12/22/16 Answer LA Times Crossword

12/22/16

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1D
Blood system letters
ABO

2D
Ages
EONS

3D
Ordeal at the dentist’s office
ROOT CANAL

4D
Oxygen network co-founder
OPRAH

5D
Soup container
THERMOS

6D
Proverb ending?
IAL

7D
Up to, commercially
TIL

8D
Southwestern plain
LLANO

9D
Perfume
ESSENCE

10D
Altar in the sky
ARA

11D
Mantegna’s “Criminal Minds” role
ROSSI

12D
Really enjoyed
ATE UP

13D
Singer Payne of One Direction
LIAM

21D
Proverbial deserter
RAT

23D
Grilled, in Mexican fare
ASADA

26D
California’s __ Verdes Peninsula
PALOS

27D
Beyond silly
IDIOTIC

28D
Golfe de la Gonâve country
HAITI

29D
From the top
ANEW

30D
Modest skirt
MAXI

34D
Mete out
ALLOT

36D
“Cuchi-cuchi” celebrity
CHARO

37D
Akhenaten’s queen
NEFERTITI

38D
Subdue, perhaps
TASE

39D
Melville novel
OMOO

41D
Staffers of Apple’s Genius Bar
TECHS

45D
Send
MAIL OFF

46D
Least lit
DARKEST

50D
Butte-to-Helena dir.
NNE

52D
NFL Network analyst Michael __
IRVIN

53D
Unable to make ends meet
NEEDY

54D
Slasher film sequel of 2005
SAW II

55D
Become a member, in Manchester
ENROL

56D
Commercial prefix meaning “long-lasting”
DURA-

59D
Places
SETS

61D
Hard-rock link
AS A

63D
Unit of work
ERG

64D
Verbal shrug
MEH

66D
“Tricked you!”
NOT!

1A
Beginning of space?
AERO-

5A
With 71-Across, event for today’s puzzle’s circles
TITLE …

10A
Sea that’s a shrinking lake
ARAL

14A
Jazz Age toon
BOOP

15A
Comes (from)
HAILS

16A
Roast, in Rouen
ROTI

17A
__ about
ON OR

18A
“Miss __ Playhouse”: jazz CD for kids
ELLA’S

19A
Fishing, perhaps
ASEA

20A
Outlaw Belle
STARR

22A
PBS funder
NEA

24A
Tally
SUM

25A
Prize for today’s puzzle’s circles
CHAMPIONSHIP

29A
Org. with a snake in its logo
AMA

31A
Detestable sort
TOAD

32A
Late 19th-century presidential monogram
CAA

33A
Family babysitter
NANA

35A
Cut
SLICED INTO

40A
Dignify
EXALT

42A
Fireworks reaction
OOH!

43A
Starters
A-TEAM

44A
Curaçao’s capital
WILLEMSTAD

47A
Conclusion preceder
IF SO …

48A
Andean tuber
OCA

49A
Turkmenistan neighbor
IRAN

51A
Want-ad letters
EEO

52A
Introductory words for each set of puzzle circles
IN THIS CORNER …

56A
Titled rapper
DRE

57A
Radical ’70s org.
SLA

58A
Teen superhero’s family
KENTS

60A
Pupil’s place
UVEA

62A
“You __ one!”
OWE ME

65A
Nantes nothing
RIEN

67A
Disencumbers
RIDS

68A
Sacks
FIRES

69A
Conductor Klemperer or an emperor
OTTO

70A
Reformed demon on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”
ANYA

71A
See 5-Across
FIGHT

72A
Place to find bullets
LIST