LA TIMES CROSSWORD 23 JANUARY 19, WEDNESDAY Puzzle Answer

Complete List of Clues/Answers

 

Across

1. Soft ball : NERF
5. Berkshire Hathaway headquarters city : OMAHA
10. Greenish-yellow pear : BOSC
14. Mine, in Montréal : A MOI
15. Chicano rock band Los __ : LOBOS
16. “Enchanted” girl in a 2004 film : ELLA
17. Hors d’oeuvre cracker : RITZ
18. Lose tautness : DROOP
19. Logician’s error, maybe : LEAP
20. 2011 Steve Carell romcom : CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE
23. Slangy affirmative : YEH
24. Light beam : RAY
25. Poseidon’s realm : SEA
28. Lav, in Bath : LOO
30. Zero in : AIM
31. Federal bldgs. with mailboxes : POS
34. Rickety abode : TUMBLEDOWN SHACK
38. Diva’s time to shine : ARIA
39. Savings plan inits. : IRA
40. Fair-haired sci-fi race : ELOI
41. “Stop whining!” : DON’T BE SUCH A WIMP!
46. Chinese menu surname : TSO
47. Put away : EAT
48. Pine-__: cleaning brand : SOL
49. Old Nintendo game console: Abbr. : NES
50. UFO pilots, supposedly : ETS
51. Nintendo game console : WII
53. Neither 20-, 34- nor 41-Across has any : REPEATED LETTERS
62. Similar in nature : AKIN
63. Online biz : ETAIL
64. Compete for the America’s Cup : SAIL
65. Fish catchers : NETS
66. Art class subjects : NUDES
67. Stubborn sort : MULE
68. Aussie greeting : G’DAY
69. Part of LED : DIODE
70. Marked for deletion : EXED

Down

1. DEA operative : NARC
2. House of Saud bigwig : EMIR
3. Duty roster : ROTA
4. Like soda pop : FIZZY
5. Part of a comfort simile : OLD SHOE
6. Mad Magazine cartoonist Drucker : MORT
7. Leigh Hunt’s “__ Ben Adhem” : ABOU
8. Earring style : HOOP
9. “Take two __ and call me … ” : ASPIRIN
10. Kind of dancer : BELLY
11. Breakfast spread : OLEO
12. Balkan native : SLAV
13. Superman accessory : CAPE
21. Holler : YELL
22. Beaver creations : DAMS
25. Town, in Germany : STADT
26. Irish banknotes : EUROS
27. Protein-building acid : AMINO
29. Poet with dedication? : ODIST
30. Military plane acronym : AWACS
31. McCain’s running mate : PALIN
32. “__, all ye faithful … ” : O COME
33. Decides not to attend : SKIPS
35. Baseball club : BAT
36. Tulsa sch. named for an evangelist : ORU
37. Use an axe on : HEW
42. Test version : BETA
43. London area that includes Canary Wharf : EAST END
44. “Is there another way?” : HOW ELSE?
45. Landed : ALIT
50. Itty : EENSY
52. Answer at the door : IT’S ME
53. Pealed : RANG
54. Scratched (out) : EKED
55. Pocket bread : PITA
56. Small decorative case : ETUI
57. Carpentry groove : DADO
58. Wasn’t honest : LIED
59. French waters : EAUX
60. Stir up : RILE
61. Malamute’s burden : SLED

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