L.A. 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 two-seater
48 Wide receiver's shout
49 Episodic story
50 New Jersey township named for an inventor
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