L.A. TIME CROSSWORD

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1 Ewes' guys 5 Jazz great James 9 Term illustrated by the starts of 39- and 44-Across 14 Director Kazan 15 Some skinny jeans 16 See 11-Down 17 __ paper: baking layer 19 DuVernay film set in Alabama 20 Diamond gems 22 Way, way off 23 Mood-stabilizing hormone 25 Ante28 Solidify 29 California's Big __ 30 Place for a stay 33 Souvlaki meat 35 Put away the groceries? 37 Term illustrated by the starts of 17- and 20-Across 39 Outwit 41 Cybergiggle 43 Dirties 44 Package 46 Director Anderson 48 Symbol on the Flash's chest 49 Farm pen 50 Siete menos cinco 52 Cable channel with a “superstar” wine club 54 Univ. aides 55 Initiates legal action 58 Red outside, maybe 61 Complex units 65 Watchdog breed 67 Cheaters 68 Kidney-related 69 “__ cost you!” 70 Bog fuel 71 Term illustrated by parts of 61- and 67-Across 72 Kenneth of fashion 73 Dessert brand

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1 Default action, briefly 2 “Einstein's Dreams” novelist Lightman 3 Swampy land 4 Goldman __ 5 Target of some bark beetles 6 Stay dry? 7 Core belief 8 Team that lost the 2019 World Series to the Nationals 9 Some coll. degrees 10 “Channel Orange” Grammy winner Frank 11 With 16-Across, 9-, 37-, or 71-Across, for any given hole 12 Writer Bombeck 13 2022, e.g. 18 Goes quickly 21 Slight 24 Mystery writer Johansen 25 Falls heavily 26 Charged 27 __ board 30 “Canadian __”: “Weird Al” parody of a Green Day song 31 Nabisco wafer brand 32 Mouse pads? 34 Tampa NFLer 36 Haul 38 Corddry of HBO's “Ballers” 40 Mani-__ 42 “Time to bounce” 45 1970 Kinks hit 47 Sink on purpose 51 __ tank 53 “The Emancipation of __”: Mariah Carey album 55 Prenatal 56 Took care of 57 ASU's home 58 Red inside, maybe 59 SUNDVIK baby furniture retailer 60 __-pong 62 Requirement 63 Highchair surface 64 Retired jets 66 Flagon fill