Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday May 11th 2016, LA Times crossword puzzle.
Today’s crossword by: John Guzzetta with words starting with ‘ph’ being the theme:
17A. Communication device also called a clamshell FLIP PHONE
24A. Verne’s circumnavigator PHILEAS FOGG
39A. Gym teacher’s concern PHYSICAL FITNESS
53A. Reunion memento FAMILY PHOTO
64A. Ben & Jerry’s flavor inspired by a Vermont rock band PHISH FOOD
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Across
1. Choose OPT
4. Metaphorical loss in a bad deal SHIRT
9. Salon creations COIFS
14. Column crosser ROW
15. Palmer with an “army” ARNIE
16. “Strange to say … ” ODDLY
17. Communication device also called a clamshell FLIP PHONE
19. Unlock the door for LET IN
20. Match socially FIX UP
21. Tater SPUD
23. Anti-apartheid org. ANC
24. Verne’s circumnavigator PHILEAS FOGG
28. “Rad!” AWESOME
31. Consider DEEM
32. All-Clad product PAN
33. Yucatán year ANO
35. Spooky EERIE
39. Gym teacher’s concern PHYSICAL FITNESS
44. Done in by Buffy, say SLAIN
45. __ Pérignon DOM
46. Lunch letters BLT
47. Simile words … AS AN
50. Affluent London area CHELSEA
53. Reunion memento FAMILY PHOTO
56. “Moulin Rouge!” director Luhrmann BAZ
57. Most blue state electees: Abbr. DEMS
58. Secret stash CACHE
62. Piano exercise ETUDE
64. Ben & Jerry’s flavor inspired by a Vermont rock band PHISH FOOD
67. More valuable to a collector RARER
68. World Court site, with “The” HAGUE
69. Holiday drink NOG
70. Narrow valleys GLENS
71. Symbol of military power SWORD
72. __ blue SKY
Down
1. “Carmina Burana” composer ORFF
2. __ sci POLI
3. Mars candy bar TWIX
4. Lyric poet of Lesbos SAPPHO
5. Initials for William or Harry HRH
6. Diminutive Italian suffix INO
7. Dishwasher cycle RINSE
8. Starting point for Frisbee golfers TEE PAD
9. Loss of nerve COLD FEET
10. Dedicated poem ODE
11. Luggage label ID TAG
12. Affair FLING
13. (In) agreement SYNC
18. Baby sharks PUPS
22. Take advantage of USE
25. Apple variety IMAC
26. Singer Horne LENA
27. Crow, at times, in Hinduism OMEN
28. Mobile downloads APPS
29. Brand of beard trimmers WAHL
30. Singer who co-composed a song in Elvish for “The Lord of the Rings” ENYA
34. Over the hill OLD
36. CSA soldiers REBS
37. Archipelago part ISLE
38. Spanish pronoun ESTA
40. Broadway king’s domain SIAM
41. Ones with access INSIDERS
42. Nina of “The Ten Commandments” FOCH
43. FWIW kin IMHO
48. Tankard contents ALE
49. Mythological maidens NYMPHS
51. Ingrained ETCHED
52. Just sit around LOAF
53. Decisive, as a mistake FATAL
54. Blue shade AZURE
55. “Poppycock!” PSHAW
56. Result of glacial calving BERG
59. Deceives CONS
60. Hoops shot HOOK
61. Like envelope-pushing comedy EDGY
63. Hibernation spot DEN
65. “Can __ now?” I GO
66. Prefix with charge SUR
Finance article of the day:
How to prod workers to save for retirement
As a growing number of Baby Boomers age out of the workforce, they’re confronting one of the downsides of longer lifespans: their failure to save enough for retirement. Nearly half of the workers in California are on a path to the poor house in their dotage, reliant on Social Security checks that may not be large enough to keep them off government assistance. Next week, Senate President Kevin De Leon is expected to offer a bill that will push more lower-income workers to set aside a portion of their take-home pay for the future. His proposal, years in the making, does smack of a Nanny State solution to a problem that people should be solving for themselves. But they aren’t, which is why…read more
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