Here are the answers to New York Times Crossword puzzles Friday February 19, 2021.
‘Go placidly ___ the noise and the haste …’ (start of Max Ehrmann’s ‘Desiderata’) – AMID
‘The Virtue of Selfishness’ essayist, 1964 – RAND
13, for many – AWKWARDAGE
Approached quickly – RANTO
Ballpark fig – EST
Bill that’s half a 52-Across, informally – ABE
Bouquet – SCENT
Buck ___, Major League Baseball’s first Black coach – ONEIL
Burnable item – LOG
Burnable items – CDS
Comment before indulging – ICANTRESIST
Complete set in musical comedy? – VOWELS
Contents of some wells – INK
Depiction on the Australian coat of arms – EMU
Dorothy of old ‘Road’ films – LAMOUR
Ganja – HERB
Gardner of ‘S.N.L.’ – HEIDI
General assembly? – ARMY
Go out – EBB
Gradually stopped, with ‘out’ – PHASED
Hair pieces – HANKS
Helen of Troy, e.g – DEMIGODDESS
Houston or Washington vis-à-vis Manhattan – STREET
Hyperfocus – OBSESS
It’s a bad sign – EVILOMEN
Killing a mockingbird is one, per Atticus Finch – SIN
Kind of jar – MASON
Leading lady? – ALPHAFEMALE
Lip – RIM
Louise of TV’s ‘Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman’ – LASSER
Messy, as a floor – UNSWEPT
Missing portion of a manuscript – LACUNA
Modern lead-in to speak – LOL
Not very much – ABITOF
Onetime Food Network show featuring Creole and Cajun cuisine – EMERILLIVE
Pal of Seinfeld and Costanza – BENES
Palindrome with an apostrophe in the middle – MAAM
Parent company of Gerber and Lean Cuisine – NESTLE
Park ranger’s handout – AREAMAP
Popular orders at beachside bars – BAHAMAMAMAS
Popular salon option, informally – MANIPEDI
Prepare for court, in a way – ENROBE
Protrusions near a trunk, maybe – TUSKS
Psych up – ENTHUSE
Qts. and pts – AMTS
R&B singer Erykah – BADU
Raked in the dough – MADEBANK
Reroute – DIVERT
See 41-Across – TEN
Shaped, as wood – LATHED
Singer/songwriter of 1980’s ‘Kiss Kiss Kiss’ – ONO
Sleeveless top, informally – TANK
Some reference works in newsrooms – STYLEGUIDES
Some theft targets – IDS
Stayed out of sight – LAYLOW
Sticks – RODS
Stir – ADO
Symbol associated with Communism – REDSTAR
Tamagotchi, once – FAD
The sun or the moon – ORB
Threatening words – ORELSE
Tightened (up) – TENSED
Toxin that might contain formic acid – ANTVENOM
Tussle – FRACAS
U-Haul option – VAN
Way of Life? – CEREALAISLE
Way out – FAR
Whizzed (by) – FLEW
Whizzed (by) – SPED
Word sometimes substituted for ‘your’ – ONES
___ protein – SOY
___ Short, pioneer in West Coast hip-hop – TOO
