LA TIMES CROSSWORD

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1 Bar passer: Abbr. 4 Donkeys 9 Silly 14 Heckler’s word 15 Kind of milk one shouldn’t cry over 16 Luxury watch 17 CPR expert 18 Petite Mattel doll with her own Netflix TV series 20 Put on a peg, as a golf ball 22 Carp in a pond 23 WWII subs 24 Rich as Croesus, e.g. 26 Lire replacers 28 Person, place or thing, in grammar 30 Irish or English dogs 34 Guy featured in “Practical Principles of Plain and Perfect Pronunciation” 38 MSN competitor 39 Ooze with 40 Silent assent 41 Main blood vessel 43 World Wide __ 44 Porky’s girlfriend 46 Wand symbolizing royal authority 49 Snow pea holders 50 __ & Young: accounting firm 52 Places for belts 56 Seance contact 59 Firepit residue 61 Avoid completely 62 Animated feline in Inspector Clouseau films 65 “… butterfly … bee” boxer 66 Broadway backer 67 Road one-eighty 68 Dangerous tide 69 Aptly named novelist 70 Digital units 71 Second addendum to a letter … and a hint to 18-, 34-, 44and 62-across

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1 Aids in illegal activity 2 Actress Marisa 3 Tribal symbol 4 Cleopatra’s snake 5 Did not remain silent 6 Cylindrical barn neighbor 7 Kimmy Schmidt player __ Kemper 8 Hog’s home 9 Will Smith film suggested by an Asimov classic 10 Free, after “at” 11 __-Seltzer 12 Nair rival, once 13 Phone no. go withs 19 More pristine 21 Had an evening meal 25 Stuff of legends 27 Depleted 29 NorCal NFL team 31 Wyatt of Dodge City 32 Naan relative 33 Refinery byproduct 34 Church benches 35 Corp. bigwig 36 Boob __: TV 37 “… like the __ calling the kettle black” 41 Verdi opera set in Egypt 42 Watering place 44 Prefix for “five” 45 Remote area known for its middle? 47 Livened (up) 48 Almost a homer 51 Badly worn 53 Musical symbol 54 Dutch flower 55 Little scissors cuts 56 Box for practice 57 Tree with needles 58 “Young Frankenstein” Fräulein 60 Close, as a door 63 Well-worn pencil 64 OR attendants