LA Times Daily Crossword January 30, 2018 Answers

1. Vulgar 5. Cancel, as a mission 10. Leave in a hurry 14. Gobi Desert continent 15. Calf-roping event 16. "The __ Duckling" 17. Writer Ayn 18. Harmless garden slitherer 20. Played the Samaritan 22. Italian automaker 23. "The Big Bang Theory," for one 27. Big bang 29. Rock band staple 32. Gush 33. Ones who once shared quarters 36. Juicy Fruit, e.g. 37. Cause of shrinking beaches 38. Delivers the news 40. Cup o' mud 43. Love sugary snacks, say 48. Up in the air 49. Ukr., until 1991 50. Many Middle Easterners 51. More alluring 53. App symbol 54. Ten or more points, rebounds and assists in one game, in hoops lingo ... and a literal feature of 20-, 33- and 43-Across 60. Minor infraction 63. Special forces mission 64. Ointment additive 65. Fertile desert spot 66. Thomas __, 9/11 Commission chairman 67. Snowy day toy 68. Hilton rival 69. Poet Pound

1. Cooking fat 2. Morales of "NYPD Blue" 3. Collection of energy-producing turbines 4. Avant-garde art movement 5. Specialized jargon 6. NYC division 7. Took too much, briefly 8. Clarinet insert 9. Shades of color 10. Baker's ring-shaped mold 11. Turkish honorific 12. Type 13. Caustic chemical 19. Earthquake prefix 21. Garden entrance 24. Piece of the action, or a shout that stops the action 25. Valuable underground find 26. Peaks: Abbr. 27. 2016 film based on a Roald Dahl novel, with "The" 28. Baseball's Gehrig 29. Archery ammo 30. Poet Marianne and actress Julianne 31. Dorm decoration 34. Workout count 35. Waterfall spray 38. Updated, as factory equipment 39. Diner, drive-in or dive 40. 1969 Woodstock folk singer 41. Gambling venue letters 42. "I didn't hear you" sounds 43. Gives birth to 44. Pub brew 45. __ populi: popular opinion 46. Food truck fare 47. Political satirist P.J. 52. Copier maker 53. That is, in Latin 55. Ask for divine guidance 56. Pop singer Loeb 57. Discharge 58. Perjurer 59. Writer Ferber 60. __ de deux 61. Pipe bend 62. Digit on a foot