from happy cats : PURRS
62 Loosen, as a knot : UNTIE
63 Storm center : EYE
64 Borden spokescow : ELSIE
65 Utopias : EDENS
DOWN
1 Actress Reid : TARA
2 Setting of the graphic novel “Persepolis” : IRAN
3 People next door : NEIGHBORS
4 “Erin Burnett OutFront” channel : CNN
5 Knight’s tunic : TABARD
6 “Ziggy Stardust” singer David : BOWIE
7 Some Italian sports cars, for short : ALFAS
8 Star of HBO’s “Barry” : BILL HADER
9 Actress Longoria : EVA
10 Part of a race : LEG
11 See 56-Across : ARBOR
12 Kinda : SORTA
13 Shish __ : KEBAB
18 Approximately : OR SO
22 Slippery, as a road : ICY
24 Barnyard sound : OINK
25 Actress Kurylenko : OLGA
26 Utility abbr. : ELEC
27 Newton trio : LAWS
28 “Am __ early?” : I TOO
31 Dividing lines : BISECTORS
32 Luau strings, briefly : UKE
33 Diversify, in a way : VARIEGATE
34 Ohio border lake : ERIE
35 Marvel mutants who battle Magneto : X-MEN
37 Egg (on) : SPUR
38 Macy’s red star, for one : LOGO
39 Literary “Listen!” : HARK
43 “I wonder … ” : HMM
44 Units of resistance : OHMS
45 Language from northern Spain : BASQUE
46 Utter : STATE
47 “Atlanta” actor Brian Tyree __ : HENRY
48 Golfer Palmer, to fans : ARNIE
49 Beach volleyball Olympic gold medalist __ Walsh Jennings : KERRI
50 Pick up : SENSE
54 Spelling clarification phrase : AS IN
55 Wally Lamb’s “__ Come Undone” : SHE’S
57 Imitate : APE
58 __-de-sac : CUL
59 German conjunction : UND
Leave a Reply