Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday February 19th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Low poker pair TWOS
5 Mus. key with three sharps A MAJ
9 Nigerian seaport LAGOS
14 Greet with fanfare HAIL
15 Pizza Quick sauce brand RAGU
16 “You’ve got a friend” I CARE
17 First name in scat ELLA
18 Region where broadcast reception may be poor FRINGE AREA
20 Mix BLEND
22 Former Soviet leader Brezhnev LEONID
23 Progress at a faster rate FORGE AHEAD
26 Prefix with tourism ECO-
29 Navigation technology, briefly GPS
30 Brooding genre EMO
31 “Spartacus” Oscar winner USTINOV
34 Bowler’s pickup SPARE
36 Amtrak express ACELA
37 Army rank last conferred in 1950 FIVE-STAR GENERAL
42 Breakout game developer ATARI
43 Pool triangles RACKS
44 Sent a message, old-style TELEXED
47 Rock’s Ocasek RIC
48 Grow older AGE
51 Thorn __, former Virgin Records owner EMI
52 Riot control weapon TEAR GAS GUN
55 Arizona MLBers D-BACKS
58 Dig find RELIC
59 Automatic functions in most cars, and what can be found in this puzzle’s circles GEARSHIFTS
63 “Ciao!” TA-TA
64 Take in eagerly EAT UP
65 Yule tune NOEL
66 Saroyan’s “My Name Is __” ARAM
67 Collaborative 1993 Sinatra album DUETS
68 Looking like rain GRAY
69 U. of Maryland athlete TERP
DOWN
1 Roald Dahl novel adapted as a 2016 Disney film THE BFG
2 Big hit WALLOP
3 Gretzky’s first NHL team OILERS
4 Word on the street? SLANG
5 Canine greeting ARF
6 Tarnish MAR
7 Like gymnasts AGILE
8 Capital near Glacier Bay National Park JUNEAU
9 Property claim LIEN
10 Dark purple berry ACAI
11 Plant custodian GARDENER
12 Vein contents ORE
13 Briny expanse SEA
19 Neil Gaiman’s “American __” GODS
21 Get rid of DEEP-SIX
24 Latin 101 verb AMAT
25 Circle dance HORA
27 Cuba libre mixer COLA
28 Racecourse shape OVAL
32 Chemicals carrier TANK CAR
33 Treats, as a sprain ICES
34 Drought-plagued SERE
35 Get an “Oh no” from Alex Trebek, say ERR
37 Inevitable end FATE
38 Tabloid couple ITEM
39 Stamp, as a passport VALIDATE
40 Teri of “Tootsie” GARR
41 Vaping device, familiarly E-CIG
45 Mark on metal ETCH
46 Puck-handling skill DEKING
48 Shining brightly AGLARE
49 Instrument for The Romeros, a classical quartet GUITAR
50 Pitch tents ENCAMP
53 Regarding AS FOR
54 Tuned to SET AT
56 Very dry, as Champagne BRUT
57 Nile vipers ASPS
59 H.S. dropout’s test GED
60 __ de cologne EAU
61 Scone go-with TEA
62 Surreptitious SLY
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