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 3/7/24 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