LA Times Daily Crossword February 16, 2021 Answers

1. Tripoli's country 6. College grad 10. Kill, as a dragon 14. Thorny plant 15. Latina toon explorer 16. Scrabble piece 17. If Nicholson sang, danced and acted, he might be called __ 20. GQ or Cosmo 21. Photographed 22. Inhumane 27. Salty drops 31. Big name in PCs 32. __ pork: Chinese dish with pancakes 35. "High" afternoon meal 36. Forbidden 38. Series of missed calls 40. If Robinson left En Vogue to sing in Jerry Garcia's group, she might be called __ 43. Dog food seller 44. Crop up 46. Soul, to Sartre 47. Polar parka 50. Passionate about 51. Winona of "Stranger Things" 53. Brings good luck to 55. Taunt 58. Drone or worker 59. If Tomlin came from San Fernando, she might be called __ 67. Trim, as a photo 68. Dry forecast 69. Religious doctrine 70. Credit card balance, say 71. Benchmarks: Abbr. 72. Jerk or twitch

1. JFK's successor 2. Nest egg initials 3. Flickable lighter 4. Go on and on 5. Kitchen allure 6. Samuel Barber's "__ for Strings" 7. Cyberchortle 8. Web addresses 9. Subject with numbers 10. Georgia or Washington 11. Pot cover 12. It may be blonde or pale 13. "Roundabout" rockers with a positive name 18. Word before hand or land 19. Capitol feature 22. Cave hanger 23. Plato's school, with "the" 24. Paid back, as a purchase incentive 25. Tweezer targets 26. Whirlybirds 28. Realizes, as a goal 29. Entertains with a bedtime story 30. Give in to gravity 33. Recital rebuke 34. Flower bed tool 37. Province on four Great Lakes 39. Spooky 41. Bass ending 42. Pendulum direction? 43. Links standard 45. Seemingly forever 48. Orange-yellow gemstones 49. Ukraine's capital 52. The Nile runs through it 54. Detectives' aids 56. Bosom buds, in texts 57. Nouveau-Mexique, par exemple 59. TV screen type 60. Fury 61. Easy throw 62. Laid low 63. Cut (off) 64. JFK alternative 65. Maximum borders? 66. Oft-candied veggie