Crossword by: Nancy Salomon and edited by Rich Norris
Welcome to the answers to the Thursday August 8th 2013 LA Times crossword!
Across Answers
1. Player with a record 14 100-RBI seasons A ROD
5. Dancer’s rail BARRE
10. Fake SHAM
14. Numbskull BOZO
15. “Love Story” co-star O’NEAL
16. Hookah, e.g. PIPE
17. *Flashy theatricality RAZZMATAZZ
19. Soccer shower ESPN
20. Parting that’s bid ADIEU
21. Childlike sci-fi race ELOI
22. Abbr. before a date ESTD
23. Remitted SENT IN
25. Good to go READY
27. Medicinal shrubs SENNAS
29. Hoists with difficulty HEFTS
32. Can opener TAB
35. Prepare for a bout SPAR
36. Cereal usually served hot FARINA
37. Hardly first-class fare SLOP
39. Fans’ disapproval, and a hint to the starts of the answers to starred clues JEERS
41. Bowl over STUN
42. Snorkeling spots ATOLLS
44. Boozehounds SOTS
46. Fr. religious figure STE
47. Dressed for choir ROBED
48. Do like Vassar did in 1969 GO COED
50. Co-Nobelist Arafat YASIR
52. GI’s work detail KP DUTY
55. They may be saturated FATS
57. Takes for a ride CONS
59. Unsteady on one’s feet AREEL
61. Piece of farmland ACRE
62. *Folk music shindig HOOTENANNY
64. Landlocked African country CHAD
65. Like cardinals AVIAN
66. Belg.-based alliance NATO
67. Copy editor’s find TYPO
68. Pomme de __: French potato TERRE
69. Tax cheat chaser, briefly TMAN
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Down Answers
1. Incantation opener ABRA
2. Places to find forks ROADS
3. David and Ricky’s dad OZZIE
4. By the __: in quantity DOZENS
5. Scary squeezer BOA
6. Insect’s pair ANTENNAE
7. Not fake REAL
8. Maugham’s “The __ Edge” RAZOR’S
9. Popeye creator Segar ELZIE
10. Ones ignoring limits SPEEDERS
11. *Tantrums HISSY FITS
12. Date with a Dr. APPT
13. Heal MEND
18. Makes an unsound decision about? MUTES
24. Dressed for dreamland, briefly IN PJS
26. “Bingo!” AHA!
28. “You __ Beautiful”: Joe Cocker hit ARE SO
30. Threaded fastener T-NUT
31. Right upstairs? SANE
32. Abdicator of 1917 TSAR
33. Violist’s clef ALTO
34. *Hidden hazard BOOBY TRAP
36. Camera setting F-STOP
38. “Sure, go ahead!” PLEASE DO
40. Fan club focus ROCK STAR
43. Brigham Young’s gp. LDS
45. Auto leasing choice SEDAN
48. Furrow GROOVE
49. Three-time NBA scoring champ Kevin DURANT
51. Mac messaging program ICHAT
53. Early brunch hr. TEN AM
54. Busybody YENTA
55. Trivia champ’s tidbit FACT
56. In need of liniment ACHY
58. Roulette bet NOIR
60. City on the Rhône LYON
63. Pittsburgh-to-Boston dir. ENE
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