Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday January 2nd 2019, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1. Fictional archaeologist Croft LARA
5. Prep for fight night SPAR
9. Furry critter who helped disable the shield generators on Endor EWOKS
14. Major work OPUS
15. La Scala song ARIA
16. “Mack the Knife” singer DARIN
17. *Jewelry alloy WHITE GOLD
19. Pull together UNITE
20. Frenzy MANIA
21. Plumeria garlands LEIS
23. CIA relative NSA
24. “__ recall … ” AS I
25. *Genre that may be featured in the Eurovision Song Contest SWEDISH ROCK
29. Serenade SING TO
31. “Good comeback” TOUCHE
32. Palm starch SAGO
33. Julia Louis-Dreyfus comedy VEEP
37. London insurance pioneer LLOYD
38. *Sleight-of-hand scam SHELL GAME
41. Dispatch boat AVISO
44. Apple desktop IMAC
45. Former Virginia senator Charles ROBB
49. Sesame paste TAHINI
51. Daffy, for one LISPER
53. *Food brand whose products include Caribbean curry paste and Jamaican jerk seasoning TROPICAL SUN
57. Lyft approx. ETA
58. Strike caller UMP
59. H.G. Wells race ELOI
60. Actor Pratt or Pine CHRIS
62. Flower girl, perhaps NIECE
65. 1978 novelty song with the line “Eat them up! Yum!” … and what both parts of the answers to starred clues can be FISH HEADS
67. Come next ENSUE
68. “Dies __” IRAE
69. Exactly, with “to” A TEE
70. Baby carrier? STORK
71. Sleek swimmers EELS
72. Gerritsen who created Rizzoli and Isles TESS
DOWN
1. Catholic service with minimal ceremony LOW MASS
2. Loss of speech APHASIA
3. Making a mess of RUINING
4. Bubbly city ASTI
5. Mattress problem SAG
6. Orwellian worker PROLE
7. Didn’t feel well AILED
8. Diameter halves RADII
9. College URL ending EDU
10. Pallid WAN
11. Venezuelan river ORINOCO
12. Tacky KITSCHY
13. Moved furtively SNEAKED
18. NCAA’s Big __ EAST
22. Mach 1 flier SST
26. Made on a loom WOVE
27. Ian who plays Bilbo Baggins HOLM
28. Things used for good measure? RULERS
30. Scuttlebutt GOSSIP
34. Nutmeg State Ivy Leaguer ELI
35. Shade tree ELM
36. Vardon Trophy org. PGA
39. Hägar the Horrible’s daughter HONI
40. Civil rights gp. ACLU
41. Brings into harmony ATTUNES
42. Critter, in dialect VARMINT
43. “Fingers crossed!” I HOPE SO!
46. Perform surgery OPERATE
47. Happens to, quaintly BETIDES
48. Copper-zinc alloys BRASSES
50. Party host’s bagful ICE
52. Snowfall measure INCH
54. 2004 Jude Law title role ALFIE
55. Orléans’ river LOIRE
56. Rope fiber SISAL
61. __ index HEAT
63. Mongrel CUR
64. Startled cry EEK!
66. “__ Just Not That Into You”: 2009 film HE’S
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