LA TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Entrepreneur Blakely who founded Spanx 5 Mischievous kids 11 Personal pronoun 14 Malevolence 15 7UP nickname,
with “the”
16 Male cat 17 Mistake by a contestant on “The Price Is Right”?
19 “__ bet!”
20 Blazer fabric 21 Betty or Veronica 22 Edelweiss range 23 __ Bravo
25 Like neither Jack
nor Jill, apparently 27 Very long response by a contestant on “Jeopardy!”? 32 Chinese tea 34 Quaint 19-Across? 35 Computer shortcut 36 Scratchy sound 38 Pecks and pounds 41 Rocky __
42 “For sure!” 44 Textile machine 46 70-Across’s div. 47 Prior results considered by a contestant on “Deal or No Deal”?
51 “Bring it!”
52 Wee bit 53 “Uptown Funk”
singer Bruno 55 North African
seaport
58 Royal bride’s
accessory 62 Common verb 63 Pre-show training for a contestant on “Wheel of Fortune”? 65 Small pedestal 66 Bully
67 Farm grunt 68 Topper
69 Lest
70 2019 World
Series champs
DOWN
1 Ticket abbr.
2 Profess without
shame 3 Stand up
4 Sizes up, maybe 5 Explorer, e.g.
6 Tech review site 7 Good-sized
building site 8 Mad scientist in
an H.G. Wells
classic
9 Drop like a stone 10 Hokkaido
honorific
11 Billy Porter and Lady Gaga, for two
12 Earring shape 13 Some native
Australians 18 Pindar, for one 22 Communion table 24 Birthplace of
53-Across 26 Doctrine 27 Financial
independence 28 Hither and __ 29 Patterned spread 30 Face-to-face
exam
31 Lymph __ 32 Footwear sometimes decorated with charms
33 “I got it” 37 Jury makeup 39 Excessively 40 Database
command 43 Reserved 45 Mazda twoseater
48 Wide receiver’s
shout 49 Episodic story 50 New Jersey township named for an inventor 53 “Do the __!” 54 Quarter 56 Photographer
Geddes
57 CBS maritime
drama
59 K2 locale 60 Lease
61 Is inquisitive
63 Eric Dickerson’s
alma mater: Abbr. 64 Primus lead
singer Claypool