LA Times Daily Crossword February 21, 2021 Answers

1. Playground game with hoops 6. Blobby sci-fi villain 11. Biker's protective wear 19. In the know 20. Fitness motto starter 21. Removes faded flowers from 22. Fit 24. Brand with a Jumpman logo 25. Regret 26. School near Windsor 27. Stiles of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" 28. "Friends" friend 29. Arrives like a brainstorm 34. A, to Beethoven 36. Fair 37. Formal talk 39. Deer sir 43. Droid from Naboo, familiarly 46. Volume unit 48. Go inside 50. Long, long tail? 51. Start of a hopeful chant 55. Tower engineer 57. Simone's state 58. Dagger of yore 59. Mosque official 61. Bound to be 62. "I, Claudius" role 63. Collapsed 66. Like some fried food 68. Letters on a bathroom tube 69. Absolutely zero 72. Dealer-busting org. 75. Meter starter 76. Compared with 77. Places where quiet is often demanded 78. Cut of the loot 81. River past Logroño 84. It's raised at a circus 85. Obligation 86. Many surfers 88. Ignore mistakes, say 92. Letters on a GI's letters 93. Absorb, as a spill 95. Twitter rampage 96. Hale-Bopp, for one 97. Alphabetically first V8 ingredient 99. Yawning cause 101. Place to make a rial deal 103. Some tributes 105. Disney theme park 111. Part of many a plot 113. Bristol bye-bye 115. Bit of politeness from a hat-tipper 116. That guy, to Guy 117. Subject of many a watch 119. Family film feature 123. Enthusiastic to a fault 124. Elicit a chuckle 125. A detective may act on one 126. Spoofs 127. Minibike kin 128. __ music

1. Clues for DNA analysis 2. Accept the blame 3. Wild party 4. "No seats" sign 5. Job listing abbr. 6. "Precisely like this" 7. "Take __ at it" 8. Bingo cousin 9. Marcel Marceau clown persona 10. Snacked 11. Princess with cinnamon-bun locks 12. Not kidding 13. Asleep in Eng. class? 14. Cause of sticker shock at the florist? 15. They may be unsung 16. "CSI" actor George 17. Old food label figs. 18. I-9 ID 21. Thoughts of the beach while in class, e.g. 23. MIT offerings 27. Boxing div. 30. Suspects 31. Jordanian queen dowager 32. José's hand 33. A light bulb may symbolize one 35. "It's clear now" 38. Multi-lingual Irish singer 40. First golfing U.S. president 41. Pulitzer-winning author James 42. __ standard 43. Bowl, say 44. Was highly regarded 45. Formal wear item 46. 1983 Indy 500 champ Tom 47. Fancy moldings 49. Throw very hard 52. Berkshire racecourse 53. Deadlocked 54. Alleged creation of Buffalo's Anchor Bar 56. Wray of "King Kong" 60. Herd mentality output? 64. Golfer's gouge 65. Pasta restaurant closing? 67. RPI and NIH 69. Cards, for short 70. Tiberius' tongue 71. Blessed __ 72. Casual Friday fabric 73. Musical workout, at times 74. Singer's perfect pitch, say 75. "... chips-down" link 77. "Ciao" 78. Swedish auto 79. Bit of optimism 80. Lotion additive 82. Fuzzy memory 83. One taking a class over 87. Juice with a lizard logo 89. Picard's counselor 90. Jon of "Mad Men" 91. Checkout action 94. Stamps 98. Figure with a cape 100. __ kit: Ancestry.com item 101. Signed off on 102. Speechless player 104. Like morning fields 106. Stimulate 107. Memory miscue 108. Pass-rushing group, briefly 109. Prevention amount 110. Strength 111. Inventing middle name 112. Card holder, maybe 114. Pub mugfuls 117. Jazzy genre 118. Yokohama yes 119. Omelet filler 120. 70-Down trio opener 121. Bright students' org. 122. "How obvious"