LA Times Daily Crossword November 8, 2021 Answers

1. Fictional hero raised by apes 7. URL letters after two slashes 10. Prefix meaning "huge" 14. Single-celled creature 15. "So I was right all along" 16. Pizza cooker 17. *Swing from the get-go 20. Bonuses for the waitstaff 21. Whitewater ride 22. Mookie of the Dodgers 23. *Well-made 25. Make amends 29. Wallach or Whitney 30. *Early pudginess usually lost by one's teens 33. Go out, as the tide 35. Econ. yardstick 38. Timeworn phrase 39. In the same family 41. Dined 42. Can metal 43. *Continue to avoid, as alcohol 44. Pigs out (on), briefly 46. Bird homes 47. *"Don't go yet" 54. Lou Grant portrayer Ed 55. __-Rooter 56. Worker protection org. 60. Bumping into someone, say ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue can have? 63. Clark at the Daily Planet 64. NW corner key 65. __ versus nurture 66. Valuable rocks 67. 5G __: mobile standard 68. Eats into

1. Diplomat's asset 2. Mine, in Metz 3. Blowout victory 4. Pizzazz quartet 5. Blood-typing letters 6. Tiny Pacific republic near the equator 7. Pancake cousin 8. Wood shavers 9. What happy tails do 10. Roadside overnight stop 11. Broadway role played by Madonna in film 12. Restroom label 13. Common teen phase 18. Mai __ 19. "His Dark Materials" channel 23. Are suited for 24. Dalai Lama's land 25. Palindromic "SOS" pop group 26. Sharp-tasting 27. Bassoon relative 28. "Miracle" NL team of 1969, on scoreboards 31. Farewell to Felipe 32. Most easily chewed, as meat 34. Not at all spicy 35. Sporty Pontiacs 36. Nimble-fingered 37. Some emailed files 40. Sailor's yes 45. Wall-mounted light 47. Amusingly eccentric 48. Son of Jacob 49. Silly 50. Campers' shelters 51. Joan of __ 52. Not Rx 53. "... said __ ever" 56. Aware of, as a plot 57. Kind of poker 58. "__ we go again!" 59. Greek war god 61. Electric fish 62. Former Egypt-Syria confed.