Crossword by: Don Gagliardo & C.C. Burnikel and edited by Rich Norris
Across
1. Pearl Harbor mo. DEC – One conspiracy about the Pearl Harbor attack is that Franklin D. Roosevelt provoked the Japanese to the attack the US to sway the opinion of the American public to enter the war.
4. Pearl Harbor presence NAVY
8. Cuts into ERODES
14. Singles out ISOLATES
16. League of Nations home GENEVA
17. “Right back atcha!” SAME HERE
18. Came down and delayed the game RAINED
19. Capital on the Dnieper KIEV: Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300, though higher numbers have been cited in the press. Wikipedia
20. Bay window ORIEL
22. Prepare for an attack DIG IN
25. Words on some blue balloons IT’S A BOY!
30. Ruler in un palacio REY
32. Story including a time and place ALIBI
34. “Finished!” THERE
35. Bring down the curtain on END
36. Almond __: candy ROCA
37. Quran religion ISLAM
38. Antilles native CARIB
40. Penny prez ABE
42. “Affliction” Oscar nominee NOLTE: Nicholas King “Nick” Nolte is an American actor. His films include The Deep, 48 Hrs., Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Another 48 Hrs., The Prince of Tides, Cape Fear, Lorenzo’s Oil, Affliction, The Thin Red Line, The Good Thief, and Warrior. Wikipedia
43. Name on a range AMANA
44. Berserk AMOK
46. __ vivant BON
47. Chinese menu promise NO MSG: Monosodium glutamate, also known as sodium glutamate, is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, one of the most abundant naturally occurring non-essential amino acids. Wikipedia
48. Hag CRONE
49. “Wish you were here—__ were there” OR I
50. Cirque du Soleil staple TRAPEZE
52. Medium’s medium TAROT
54. Longtime Chicago Symphony conductor SOLTI: Sir Georg Solti, KBE was an orchestral and operatic conductor, best known for his appearances with opera companies in Munich, Frankfurt and London, and as a long-serving music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Wikipedia
56. Organ knob STOP
59. Seattle ballpark, familiarly SAFECO
63. Forgo accomplices ACT ALONE
66. Sinuous course SLALOM
67. It bodes well GOOD OMEN
68. Table no-nos ELBOWS
69. Bygone blade SNEE
70. Watched kids SAT
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1. Frisbee, e.g. DISK
2. Hollywood’s Morales ESAI: Esai Manuel Morales is an American actor. He is well known for his role as Bob Valenzuela in the 1987 biopic La Bamba. He also appeared in the PBS drama American Family and in the Showtime series Resurrection Blvd.. Wikipedia
3. “Ally McBeal” genre COMEDY-DRAMA
4. “Forget it!” NAH!
5. Took the cake? ATE
6. Riverdale High brunette of comics VERONICA
7. North Sea feeder YSER: The Yser is a river that originates in French Flanders, enters the Belgian province of West Flanders and flows into the North Sea at the town of Nieuwpoort. The source of the Yser is in Buysscheure, in the Nord département of northern France. Wikipedia
8. Wetlands nester EGRET
9. Skunk, literally and figuratively REAL STINKER
10. Secretive maritime org. ONI
11. Cozy retreat DEN
12. Anticipatory time EVE
13. In a funk SAD
15. Strauss of denim LEVI: Born February 26, 1829 Levi Strauss was an American businessman of German Jewish descent who founded the first company to manufacture blue jeans. His firm, Levi Strauss & Co., began in 1853 in San Francisco, California. Wikipedia
21. Sundial number III
23. Harbor hauler GARBAGE SCOW
24. U.N. anti-child-labor agcy. ILO
26. Nodding words AHSO
27. Popular ’60s-’70s pants, and what can be found in 3-, 9-, 23- and 33-Down? BELL BOTTOMS
28. Henry Clay, for one ORATOR
29. Sana’a citizen YEMENI
30. Eat one’s words RECANT
31. Fill with love ENAMOR
33. Pachyderm friend of Zephir the monkey BABAR
39. Javert’s rank: Abbr. INSP
41. 🙁 is one EMOTICON
45. “Not __ bet!” ON A
48. Animation still CEL
51. Speeds ZOOMS
53. Capital formerly named Christiania OSLO: Oslo is the capital of and most populous city in Norway. Founded around 1000 AD, and established a “kaupstad” or trading place in 1048 by King Harald III, the city was elevated to a bishopric in 1070 and a capital under Haakon V around 1300. Wikipedia
55. Puts (out) TAGS
57. __ Day vitamins ONE A
58. Cooped (up) PENT
59. Leeds-to-London dir. SSE
60. Without exception ALL
61. “Groovy!” FAB!
62. “Out of the Blue” rock gp. ELO
64. Pump part TOE
65. Lime ending -ADE
Wednesday LA Times Crossword Answers
Here are the answers to Wednesday’s LA Times crossword puzzle:
20. Pocketed, as a pool ball SANK: Do you know what the covering of a pool table is made of? Wool. And it’s been that way for over 400 years. 
44. Self-described “short, stocky, slow-witted bald man” of “Seinfeld” GEORGE
3. Hundred Acre Wood creator MILNE: Born January 18, 1882 Alan Alexander Milne was an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various children’s poems.
10. Flower with sword-shaped leaves GLADIOLA
36. Giant star Mel OTT: Melvin Thomas Ott, nicknamed “Master Melvin”, was a Major League Baseball right fielder. He played his entire career for the New York Giants. Ott was born in Gretna, Louisiana. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed. 
52. Greek vacation island NAXOS: Naxos is a Greek island, the largest island in the Cyclades island group in the Aegean. It was the centre of archaic Cycladic culture. The island comprises the two municipalities of Naxos and Drymalia. 
20. Right-angle pipe joint ELL
38. Things associated with 18- and 57-Across and 3- and 34-Down RINGS
1. More rational SANER
8. Plant juice SAP
46. Actor Mineo SAL: Salvatore “Sal” Mineo, Jr., was an American film and theatre actor, best known for his performance as John “Plato” Crawford opposite James Dean in the film Rebel Without a Cause. 
62. General at the Alamo SANTA ANNA: Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón, often known as Santa Anna or López de Santa Anna and sometimes called “the Napoleon of the West”, was a Mexican political leader, … 
9. Brother of the Apostle Andrew ST PETER: Saint Peter, also known as Simon Peter, was an early Christian leader, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ according to the New Testament and Christian tradition, and the very first Bishop. 
35. Comic strip set in Arkansas LI’L ABNER: Li’l Abner is a satirical American comic strip that appeared in many newspapers in the United States, Canada and Europe, featuring a fictional clan of hillbillies in the impoverished mountain village of Dogpatch, Arkansas. 
51. Bill who created José Jiménez DANA: Bill Dana is an American comedian, actor and screenwriter. He often appeared on television shows such as The Ed Sullivan Show, frequently in the guise of a heavily accented Mexican character named José Jiménez. 
1. ’90s-’00s first baseman Martinez TINO: Constantino “Tino” Martinez is a former Major League Baseball first baseman and the current hitting coach for the Miami Marlins. 
15. Maroon ENISLE
45. Antarctic phenomena BERGS
55. Race site for 300+ years ASCOT: Ascot Racecourse is a famous English racecourse, located in the small town of Ascot, Berkshire, used for thoroughbred horse racing. It is one of the leading racecourses in the United Kingdom, hosting 9 of the UK’s 32 annual Group 1 races. 