LA Times Daily Crossword April 12, 2021 Answers

1. Soothing ointment 5. Criticize harshly 9. Deep-voiced singer 14. Great Lake that stretches from New York to Michigan 15. Every 12 mos. 16. Significant __: partner 17. Place for junk 19. Genetic twin 20. "Honey, I'm Home" singer Twain 21. Wagons at midday socials 23. B and B's, e.g. 25. Home of twigs 26. Did a marathon, say 28. Relaxation of govt. rules 31. Skip, with "out" 34. Turn loose 36. Annoys 38. Oft-stubbed digit 39. In time gone by 40. U.S. Congress, informally 42. Enjoyed a meal 43. Web or nanny follower 44. Reef makeup 45. Some youth ctrs. 47. Cotton gin inventor Whitney 48. Defy authority 50. Approves 51. Dimpled facial feature, perhaps 54. Game room missile 56. From Tokyo, say 60. Overly large 64. Still in the game 65. Increasing, and a hint to 17- and 40-Across and 11- and 27-Down 67. Distance runner 68. Prescription amount 69. "Enchanted" movie girl played by Anne Hathaway 70. Arterial implant 71. Seeks answers 72. Doe or stag

1. "Porgy and __" 2. Half a McDonald's logo 3. Old Italian money 4. Definition 5. Manually 6. "__ you comfy?" 7. Venetian blind piece 8. Promote big-time 9. Italian lawn bowling 10. Book of maps 11. Small order of pancakes 12. FedExed, say 13. Unrefined minerals 18. ATM code 22. __-hair pasta 24. Extremely harsh 26. Fit for a monarch 27. Nuclear reactor 29. Get-well program, briefly 30. Banished from one's country 32. Greek i's 33. Golfer's pegs 34. Doily trim 35. Needing no Rx 37. Like a fox, it's said 41. Lena who sang "Stormy Weather" 46. Took a drive 49. Wood-shaping machines 52. Place of refuge 53. Chemically nonreactive 55. Fish eggs 56. Traffic tie-ups 57. Touched down 58. Ginger ale or root beer 59. "The Catch" actress Mireille __ 61. Liver secretion 62. Shipwreck site 63. Stick shift choice 66. "Shame on you!"