LA Times Daily Crossword September 8, 2020 Answers

1. Former soldiers 5. Explosive compound, briefly 10. A lot 14. Quarreling 15. Still soft, as concrete 16. First-year law student 17. Housekeeper's whisky request? 19. Gillette razor 20. Wire-bending hand tool 21. Place to adopt a dog 23. Really big cats 26. Mechanical learning routine 27. Itemizes 30. International shipping co. 32. Red wine grape known as Shiraz in Australia 35. Eight: Pref. 36. Grins 38. Be in debt 39. One of a bike's two 40. "Li'l" comic strip character 41. Medical image for diagnosis 42. Bering or Black 43. First game of the season 44. Related by blood 45. Type style that sounds like a Disney mermaid 47. Gun, as an engine 48. Johnny Mathis classic that begins, "Look at me" 49. FBI agent 51. Fix a lawn 53. Hawaiian medicine men 56. Saudi __ 60. Ships' rears 61. Bachelor's whisky request? 64. Loyal 65. Letter-shaped dress style 66. ExxonMobil brand 67. Clumsy one's exclamation 68. British race car maker 69. Half-moon tide

1. Femme fatale 2. And others: Abbr. 3. Symbolic carving in Maori culture 4. Type of durable work boot 5. Insane, as a scheme 6. Lodging choice 7. "Cats" poet's monogram 8. Harvest 9. Frolicking swimmer 10. Warm and cozy 11. Geologist's whisky request? 12. Fiddling Roman emperor 13. Open-handed hit 18. Colored eye part 22. Throw softly 24. Phone __ 25. Fishing lure 27. Much, casually 28. More slippery 29. Astronaut's whisky request? 31. Magician's hiding place 33. Be in store for 34. Comic Youngman 36. Maple-syrup-to-be 37. Make a mistake 41. Ended a prayer 43. "The Good Earth" heroine 46. Makes laugh 48. __ or less: about 50. Like a facial cavity 52. Clearance events 53. Green Hornet's sidekick 54. Jackson 5 hairdo 55. Storage building for crops 57. It may be stolen on a diamond 58. Ingrid's "Casablanca" role 59. Upon 62. Petty gripe 63. Beast with a beard