12/23/16 Answer LA Times Crossword

12/23/16

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1D
Uber competitors
CABS

2D
Margarine
OLEO

3D
Many a typist, nowadays
USER

4D
Fake
POSER

5D
Early 7th-century year
DCX

6D
Go bad
ROT

7D
Still in play
ALIVE

8D
Like much ore
MINED

9D
Hot
ANGRY

10D
Identification method
TAG

11D
Conforming to
IN LINE WITH

12D
Chopin work
ETUDE

13D
Rehab process
DETOX

18D
Actor Morales
ESAI

22D
Religion founded in Persia
BAHA’I

25D
Gullible
GREEN

26D
Group including some Brat Pack members
GEN-X

27D
Mazatlán-to-Chihuahua dirección
NORTE

28D
Monthly pmts. Reducer
REFI

29D
“Voulez-vous coucher __ moi?”
AVEC

30D
Falling stars that reach the ground
METEORITES

34D
Many a reggae artist
RASTA

36D
Eponymous Belgian town
SPA

37D
English county on the North Sea
ESSEX

38D
Tiny bit
IOTA

39D
Airborne pest
GNAT

41D
OPEC member since 1962
LIBYA

42D
High wind?
OBOE

48D
Lake makers, at times
DAMS

50D
Unwavering
STAID

51D
Goody two shoes
PRUDE

52D
End of a series
OMEGA

53D
Vetoes
NIXES

54D
They may deal with freezes
TECHS

55D
Fabled lost mittens punishment
NO PIE

59D
Cajole
COAX

60D
Residence
HOME

61D
Priestly garments
ALBS

63D
Shade provider
OAK

65D
Poetic word of order
ERE

66D
Part of CBS: Abbr.
SYS

1A
Clever stroke
COUP

5A
Stage genre
DRAMA

10A
Secured, in a way
TIED

14A
Too
ALSO

15A
Actor Firth
COLIN

16A
Initial contribution
ANTE

17A
Illicit buzzing in the hive?
BEE SEXTING (“bee sting”)

19A
Surplus
GLUT

20A
Painful spots
SORES

21A
Speak or creak
VERB

23A
Altar promise
I DO

24A
Slipshod building addition?
RAGGEDY ANNEX (“Raggedy Ann”)

28A
Zodiac animal
RAM

31A
Aran Islands country: Abbr.
IRE

32A
Chopping tool
HOE

33A
Always
EVER

35A
Parker’s rank in “McHale’s Navy”: Abbr.
ENS

37A
Pincered insect
EARWIG

40A
Beginning of a very thorough biography?
FETAL EXPOSITION (“fetal position”)

43A
Strands at the lodge, maybe
ICES IN

44A
Six-pack set
ABS

45A
Jazz singer James
ETTA

46A
Nevada was the first st. to allow it
OTB

47A
Clickbait site, as of Sep. 2016
OED

49A
Metaphorical hiding place
HAT

50A
Aerosol product that will help you fit in in Houston?
SPRAY-ON TEXAN (“spray-on tan)

56A
Athlete lead-in
TRI-

57A
French honey
AMIE

58A
Coffee shop order
MOCHA

62A
Immune lead-in
AUTO-

64A
Too much shooting at the table?
EXCESS POOL (“cesspool”)

67A
Thought
IDEA

68A
Architect Frank
GEHRY

69A
One of three in “To be or not to be”
IAMB

70A
Office staple
DESK

71A
Donkeys
ASSES

72A
They sometimes intrude at weddings, and also in this puzzle’s theme
EXES