L.A. Times Crossword

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1 Ewes’ guys

5 Jazz great James

9 Term illustrated by the starts of 39and 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 Ante

28 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 DOWN

1 Default action, briefly 2 “Einstein’s Dreams”

novelist Lightman Swampy land

Goldman _ _ 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

With 16-Across, 9-, 37-, or 71-Across, for any given hole 12 Writer Bombeck 3 4 5 11 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