LA CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Looking to start something new, maybe 6 Syria's Bashar al-__

11 Ed. promoters 15 Combined

16 Some Strads

17 Minor overhead?

18 Torch fuel?

21 Refreshing drinks 22 Georgetown athlete 23 Is not wrong?

24 Rest, in a way

25 Tragedy involving a Milne character? 29 Things to hang onto 31 Suffer

32 Can opener

33 Reserved

34 Noble title

36 Sylvia of jazz

37 Drawing by Buffalo Bill? 41 Spit spots, for short 44 Smidge

45 “In what way?”

49 Greek cross

50 Decline

51 Amp transporters 53 Spectator sport aboard a UFO?

57 Whale group

58 Fix, as a toy

59 A pop 60 Gulf Canada alternative 61 “No comment!” ... and a hint to four puzzle answers

65 Facility

66 1951 Reagan co-star 67 Cell terminal

68 Slightly

69 Burden-bearing beasts 70 Supported, as a weak ankle

DOWN

1 Major requests

2 Losing purposely

3 Floral brew

4 Son of Seth

5 Dict. offering

6 Ones bringing blessings? 7 “Later!”

8 “McSorley's Bar” artist 9 From A to Z

10 Handy initials

11 Star __

12 Fundamental doctrine of Christianity

13 Together

14 Down

19 Superhero with a hammer

20 Spike __: railroad worker's tool

25 More than fix up 26 Take the plunge

27 Dump

28 “Conan” channel

30 Snaps

34 No. from a builder 35 Sometimes called, for short

36 Booted, say

38 Lifebuoy competitor 39 Classic Yankee nickname

40 Chuck alternative 41 “Incidentally,” in texts

42 It's often a high chair 43 Granada greeting

46 Top secret store?

47 Coast

48 Diffused through a membrane 50 Ophthalmologist's concern

51 Right-hand pages 52 Second emperor after Nero

54 Backed up

55 Bright signs

56 First-aid kit item

60 Sicilian tourist attraction 61 Field

62 Finance deg.

63 Sister of the moon goddess Selene

64 Thick