Welcome to the NYE L.A. Times crossword by Jack McInturff! I hope 2013 was a great year for all of you and 2014 is going to be even better. Party hard peeps until our paths cross again in 2014! See all of the answers in the completed puzzle above and here are the clues Jack gave us:
ACROSS Clues
1. Run-down area
5. French message-carrying boat
10. Castle trench
14. __ Cod
15. Toy blocks
16. “Bus Stop” dramatist
17. Military assistant
18. Many, many centuries
19. In a little while
20. Hopes that weren’t meant to be
23. Jacob’s twin
24. Dethrones
28. One of Scrooge’s four visitors
31. Concern before changing lanes
35. Predatory bird
37. College URL ending
38. Nautical opening?
39. Bird: Pref.
40. Locker room motivator
43. Be in the wrong
44. __ de soie: silk cloth
46. PBS underwriter
47. Lassie chaser
49. Kids’ game with a quickly passed object
52. Goads
53. PGA great Sam
54. “__ Grit”: John Wayne classic
56. Jackie Gleason catchphrase, and a hint to the ends of 20-, 31-, 40- and 49-Across
63. Service station job
66. Dressy footwear
67. Partner of Roy or Chip
68. Swedish furniture giant
69. Lift up
70. Ultimatum ending
71. Property document
72. Greenhorns
73. In fighting trim
DOWN Clues
1. Union underminer
2. Hibernation site
3. Fancy hairstyle
4. Most submissive
5. Ex of Rod Stewart
6. Beetle with four wheels, slangily
7. Movie lab helper
8. Sound measure
9. Mount near Olympus
10. Pageant title since 1952
11. Singer Yoko
12. Gone by
13. Low card in a royal flush
21. Prevent legally
22. Trendy, ’60s-style
25. Muscle beach swimwear
26. Steaming hot
27. Retail outlets
28. Board meeting displays
29. Be dressed in
30. Sleep-inducing drug
32. Put on the attack
33. Actress Lupino
34. Void partner
36. Apartment payment
41. Veggie on a vine
42. Shot, as an engine
45. In front
48. Hanukkah spinning toy
50. “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” constable
51. Verdi opera based on a Shakespeare play
55. Enjoys a siesta
57. Sharpen
58. Like centerfolds
59. Be dressed in
60. Story
61. Ingrid’s “Casablanca” role
62. Espied
63. Hinged cover
64. Don Ho’s strings
65. Bonnet-dwelling insect?
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