LA Times Crossword 15 Jan 19, Tuesday

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Across

Number	Clues	Answers
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

Number	Clues	Answers
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