Crossword by: Jeffrey Wechsler
Today we have 4 themed answers: Caesar Salads, Emperor Penguins, Monarch Notes and Kaiser Roll. Spot the similarities? Yes the first word in each is the name for a leader in various cultures and periods in history.
Here is the complete list of answers for the Wednesday February 19th LA Times Times crossword puzzle:
Across Answers
1. Appliance connector, briefly AC PLUG
7. Cairo cobra ASP
10. Selling site with a Half.com division EBAY
14. Point in the right direction ORIENT
15. Bather’s facility SPA
16. No longer green, perhaps RIPE
17. Confederate slogan symbolizing financial independence KING COTTON
19. Asia Minor honorific AGHA
20. Swipe STEAL
21. Thin soup BROTH
23. Plywood wood FIR
24. Romaine lettuce dishes CAESAR SALADS
27. Literary alter ego MR HYDE
30. Slowing, to the orch. RIT
31. Great Lakes’ __ Canals SOO
32. Speak harshly RASP
36. Co-founding SkyTeam airline DELTA
39. “Happy Feet” critters EMPEROR PENGUINS
43. Small thicket COPSE
44. Sans serif, e.g. TYPE
45. Razor-billed diver AUK
46. “Isn’t __ shame?” IT A
47. Sudden jets SPURTS
50. Study guides for literature students MONARCH NOTES
56. Cousin of edu ORG
57. Municipal ribbon cutter, often MAYOR
58. Rapper __ Shakur TUPAC
62. Femme fatale VAMP
64. Sandwich choice KAISER ROLL
66. List catchall ET AL
67. Sci-fi staples ETS
68. Rest of the afternoon SIESTA
69. Modernize REDO
70. Messy digs STY
71. How coal may be priced PER TON
Down Answers
1. Launchpad thumbs-ups A-OKS
2. Review, briefly CRIT
3. Long (for) PINE
4. Inheritance LEGACY
5. Naked UNCLAD
6. Potent ’60s-’70s Pontiac GTO
7. Stars in Kansas’ motto ASTRA
8. Animal trail SPOOR
9. Khakis, e.g. PANTS
10. Timeline chapter ERA
11. Deceitful sort, on the playground BIG FAT LIAR
12. Sap sucker APHID
13. Century units YEARS
18. “Very funny” TV station TBS
22. Good start? HARD G
25. Architect Saarinen EERO
26. In __ of: replacing LIEU
27. Connection rate meas. MSEC
28. Cowboys quarterback Tony ROMO
29. Fit to be tied HOPPING MAD
33. Getty collection ART
34. Le CarrĂ©’s Smiley, for one SPY
35. Get-up-and-go PEP
37. Fastener with flanges T-NUT
38. Seeks, with “for” ASKS
40. Picasso’s “this” ESTA
41. Provide with new weaponry REARM
42. __ egg NEST
48. “The Dick Van Dyke Show” surname PETRIE
49. Figure of high interest? USURER
50. Man with a van, perhaps MOVER
51. Emulate Cicero ORATE
52. “Ace of __”: 2000s Food Network bakery show CAKES
53. Marriott rival HYATT
54. Like leaf blowers NOISY
55. RN workplaces ORS
59. Military assignment POST
60. Certain chorister ALTO
61. Family group CLAN
63. West Bank gp. PLO
65. Debatable “gift” ESP
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