LA Times Crossword 15 Jan 19, Tuesday Puzzle Solution

Complete List of Clues/Answers

 

Across

1. Half-__: coffee with a little less kick : CAF
4. Chocolate-making bean : CACAO
9. Polynesian people : MAORI
14. Darth, as a youth : ANI
15. Suspect’s excuse : ALIBI
16. Muslim religion : ISLAM
17. Single-digit temps, for most : COLD SPELL (giving “spellcheck”)
19. Exams for would-be attys. : LSATS
20. Try to whack : HIT AT
21. Jazz great Blake : EUBIE
23. Cabinet dept. concerned with nukes : ENER
24. 1984 Prince hit : PURPLE RAIN (giving “raincheck”)
29. Picket line participant : STRIKER
31. Fierce public protest : OUTCRY
32. Jot down : NOTATE
35. Napkin’s place : LAP
36. Body of water between Connecticut and southeastern New York : LONG ISLAND SOUND (giving “sound check”)
42. Skater Midori : ITO
43. Muscle injury : STRAIN
44. Small river : STREAM
48. Tribulations : ORDEALS
52. At close range : POINT BLANK (giving “blank check”)
55. Bushels : A LOT
56. Ponzi scheme, e.g. : FRAUD
57. Ann __, Michigan : ARBOR
58. California/Nevada resort lake : TAHOE
61. Grandmaster’s last word … and what the last word in 17-, 24-, 36- and 52-Across can be : CHECKMATE
64. Milky gemstones : OPALS
65. Breed that’s Welsh for “dwarf dog” : CORGI
66. Fresh : NEW
67. George of “Cheers” : WENDT
68. Trap during a winter storm, say : ICE IN
69. Dozens of mos. : YRS

Down

1. Secret supplies : CACHES
2. Bless using oil : ANOINT
3. Color-altering camera lens accessory : FILTER
4. Actors in a show : CAST
5. European mountain : ALP
6. Paris corp. : CIE
7. More adept : ABLER
8. Prepare to shine in a bodybuilding contest? : OIL UP
9. Cultural setting : MILIEU
10. State with conviction : ASSERT
11. Suffix with pay : -OLA
12. Templeton in “Charlotte’s Web,” e.g. : RAT
13. Cyberchats, briefly : IMS
18. Adventurous : DARING
22. Rain-__ bubble gum : BLO
24. Animals at home : PETS
25. Eurasian border mountains : URALS
26. Rights advocacy org. : ACLU
27. “Reading Lolita in Tehran” setting : IRAN
28. Big Apple law gp. : NYPD
30. Japanese carp : KOI
33. Skin pic : TAT
34. Noted 2001 bankruptcy : ENRON
36. Talk like Daffy : LISP
37. Director Preminger : OTTO
38. More formal “Me neither!” : NOR I
39. Lacking light : DARK
40. Bully in the “Toy Story” films : SID
41. Like challenging push-ups : ONE-ARM
45. Surround : ENFOLD
46. Taking a break : AT REST
47. Management deg. : MBA
49. Capital on the Hudson : ALBANY
50. Thief during a riot : LOOTER
51. Scatters, as seeds : STREWS
53. Soap star Susan : LUCCI
54. For a specific purpose, as a committee : AD HOC
57. Comparable (to) : AKIN
58. Aid for a disabled auto : TOW
59. Big lug : APE
60. Solo of “Star Wars” : HAN
62. Before, in verse : ERE
63. Cinematic FX : CGI

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