12/21/16 Answer LA Times Crossword

12/21/16

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1D
Entr’__
ACTE

2D
Ruth’s Chris request
RARE

3D
Type of exam
ORAL

4D
Magazine with Don Martin cartoons
MAD

5D
Was humbled
ATE DIRT

6D
*”I’d like a hand”
DEAL ME IN (“fair deal”)

7D
River of Spain
EBRO

8D
Test rodent
LAB RAT

9D
Lille lily
LYS

10D
Drawn-out tales
SAGAS

11D
*Pretend to be out
PLAY POSSUM (“fair play”)

12D
Up to the task
ABLE

13D
Stun, in a way
TASE

18D
__ constrictor
BOA

22D
El __, Texas
PASO

23D
Old photo tint
SEPIA

25D
Entire spectrum
GAMUT

26D
Join together
UNITE

27D
*Go-getter
BALL OF FIRE (“fair ball”)

29D
Marquee listings
STARS

31D
Kilmer and Keats
POETS

32D
Doesn’t continue
ENDS

33D
Smelting waste
SLAG

34D
Convection oven brand
OSTER

36D
Indiana Jones’ creator
LUCAS

39D
Open to attack, and based on the starts of the answers to starred clues, what this puzzle is
FAIR GAME

42D
Stereotypical dog’s name
SPOT

44D
Overgrown lot, e.g.
EYESORE

47D
Security group
PATROL

50D
Part of 52-Down
LINES

52D
Chi.-based flier
UAL

53D
French twist, for one
UPDO

54D
Leavened flatbread
NAAN

56D
Some museum art
OILS

57D
Miles off
AFAR

58D
Prefix with cure
PEDI-

59D
Palm or beech
TREE

61D
Article often ignored in alphabetizing
THE

62D
Service charge
FEE

1A
Herbal emanation
AROMA

6A
Small valley
DELL

10A
Inconsequential quarrel
SPAT

14A
Ring unit
CARAT

15A
Website with a Collectibles & Art section
EBAY

16A
“Dark Angel” actress Jessica
ALBA

17A
*Exchange insults
TRADE BARBS (“fair trade”)

19A
Misses
GALS

20A
Long fish
EEL

21A
Grief
DOLOR

22A
Biller, eventually
PAYEE

23A
Thailand’s previous name
SIAM

24A
Sounding shocked
AGASP

26A
“Tap the app, get a ride” company
UBER

28A
“¿Cómo __?”
ESTAS

30A
Cockney’s wish?
‘OPE

33A
“Get a move on!”
SNAP TO IT!

35A
Montreal brewery founded in 1786
MOLSON

37A
1953 Leslie Caron film
LILI

38A
Chaotic mess
SNAFU

40A
Got mileage out of
USED

41A
Words after a long delay
AT LAST

43A
Good news for borrowers
RATE CUTS

45A
Former Prizm maker
GEO

46A
Cola with emoji bottle labels
PEPSI

48A
Holiday tubers
YAMS

49A
Indigenous plant life
FLORA

51A
Is sorry about
RUES

53A
Not suitable
UNFIT

55A
Formal wear at the Forum
TOGAS

57A
Likely
APT

60A
Hurt
PAIN

61A
*Come-on for new customers
TRIAL OFFER (“fair trial”)

63A
Throw caution to the wind
DARE

64A
Mixed martial artist Holly
HOLM

65A
Aptly named novelist
READE

66A
Washington bills
ONES

67A
Word in a threat
ELSE

68A
Spooky
EERIE