L.A TIMES CROSSWORD

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1 Twinings product 6 Spare tire 10 Market aggressively 14 Immortal Detroit sportscaster Harwell 15 Yarn 16 Wild about 17 One of 26 in the Maldives 18 *Maximum number of jousters allowed in a Ren faire tournament? 20 Not touch 21 Entomologist's tool 22 Old enough 23 Honker in old comedy films 25 Unsubstantial 26 “Silent All These Years” singer Tori 28 Radiate 31 Minus 32 Put down 34 Step on it 36 United 37 *One who really, really knows how to spin a yarn? 39 Chic retreat 42 “Uh-oh. Better get ... ” collision repair company 43 Showed surprise 45 Rum-soaked cake 48 High-scoring club? 50 Suds 51 Urgent order 53 Fiber-__ cable 55 Sportscast embellishment 56 Trifle 58 Poppy product 61 *Excelled at filling in historical timelines? 63 Wolfgang Puck chain 64 Trillion: Pref. 65 It's often steamed 66 What Ma knows well 67 Baking soda target 68 Word of woe 69 “The Kominsky Method” co-star

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1 Toll 2 Deco master 3 *Tree trunk? 4 Primer type 5 Sushi bar supplier 6 Ky. army post 7 Country __ 8 Touched down 9 Ask to be excused, with “off” 10 Hidden danger 11 Set free 12 Puts on 13 Ones who never lose faith 19 Manual weed whacker 24 George Eliot, e.g. 25 Supplemental health insurance 26 Brouhaha 27 “Of Mice and __” 29 Kate on the cover of Vanity Fair's 100th anniversary issue 30 Wet blanket 33 Dossier letters 35 __ discount 38 Bar staple 39 Total alternative ... and a feature of the answers to starred clues? 40 Wasabi-coated snack 41 Recipe verb 42 Thoroughbred grandfather of Seabiscuit 44 Amazon, for one 45 __ basics 46 Made up (for) 47 Short jacket 49 Drunks 52 Shout 54 Teatro Costanzi premiere of 1900 56 Yacht outing 57 Whale also called a blackfish 59 Not-cute fruit 60 Night light 62 Stretch often named for a music genre