L.A. Times Daily - Feb 20 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 L.A. Times Daily - Feb 20 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
'... a grin without a cat!' thinker	ALICE
'And Still I Rise' poet	ANGELOU
'Don't play' music notation	REST
'Fear Street' series author	STINE
'Nixon in China' role	MAO
'That __ it!'	DOES
'The Kiss' sculptor	RODIN
'The West Wing' Emmy winner, 2006	ALDA
100-year-old chip brand	WISE
Advertising gimmick	TIEIN
Amoebae, e.g	CELLS
Aparicio in Cooperstown	LUIS
Auditioner's goal	ROLE
Awards a seat to	ELECTS
Awards adjective	BEST
Back off	RELENT
Bank worker with lots of stories?	TALETELLER
Be a chatterbox	GAB
Beatles' '__ a Place'	THERES
Birthstone after sapphire	OPAL
Bollywood attire	SARI
Bridal shop buy	VEIL
Caramel-topped dessert	FLAN
Cell feature	CAMERA
Chem class part	LAB
CIA operative in the Arctic?	NORTHERNSPY
City across the Mediterranean from Cartagena	ORAN
Clark's teenage crush	LANA
Cockpit gauge fig	ALT
Corrections staffers	JAILERS
Coward's lack, figuratively	SPINE
Crime novelist Paretsky	SARA
Crop up	ARISE
Delete	ERASE
Derby drink	JULEP
Digs for pigs	PENS
Displayer of truck-stop equipment?	SCALEMODEL
Dress (up)	TOG
Drink from a snifter	SIP
Dry Italian wine	SOAVE
Dry run	TEST
Elf	SPRITE
English composer of the symphonic study 'Falstaff'	ELGAR
Eponymous surgical family name	MAYO
Exodus obstacle	REDSEA
Fan	ADMIRER
Farmland tour giver?	FIELDGUIDE
Fast-working 'Downton Abbey' woman?	MINUTEMAID
Feline weapons	CLAWS
Fishing line holder	SPOOL
Flirt with, say	TEASE
Float like smoke rings	WAFT
For face value	ATPAR
Gazetteer stats	AREAS
Give this for that	TRADE
Gives the heave-ho	OUSTS
Gofer at a ballpark?	SPORTSPAGE
Green hue	JADE
Guy hiding in a red-and-white striped shirt	WALDO
Had one's fingers crossed	HOPED
Happy cap tosser	GRAD
Hawke of 'Sinister'	ETHAN
Hi-__ graphics	RES
Hill hundred	SENATORS
Historian's subject	PAST
Hot rod?	SPIT
Hot tub feature	EDDY
How aspirin is taken	ORALLY
Hurricane of 2011	IRENE
Hustled	SPED
Ideal for farming	ARABLE
Ill-gotten loot	LUCRE
Indian menu word	TANDOORI
James who co-wrote and sang 'I'd Rather Go Blind'	ETTA
Kids' play places, across the pond	SANDPITS
Least wacky	SANEST
Less carpeted	BARER
Liberty's LiMu, for one	EMU
Like Jennifer Aniston's eyes	DEEPSET
Longtime Kentucky resource	COAL
M.D. on 'Wheel of Fortune'?	SPINDOCTOR
Madness	IRE
Marquesses' inferiors	EARLS
Marvin of Motown	GAYE
Melodic sense	EAR
Metaphorical sticking place	CRAW
Monsieur __: classic Jacques Tati role	HULOT
Mosque leader	IMAM
Mutual influence	INTERPLAY
Mystical character	RUNE
Nature's bandage	SCAB
Not given to speeches	TERSE
Oblong tomatoes	ROMAS
One of a coupe's pair	DOOR
One of Barbie's best friends	TERESA
One rating singles bar come-ons?	LINEJUDGE
Pain in the neck	CRICK
Painter in prison?	CONARTIST
Partied hearty	ROISTERED
Pat down	FRISK
Piedmont wine region	ASTI
Prepare for a race	TRAIN
Princeton mascot	TIGER
Promising moment, as of wit	SPARK
Push for	URGE
Put one over on	SNOW
Quilting events	BEES
Ran standing still	IDLED
Recess rebuttal	ARESO
Restful state	REPOSE
Rook's call	CAW
Sans-serif font	ARIAL
Seasonal song word	SYNE
Secure for the trip	STRAPIN
See 1-Across	DRUM
Settle on	CHOOSE
Shoppe preceder	OLDE
Short-vowel mark	BREVE
Sign of spoilage	ODOR
Site for used cars	LOT
Skiers' aids	ROPETOWS
Smelter metals	ORES
Some choir members	ALTI
Speak like a rug?	LIE
Straws, e.g	TUBES
Surprise ending	TWIST
Tear	REND
Tear	RIP
The Who co-founder	DALTREY
Till stack	ONES
Time on a marquee	TONITE
Trip up	ASCENT
Try to win over	WOO
Typed in ALL CAPS, maybe	RANTED
Unacceptable, as punishment	CRUEL
Uncorking sound	POP
Valuable find	TROVE
Vineyard measure	ACRE
Wall map marker	TACK
White sale purchases	LINENS
Whole lot	SLEW
With 21-Across, marching band instrument	BASS
Yank at	TUGON
__ hours	WEE