LOS ANGELES TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

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soother

15 Good earth 16 Datum in a forensic database Impediment Neighborhood gathering Outcasts Boiling point? “No seats” sign Score after deuce Beach application Billion-dollar pharmaceuticals More than suspect Early 20th-century touring cars Part of a joke Lingering effect Not as dotty Colorado tributary Massey of old films Thoroughbred’s dad

“Git!”

One with a lot to learn, perhaps Obstruction Pushed the doorbell Night school subj. Scandinavian bar exchange 17 19

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67 68 69 Corrode Local anesthesia effect Device with pulleys Words in some English resort town names Major fit First name in homespun humor Word aptly represented by four black squares in this puzzle Watched carefully Exchange jabs

DOWN

1 [You can’t mean that!] Wasatch Mountains resort __ grapes Some Chrysler engines Around-the-clock Half a Daily Planet byline __ Antonio Texting interjection Tacks on “Phooey!” __-cheap

Like some

JFK flights 2

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43 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE Lid issue Verbal jab Cassis apéritif Penitent Mirage site Knitter’s coil Family reunion attendee

At all

A pass may cover one Brief rules? City in New York’s Mohawk Valley Stalin-era prison Dramatic outpouring Policy __ Readied, as leftovers Puncture consequence By Bonnie L. Gentry and Victor Fleming (c) 2018 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 47 48

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__ Ration Guesstimate phrase

With, on le menu Do landscaping work

Dr. Johnny Fever’s fictional station Soprano Gluck Sommelier’s concern

“__ you out of your mind?” “All opposed” reply 11-9-18