Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday June 19th 2019, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Strong drink, and part 1 of a word ladder DOUBLE
7 Kiss BUSS
11 Injured, as a knee BUM
14 Damage IMPAIR
15 Private tutoring session ONE-ON-ONE
17 Theater walkways AISLES
18 Injured, as an ankle SPRAINED
19 Cancels a dele STETS
20 Tabloid item (part 2) COUPLE
21 The “S” of CSNY… STILLS
24 “No more sharing,” briefly TMI
25 Genetic material DNA
28 Two-door cars (part 3) COUPES
30 1975 Tony-winning play about a stableboy EQUUS
32 Former Boston commuter org. MTA
35 Small, chirpy bird WREN
36 Brunch order (part 4) CREPES
37 “It can’t be!” OH NO!
39 Unsuccessful Ford EDSEL
41 Personal care brand with a bird in its logo DOVE
42 Underground tombs (part 5) CRYPTS
44 Mining hauls ORES
46 Circus safety feature NET
47 Owl sounds HOOTS
48 Arts’ partner (part 6) CRAFTS
50 Piercing tool AWL
51 Japanese assent HAI
53 Sandal parts STRAPS
56 Wanders (part 7) DRIFTS
59 Taxpayer’s option E-FILE
61 Neckwear that makes a statement POWER TIE
63 Older, as bread STALER
64 Like the print version of an e-book, say DEAD-TREE
65 Abrasion SCRAPE
66 Cook in oil FRY
67 Insolence SASS
68 Work assignments … and, preceded by 1-Across, the key to creating the word ladder (and part 8 of it) SHIFTS
DOWN
1 Days in Quito DIAS
2 Drops OMITS
3 Hot and bothered UPSET
4 Like Estonia and Latvia BALTIC
5 Stays out of sight LIES LOW
6 Trauma ctrs. ERS
7 Pear variety BOSC
8 Removes for transplanting UNPOTS
9 Antitoxin SERUM
10 Having more lather SOAPIER
11 Took a refresher course in BONED UP ON
12 Half of deux UNE
13 __ school MED
16 Zero, in soccer NIL
22 Angling needs LURES
23 Went like the wind SPED
26 Béisbol team complement NUEVE
27 Desirable trait ASSET
29 Belgian painter James ENSOR
31 Logician’s “as was proven” QED
32 Coffee flavor MOCHA
33 Host, as a party THROW
34 With no discernable pattern ANY OLD WAY
36 Chin indentation CLEFT
38 Back (out) OPT
40 Labeled times ERAS
43 Warm-weather wear T-SHIRTS
45 Warm up before a run STRETCH
48 Boston and Chicago CITIES
49 “Green Hills of Africa” journey SAFARI
52 Union that merged with SAG in 2012 AFTRA
54 Rice dish PILAF
55 Snoozed SLEPT
57 See 58-Down RED
58 With 57-Down, loses one’s cool SEES …
60 Part of a Spanish “to be” conjugation ERES
61 Adobe doc suffix PDF
62 Atop, poetically O’ER
63 Griddle sound SSS
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