L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Retina 5K computer
5 Pet collar clip-on
10 Theme park with a geodesic dome
15 Bite
16 Bête __
17 Place to get clean
18 Medication unit
19 Crooner who co-wrote the “Chestnuts roasting ... ” song
20 Swim events
21 Holiday song whose first line ends, “come sailing in”
24 Pooh's dour friend
25 Leader with a dot-edu address
26 Brief “If only I could unhear that ... ”
29 2018 US Open winner Osaka
32 Inductee
34 Personal
37 Marathoner's woes
40 One for the road?
41 Holiday song first recorded by Gene Autry
45 “The Nutcracker” skirt
46 Like some owls
47 Cottonelle layer
48 Jumps in
51 Apply to
53 Nonprofit aid gp.
54 Opera set in Egypt
57 Curtains
61 Holiday song based on a traditional
German folk song
65 Storybook pachyderm
67 Pens
68 __ Kong
69 “Home Alone” actress Catherine
70 Line dance
71 French friend
72 Area component
73 Ready to pour
74 What 21-,
41- or 61-Across is ... and, phonetically, a curiously apt common feature of those answers
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1 Many a low-budget flick
2 Reindeer cousin
3 Analyze
4 Ponder
5 On paper
6 Spot for a wreath
7 Hankook product
8 Like bodyguards
9 “Six __ a-laying ... ”
10 Valuable fur
11 Sound often not allowed?
12 Celebratory gesture
13 Granola kernel
14 MLB playoffs broadcaster
22 Stretch of land
23 Holiday roast
27 Heavy __
28 Wry twist
30 “Do the __!”
31 Texting qualifier
33 Gaping hole
34 Quite a lot
35 Squeezed (out)
36 Decently
38 Where the Amazon begins
39 Nine-digit IDs
42 Mystery writer Grafton
43 Rush job phrase
44 Fragrances
49 Really spirited
50 Title for Patrick Stewart
52 Eponymous hot dog guy Handwerker
55 Summer songs?
56 __ Martin: British car
58 Ad
59 Choice start
60 Jason of “The Muppets”
62 E-commerce icon
63 Color variant
64 Huge opening?
65 Present prettifier
66 Sashimi choice