LA Times Daily Crossword September 20, 2021 Answers

1. Simon __: kids' game 5. Not for kids, moviewise 11. Small amount 14. Shopper's memory aid 15. Aviator Earhart 16. Skating surface 17. "I had no __!" 18. It follows 35-Down 19. Milk grain 20. Imitative bird 22. Pioneering game consoles 24. Reaction to a strange object 28. Lengthy tales 31. e__: online instructional guide 32. Shoot well under par, in golf lingo 36. App purchaser 37. Serious criminal 39. Actress Anderson 40. Everest and K2: Abbr. 41. Out of practice 42. Lender's claim 43. Stick-in-the-__ 44. Make like new, as old furniture 46. Tater __: deep-fried potato morsel 47. Parisian season 48. Semiannual occurrence that begins 18- and 66-Across 49. Opposite of WSW 50. Showed again 52. Bandage brand 53. Less adulterated 55. Summoned, as the fiddlers three 58. Comfy shoe pad 61. With milk, as café 65. Crystal ball gazer 66. In 2021, it begins September 22nd 70. Place to de-stress 71. Turkey neighbor 72. In twos, like socks 73. Nosh 74. Fathers' boys 75. Gets hot on Twitter 76. Many pop-ups

1. Lose one's footing 2. Musical based on an opera 3. Belgian river 4. Movie with R2-D2 5. Dreads sporter 6. Excite, with "up" 7. Thrice, in Rx's 8. New Haven alum 9. Kitchen dweller of song 10. Motley 11. Designer Christian 12. Smoothie berry dubbed a superfood 13. Wagers 21. "I see" words 23. Ring-shaped reef 25. "Same drink as always" 26. Semi-annual occurrence that begins 28- and 35-Down 27. Black-and-white, e.g. 28. It precedes 66-Across 29. Sharp-witted 30. Word with role or identity 33. Hang around 34. Common soccer deadlock 35. It follows 66-Across 37. MHz measure 38. "Eli's Coming" songwriter Laura 44. Kidney-related 45. Describes in detail 51. Squirrel's haul 54. Web address letters 56. Jumped 57. Widely known 58. Wife of Osiris 59. Fiddling emperor 60. Actor Connery 62. Away from port 63. Apple tablet 64. Body art, casually 67. Former Mideast org. 68. Deadlock 69. Keats' "Ode on a Grecian __"