LA TIMES DAILY 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 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