Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday April 12th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Soothing ointment : BALM
5 Criticize harshly : BASH
9 Deep-voiced singer : BASSO
14 Great Lake that stretches from New York to Michigan : ERIE
15 Every 12 mos. : YRLY
16 Significant __: partner : OTHER
17 Place for junk : SCRAPHEAP
19 Genetic twin : CLONE
20 “Honey, I’m Home” singer Twain : SHANIA
21 Wagons at midday socials : TEA CARTS
23 B and B’s, e.g. : INNS
25 Home of twigs : NEST
26 Did a marathon, say : RAN
28 Relaxation of govt. rules : DEREG
31 Skip, with “out” : SIT
34 Turn loose : LET GO
36 Annoys : VEXES
38 Oft-stubbed digit : TOE
39 In time gone by : AGO
40 U.S. Congress, informally : THE HILL
42 Enjoyed a meal : ATE
43 Web or nanny follower : -CAM
44 Reef makeup : CORAL
45 Some youth ctrs. : YMCAS
47 Cotton gin inventor Whitney : ELI
48 Defy authority : REBEL
50 Approves : OKS
51 Dimpled facial feature, perhaps : CHIN
54 Game room missile : DART
56 From Tokyo, say : JAPANESE
60 Overly large : TOO BIG
64 Still in the game : ALIVE
65 Increasing, and a hint to 17- and 40-Across and 11- and 27-Down : ON THE RISE
67 Distance runner : MILER
68 Prescription amount : DOSE
69 “Enchanted” movie girl played by Anne Hathaway : ELLA
70 Arterial implant : STENT
71 Seeks answers : ASKS
72 Doe or stag : DEER
DOWN
1 “Porgy and __” : BESS
2 Half a McDonald’s logo : ARCH
3 Old Italian money : LIRA
4 Definition : MEANING
5 Manually : BY HAND
6 “__ you comfy?” : ARE
7 Venetian blind piece : SLAT
8 Promote big-time : HYPE
9 Italian lawn bowling : BOCCE
10 Book of maps : ATLAS
11 Small order of pancakes : SHORT STACK
12 FedExed, say : SENT
13 Unrefined minerals : ORES
18 ATM code : PIN
22 __-hair pasta : ANGEL
24 Extremely harsh : SEVERE
26 Fit for a monarch : REGAL
27 Nuclear reactor : ATOMIC PILE
29 Get-well program, briefly : REHAB
30 Banished from one’s country : EXILED
32 Greek i’s : IOTAS
33 Golfer’s pegs : TEES
34 Doily trim : LACE
35 Needing no Rx : OTC
37 Like a fox, it’s said : SLY
41 Lena who sang “Stormy Weather” : HORNE
46 Took a drive : MOTORED
49 Wood-shaping machines : LATHES
52 Place of refuge : HAVEN
53 Chemically nonreactive : INERT
55 Fish eggs : ROE
56 Traffic tie-ups : JAMS
57 Touched down : ALIT
58 Ginger ale or root beer : SODA
59 “The Catch” actress Mireille __ : ENOS
61 Liver secretion : BILE
62 Shipwreck site : ISLE
63 Stick shift choice : GEAR
66 “Shame on you!” : TSK
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