LA TIMES CROSSWORD
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1 Nile reptile
4 Woodworking tool
8 School year
13 “Knock, knock” response starter
15 Crooner Paul
16 Put a cap on
17 Commuter option
19 State one’s views
20 Union member?
21 Total disorder
23 “__ whiz!”
24 Attempt
25 Hawaiian dish with skipjack tuna
27 “Good Will Hunting” univ.
29 Ahmed of “The Night Of”
31 “If I were __ ... ”
32 “Time’s Arrow” novelist Martin
34 Guns, as an engine
37 Mandarin greeting
41 Dumped unceremoniously
44 Pitch perfect
45 Potatoes, in South Asian cuisine
46 “Twittering
Machine” artist Paul
47 Snakelike fish
49 TD’s six
51 Mary __ cosmetics
52 Cloverleaf segment
57 Rx writers
59 Movie night room
60 Woodwind for Elaine Douvas
61 Enticing scents
64 Spy collection 66 Olympic arena that features the ends of 17-, 25-, 41-, and 52-Across
68 After-bath wrap
69 Not all
70 Sparkling wine region
71 Makes out, in
Manchester
72 Affirmative votes
73 QVC alternative
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1 Puncturing tools
2 Model in a bottle
3 Toy with a handlebar and a big spring
4 Unique person
5 Political commentator Navarro
6 Cut corners
7 Hunter-gatherer diet
8 Reason to say “Whew!”
9 Carmex target
10 Buddy in Barcelona
11 Muscular power
12 Stainless __
14 Closed
18 Figure in Russian history
22 Chicago WNBA team
26 Lincoln competitor
27 Shark name that comes from Maori
28 “Let’s do it!”
30 Actress Catherine __-Jones
33 Shooting sport
35 Abbreviation on a TV remote
36 Intersection sign
38 Angry shout from a green Avenger
39 Locale
40 Follow orders
42 Exasperated expressions
43 Much-anticipated nights out
48 Scientist’s workplace
50 Aching
52 Changes the narrative?
53 Noble gas whose name comes from the Greek for “strange”
54 Split evenly
55 Overgrown, in a way
56 Black tea grade
58 __ América: international football tournament
62 __ and crafts
63 Largest organ in the human body
65 Brain scan letters
67 Reddit Q&A