Crossword by: Matt Skoczen and edited by Rich Norris
Wednesday’s theme: Aha Moment – have you ever had one of these? When the penny finally drops and you say “ahaaaa”. Well the themed answers aren’t exactly aha moments but the reason the theme applies is that the first word of each starts with the letter ‘a’ and the second words starts with ‘ha’. These answers are: Alex Haley, Ace Hardware, Animal Handler and Aunt Harriet.
Here is the complete list of answers for the Wednesday April 23rd LA Times Times crossword puzzle:
Across Answers
1. Spice organizer RACK
5. 48-Across brand SOBE
9. Right-angled supports L-BARS
14. K-12, to textbook publishers ELHI
15. Neck and neck TIED
16. Slightly moisten BEDEW
17. “The Autobiography of Malcolm X” collaborator ALEX HALEY
19. Green hue OLIVE
20. Camcorder button REC
21. Google executive chairman Schmidt ERIC
22. Had too much, briefly ODED
23. Antlered animal ELK
24. “The helpful place” sloganeer ACE HARDWARE
28. Mu followers NUS
29. Pt. of a sentence PHR
30. Vote against NAY
31. Certain commuter’s destination: Abbr. STN
32. Belmonts frontman DION
34. 1930s migrants OKIES
36. Many a circus employee ANIMAL HANDLER
42. Scheherazade’s milieu HAREM
43. Designer
45. Tech sch. overlooking the Hudson RPI
48. Iced drink TEA
49. “Just an update” letters FYI
52. Pipe bend ELL
53. Wayne Manor resident AUNT HARRIET
56. Actress Peeples NIA
57. Sasquatch cousin YETI
58. “The Dukes of Hazzard” deputy ENOS
59. Mt. Sunflower is its highest point KAN
60. Antacid, briefly BROMO
62. Light-bulb-over-the-head instance, and a hint to 17-, 24-, 36- and 53-Across AHA MOMENT
64. When many take morning breaks AT TEN
65. Proofreading mark DELE
66. Winans of gospel CECE
67. Calf-roping loop NOOSE
68. Sign OMEN
69. You might steer one with your feet SLED
Down Answers
1. Behind, or hit from behind REAR END
2. Christian chant ALLELUIA!
3. Inspects CHECKS ON
4. “Kid-tested” cereal KIX
5. Pasta or potato, e.g. STARCH
6. More slippery OILIER
7. Nut-bearing tree BEECH
8. Big name in ice cream EDY
9. Wall St. deal LBO
10. Subordinate to BELOW
11. Athletic brand founded by Adolf Dassler ADIDAS
12. Backslide REVERT
13. Birthplace of Bergman and Garbo SWEDEN
18. Accumulation HEAP
25. “Eso Beso” singer ANKA
26. Picnic worry RAIN
27. Turned green, say DYED
33. Bethesda-based medical org. NIH
34. Resistance unit OHM
35. Devious SLY
37. Field with roots and logs MATH
38. __ rug AREA
39. King with three daughters LEAR
40. Symbol of balance EVEN KEEL
41. Faith RELIANCE
44. Italicized SLANTED
45. Sunglass Hut brand RAY-BAN
46. Mexico’s __ Vallarta PUERTO
47. Altogether IN TOTO
49. Fireworks highlight FINALE
50. Naval petty officers YEOMEN
51. “Make __”: Picard catchphrase IT SO
54. Movie listing listings TIMES
55. Bring up again? REHEM
61. What two heads are better than ONE
62. Disturbance ADO
63. Intro givers MCS
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