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7 Dec 21, LA Times Crossword Solutions
Across
- 1 Sneaker feature : LACE
- 5 Balance scale container : PAN
- 8 Plays the role of : ACTS AS
- 14 Milky white gem : OPAL
- 15 Focus of modern-day surfing : EGO
- 16 Most achy : SOREST
- 17 *Spends time in the gym : WORKS OUT (FIREWORKS & RAIN OUT)
- 19 Shrimp entrée : SCAMPI
- 20 Prime meridian std. : GST
- 21 Make into law : ENACT
- 23 Quaking tree : ASPEN
- 24 One of the Coen brothers : ETHAN
- 26 *Upscale eatery service for topper wearers : HAT CHECK (FIRE HAT & RAIN CHECK)
- 28 Big-time celeb : A-LISTER
- 31 P-like Greek letter : RHO
- 32 ACLU issues : RTS
- 33 Smell really bad : REEK
- 34 Crosses (out) : XES
- 36 Antiquated : OLD
- 38 James Taylor classic … or, respectively, what can precede the two words in each answer to a starred clue : FIRE AND RAIN
- 42 “__ on my watch!” : NOT
- 43 Chaney of horror films : LON
- 44 Where some surfers shop : EBAY
- 47 Nonprofit URL ending : ORG
- 50 __ Lingus : AER
- 52 Ophthalmologist’s field : EYECARE
- 54 *Times Square New Year’s Eve custom : BALL DROP (FIREBALL & RAINDROP)
- 57 Calf-length skirts : MIDIS
- 58 Like the sea when waves are crashing : AROAR
- 59 NFL Dolphins’ home : MIAMI
- 62 Bloodshot : RED
- 63 Broadway’s Ethel : MERMAN
- 65 *When employment ends, formally : EXIT DATE (FIRE EXIT & RAIN DATE)
- 67 Cheese in some bagels : ASIAGO
- 68 Freight weight : TON
- 69 Old Spice competitor : AFTA
- 70 Balanced conditions : STASES
- 71 Aardvark’s morsel : ANT
- 72 Common flag symbol : STAR
Down
- 1 Transmission choice for steep ascents : LOW GEAR
- 2 Biblical disciple : APOSTLE
- 3 One driving the wrong way? : CAR THIEF
- 4 Lodge member : ELK
- 5 Menial laborer : PEON
- 6 Océano filler : AGUA
- 7 V-shaped slit : NOTCH
- 8 Pack animal : ASS
- 9 Pepsi rival : COCA-COLA
- 10 Vandalize : TRASH
- 11 Start of the Marines’ motto : SEMPER …
- 12 Appearance : ASPECT
- 13 Smells really bad : STINKS
- 18 Dispatched : SENT
- 22 Driveway material : TAR
- 25 Welcome to one’s home : ASK IN
- 27 Like rosebushes : THORNY
- 29 New Hampshire prep school town : EXETER
- 30 Actor Stephen : REA
- 35 NBC weekend show : SNL
- 37 Cinque times due : DIECI
- 39 Blowup on the highway : ROAD RAGE
- 40 Buck’s partner : DOE
- 41 Annual hoops player selection event : NBA DRAFT
- 45 Short operatic solo : ARIETTA
- 46 “Whatever you say, honey” : YES, DEAR
- 47 Trumps’ White House predecessors : OBAMAS
- 48 Least cooked : RAREST
- 49 Vocalist Estefan : GLORIA
- 51 CD follower : -ROM
- 53 Radiate : EMIT
- 55 Asian priests : LAMAS
- 56 Michelangelo masterwork : PIETA
- 60 Neural transmitter : AXON
- 61 Like new : MINT
- 64 Turndowns : NOS
- 66 Courtroom figs. : DAS
