LA Times Daily Crossword February 21, 2023 Answers

1. Opera solos 6. Afrobeat pioneer Fela __ 10. Atlas pages 14. Birdcage feature 15. Part of, as a plan 16. __ vera 17. Creamy dip for French fries 18. Attractive person with gray hair 20. Anderson Cooper's channel 21. Female sib 23. Like some restrictions 24. Pea soup flavorer 26. Hit the slopes 27. Genesis twin 28. Many a Farsi speaker 31. Singer Simone 35. Hep "Gotcha" 37. Scripture-related 39. Perform a simple operation? 41. Safe to drink 43. Org. that ensures water is 41-Across 44. No-win situations? 46. Medical checkup 48. Singer Del Rey 49. Greek theater 51. Scandinavian people 54. "Encanto" songwriter __-Manuel Miranda 56. Recorder mounted to a windshield 58. Dawn on 62. Political org. with a donkey symbol 63. Stashed 64. "I can be better" 66. __ acid 68. Speech therapy subject 69. Average gestation period for a dolphin 70. Button on a library app 71. Vow 72. "This might be broken" shorthand 73. No-nonsense

1. People of the southern Great Plains 2. Spanish queens 3. *"A Matter of Life and Death" heavy metal band 4. Knee part, for short 5. Mint leaf used as a sushi garnish 6. Mouth, slangily 7. Prefix with cycle 8. Ratted (on) 9. *Ralph Ellison novel about the Black American experience 10. "Dirty" cocktail 11. Automaker __ Romeo 12. Shoddy 13. Erotic 19. Shriek of fear 22. *Fencer seeking revenge in "The Princess Bride" 25. Future flower 29. Demean 30. Quill tip 32. *Noisy amenity in a motel hallway 33. Siesta 34. In the style of 36. Bitter brew, briefly 38. Supervillain Luthor 39. Georgia airport: Abbr. 40. Part of una semana 42. Actor Danson 45. Walk oafishly, like the Jabberwock slayer 47. Campfire residue 50. Calf feeders 52. Pine Tree State resident 53. "Count me in!," or an apt description of the answers to the starred clues 55. Burning anger 57. Surgery marks 58. Norway's capital 59. __ seeds: smoothie choice 60. Assign to a role 61. Small bills 65. __ tai: cocktail 67. Came together