Crossword by: Robert E. Lee Morris
The clue to today’s theme is in the answer to 53 Across ‘puppy dog tails’. There are 3 themed answers and the last word in each are popular dog names; rover, rex and spot
Here is the complete list of answers for the Tuesday February 18th LA Times Times crossword puzzle:
Across Answers
1. JFK announcements ETAS
5. Athletic shoe brand PUMA
9. __ Haute, Indiana TERRE
14. Red dessert wine PORT
15. A party to IN ON
16. Advil competitor ALEVE
17. Two-toned treat OREO
18. Bibliography, e.g. LIST
19. Washer cycle RINSE
20. Phrase on a treasure map X MARKS THE SPOT
23. Sycophant YES-MAN
24. Captain of industry TITAN
26. Novelist Deighton LEN
28. Sinking ship deserter RAT
29. Illuminated LIT
31. Luxury SUV since 1970 RANGE ROVER
36. Hard-to-hit tennis server ACER
37. Black wood EBONY
38. Vigor’s partner VIM
39. Locale PLACE
40. Criminal, to a cop PERP
41. Sophocles tragedy OEDIPUS REX
43. Giant Mel enshrined in Cooperstown OTT
44. NBC late-night comedy hit SNL
45. Pull TUG
46. First film to win the Oscar for Best Animated Feature SHREK
48. “Take care of yourself!” BE SAFE!
53. One of the things little boys are made of, and a hint to 20-, 31- and 41-Across PUPPY DOG TAILS
57. Take as one’s own ADOPT
59. Desert tableland MESA
60. Pirate booty LOOT
61. Confused struggle MELEE
62. Cool and collected CALM
63. Blackthorn fruit SLOE
64. Message limited to 140 characters TWEET
65. Lotion additive ALOE
66. __-de-camp AIDE
Down Answers
1. Glue for a model kit EPOXY
2. Mel, “The Velvet Fog” TORME
3. Fields of study AREAS
4. Nor’easter, for one STORM
5. Light lager PILSNER
6. Part of BTU UNIT
7. Dance wildly MOSH
8. Bet all players must make ANTE
9. Fossil-preserving spot TAR PIT
10. “The Waste Land” poet ELIOT
11. Budget vehicle RENTAL CAR
12. Natl. park campers RVS
13. Wide shoe size EEE
21. Actress Cuoco of “The Big Bang Theory” KALEY
22. Guide for the Magi STAR
25. Female relative NIECE
27. Best-seller list entry NOVEL
28. Make payment REMIT
30. “Jurassic Park” predator, for short T REX
31. Auto loan default consequence REPO
32. Helps, as a 40-Across ABETS
33. Santa’s home NORTH POLE
34. Econ. statistic GNP
35. YouTube clip, for short VID
36. Pacino and Capone ALS
39. Washington’s __ Sound PUGET
41. Peeling potatoes in the mil., perhaps ON KP
42. Darts, commonly PUB GAME
44. Seven-person combo SEPTET
47. Indian currency RUPEE
49. Tostitos dip SALSA
50. Garlic mayonnaise AIOLI
51. Monsoon aftermath FLOOD
52. Makeup maven Lauder ESTEE
54. Gym site, briefly YMCA
55. Negotiation goal DEAL
56. Northern European capital OSLO
57. Qty. AMT
58. Beads on the grass DEW
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