LA Times Crossword 5 Feb 19, Tuesday Puzzle Solution

Complete List of Clues/Answers

Across

1. Ring ref’s decision : TKO
4. Hindu division : CASTE
9. Rig up : EQUIP
14. Hankering : YEN
15. Aquaman’s realm : OCEAN
16. “Grey’s Anatomy” staffer : NURSE
17. Immigrant’s ID : GREEN CARD (giving “card shark”)
19. Extend the library borrowing term : RENEW
20. Tries to hit : AIMS FOR
21. Low singers : BASSES
22. Blackjack elevens : ACES
23. Not fitting : INAPT
25. Title for Jose or Diego? : SAN
27. Tuition-paying aid : STUDENT LOAN (giving “loan shark”)
32. Rude and crude : CRASS
34. “Begone, feline!” : SCAT!
35. Unsubscribes, with “out” : OPTS
36. Jazz trumpeter Al : HIRT
37. Indian prime minister mentored by Gandhi : NEHRU
38. Eric Carle’s “The __ Hungry Caterpillar” : VERY
39. Viral internet item : MEME
40. Improve text : EDIT
41. Porto-Novo’s land : BENIN
42. Competitive swimming venue : OLYMPIC POOL (giving “pool shark”)
45. Cul-de-__ : SAC
46. Sniffling maladies : COLDS
47. Mother’s Day gift holder : VASE
49. Old phone company nickname : MA BELL
52. Biblical opening : GENESIS
55. Food recall culprit : E COLI
56. Emmy-winning reality series for entrepreneurs … and a place for the ends of 17-, 27- and 42-Across? : SHARK TANK
58. Biblical verb : SHALT
59. Fictional Swiss miss : HEIDI
60. “Excusez-__” : MOI
61. Frankfurt’s state : HESSE
62. How ballerinas dance : ON TOE
63. Sinus doc : ENT

Down

1. Rapper whose name sounds like an endangered cat : TYGA
2. “The Americans” co-star Russell : KERI
3. Many an action film hero : ONE-MAN ARMY
4. Admit : CONFESS
5. Greet aggressively : ACCOST
6. Burn a little : SEAR
7. Road covering : TAR
8. Conclude : END
9. Fascinated : ENRAPT
10. The Roots’ frontman on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” : QUESTLOVE
11. Big coffeepots : URNS
12. “Noted” : I SEE
13. Church rows : PEWS
18. PC panic key : ESC
21. African language group : BANTU
23. Tracking implants, for short : ID CHIPS
24. A few feet from : NEAR TO
25. Blockhead : SCHMO
26. Princess who gives up her voice to be human : ARIEL
28. Vintage music purchase : USED CD
29. Magical access words : OPEN SESAME!
30. Glass-roofed lobbies : ATRIA
31. Timberlake’s former band : NSYNC
33. Biological building blocks : STEM CELLS
37. Sam of “Peaky Blinders” : NEILL
41. Tot’s comforter, affectionately : BLANKIE
43. Not at all 32-Across : POLITE
44. Work too hard : OVERDO
48. Opposite of rise : SET
49. Screen door material : MESH
50. Aleve target : ACHE
51. Jungle squeezers : BOAS
52. Canter or gallop : GAIT
53. A party to, as a private joke : IN ON
54. Classroom acting : SKIT
56. “Shameless” network, briefly : SHO
57. Egg layer : HEN

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