LA TIMES CROSSWORD
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1 Gave a darn 6 Personal bearing 10 Spongy earth 14 __ and kicking 15 Like a quaint shoppe 16 Unknown author, for short 17 Hors d’oeuvre often seasoned with paprika 19 Looped in, on email 20 Corp. VIP 21 Quite 22 Infant’s cry 23 Skin pictures 25 Calm and dignified 28 Picnic side dish 31 Double-reed woodwind 34 Charged particle 35 Helena’s st. 36 Creamy dip for buffalo wings 40 __ mater 41 “__ moved on” 42 Parrot in Disney’s “Aladdin” 43 New England seafood sandwich 47 Securities backed by the govt. 48 Fought 53 Raw mineral in a mine 54 Supermarket area with fresh cheeses 56 Hitchhiker’s hope 57 Foggy state 59 Minnesota medical center, or where one might learn how to prepare 17-, 28-, 36-, and 43-Across? 61 Scat legend Fitzgerald 62 Brick __ pizza 63 Tiny spot 64 Overly compliant 65 Floating ice chunk 66 Auto body blemishes
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1 Military academy enrollee 2 Name said to activate an Amazon Echo Dot 3 Fastener in a girder 4 Kick out 5 Oscar winner Benicio __ Toro 6 Not showy 7 Actor Robert who hosts the podcast “Not Today, Pal” with former co-star JamieLynn Sigler 8 Envelopepushing 9 Opposite of pos. 10 Expensive nut from Hawaii 11 Advance slowly 12 Fish-to-be 13 Conclude 18 Sauteing acronym 22 Director Craven 24 Oil cartel acronym 25 “The Brady Bunch” trio 26 Dance that takes two 27 NYC summer hrs. 29 TV station, e.g. 30 Shoe front 31 Wrinkle-resistant synthetic fabric 32 Hoodwink 33 Winning game after game 37 Makes haste 38 Binge-watcher’s device 39 River sediment 40 PC key near the space bar 44 Casual shirt 45 Like a kiwi 46 Not of the clergy 49 Utter nonsense 50 Lightweight fabric 51 Formal decree 52 Cruise ship levels 54 Singer Grohl who founded the Foo Fighters 55 Watchful sort 57 __ and haw 58 Hoppy beer 59 Disorderly crowd 60 1960s hallucinogen, for short