Crossword by: C.C. Burnikel
Happy New Year! Above is a picture of the completed puzzle for the Wednesday January 1st 2014 L.A. Times crossword and here are the clues we were given:
ACROSS
1. Tail end
5. Airing, as a golf tournament
9. Spoiled kid
13. “Splendor in the Grass” author
14. Premier Zhou who hosted Nixon’s 1972 visit
15. Lauderdale neighbor
16. *Sargent Shriver was its first director
18. Go-__: small racer
19. Dry gulch
20. Wite-Out maker
21. Mind flash
22. Move, to an agent
24. Seemingly forever
26. Doing the math, in a way
28. Top-priority
31. National rival
33. Supreme Court justice Kagan
35. Dark horse
36. *With 45-Across, Iowa’s most populous city
37. Many Greta Garbo films, and what you’ll find at the intersections of four pairs of answers to starred clues
39. Runway disaster
40. Bigger picture: Abbr.
41. Fireplace bit
42. Ill humor
43. Caroline and Maria, to Ted Kennedy
45. *See 36-Across
48. Some cosmetic surgeries,
for short
50. Midday
51. Fail to mention
53. Classic Pontiac
55. Crunchy snack
59. Gift-bearing trio
60. *Aptly named New York region
62. Longing
63. Company removed from the Dow 30 in 2013
64. Sicilian resort
65. Fish catchers
66. Scout’s good work
67. Positive votes
DOWN
1. Strahan co-host
2. Nuke-testing dept.
3. Petri dish gel
4. Audiophile’s collection
5. Artist Yoko
6. Workers’ rights gp.
7. Six-inch putt, say
8. *Rank below earl
9. Beale Street blues legend
10. *Driving hazard
11. Cornfield measure
12. “Ciao!”
14. Food recall cause
17. Watched
23. Deli counter qty.
25. Times in history
26. *Theater guide
27. Procter & Gamble toothpaste
29. Polish target
30. Prepare a blog post, say
31. Yemen’s Gulf of __
32. Part of a memorable boast
34. “Conspiracy of Fools” company
37. Drain slowly
38. “That makes me happy”
42. U.K.-based luxury automaker
44. Two in a Dickens title
46. Ancient region of presentday Turkey
47. *We, to Monet
49. Lifted or boosted
51. Neighbor of Saudi Arabia
52. Defensive spray
54. “The Raven” opening
56. Downfall cause
57. “Breaking Bad” Emmy winner Gunn
58. Old cereal box stats
61. Mars, e.g.
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