Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday July 5th 2017, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1. Go straight to the top? PRAY
5. Crawling carpenters ANTS
9. Made into a bundle BALED
14. Sport for the supersized SUMO
15. “Unfaithful” co-star Richard GERE
16. Join forces UNITE
17. Overindulge (someone) at birthday time SHOWER WITH GIFTS
20. Warble TRILL
21. Figuratively SO TO SPEAK
22. Circular power tool SAW
24. Tarzan player Ron ELY
25. Tetra- times two OCTA-
29. Set one’s sights on, with “at” AIMED
31. “So long!” BYE!
34. Last-ditch gridiron pass HAIL MARY
36. Periodic pay SALARY
39. Nabisco snack brand NILLA
40. And so on: Abbr. ETC
42. Avant-garde jazzman who named himself after an Egyptian god SUN RA
43. Country Style Steak Fries maker ORE-IDA
45. “I’m Moving On” country singer HANK SNOW
47. Pindar work ODE
48. Charlotte __: creamy dessert RUSSE
50. Road incline HILL
51. Permit LET
52. Crumpets companion TEA
54. Head honcho TOP BANANA
59. Starbucks flavor MOCHA
64. Not up to par … or, aptly, what this puzzle’s circled letters are UNDER THE WEATHER
66. Send (to) for a second opinion REFER
67. Steal, for slate: Abbr. ANAG
68. Lemon-like TART
69. Like ogres NASTY
70. “So Sick” R&B singer NE-YO
71. Ironically, they might be even ODDS
DOWN
1. Sibilant “Yo!” PSST!
2. River to the Rhine RUHR
3. Mine, in Metz A MOI
4. Pained cry YOWL
5. Dept. concerned with rural development AGR
6. Reuters, for one NEWS WIRE
7. Folk’s Kingston __ TRIO
8. Couch kin SETTEE
9. Mobster Siegel BUGSY
10. Had __: imbibed modestly A NIP
11. Longest sentence LIFE
12. Bluesy James ETTA
13. Work at it DESK
18. Trains over the street ELS
19. Ship storage areas HOLDS
23. Designation for batteries, bonds or baseball teams AAA
25. “I can’t believe it!” OH NO!
26. Egyptian capital CAIRO
27. Like many floors TILED
28. Kate’s TV sidekick ALLIE
30. Nessie and Bigfoot, by most accounts MYTHS
31. Get red in the face BLUSH
32. New Age composer YANNI
33. Flynn of film ERROL
35. Irate MAD
37. Question ASK
38. Two-masted boat YAWL
41. Robinson Crusoe, notably CASTAWAY
44. “__ we all?” AREN’T
46. Society page word NEE
49. Pioneer Day celebrant UTAHAN
51. King or Bird LARRY
53. Physicians’ org. AMA
54. Go sour TURN
55. Draft designation ONE-A
56. Some email attachments PDFS
57. Root often pickled BEET
58. Aloha State bird NENE
60. Germany’s von Bismarck OTTO
61. African lake in four countries CHAD
62. Cattle collection HERD
63. Music and dance, e.g. ARTS
65. Freudian focus EGO
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