LA TIMES CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Publisher Alfred 6 Spur to action 10 Mus. key with three sharps 14 Lost cause 15 Overconfident racer of fable 16 Hawaiian island 17 Hawaii or Alaska 18 Oil gp. that includes 57-Down 19 Take a load off 20 Horse sense 23

55 Debate side

56 Its measurements include liters and grams

60 Squared up 62 Tax-sheltered plans: Abbr.

63 More than suggest 65 Partial view? 66 Scandinavian language 67 Circular

68 Decrease

69 Organic compound 70 Sch. district VIPs

DOWN

1 56-Across wts.

2 On the fence

3 Winning like crazy 4 Korda of '80s-'90s tennis

5 Library amenity 6 Camera buff, for short 7 Shoots the breeze 8 Utah city near Provo 9 10-point star polygon 10 Main blood vessel 11 Orchestra leader 12 Contented sighs

13 Stick (out)

21 Years and years

22 Word after fuel or fly 23 LP successors

26 Cup handle

27 Season after printemps 29 Erma Bombeck's

“At __ End”

30 Décor choice

31 MLB's D-backs

35 Editorial “let it stand” 37 Event often visible in the evening sky

38 “__ tu”: Verdi aria 39 Cutting teeth

40 Derisive interjection 41 “Rope-a-dope” boxer 42 Paleo diet protein source

45 Took care of, as a spill

46 Annoy persistently 47 __-cone: summer treat 49 Safety feature at a trapeze school 50 La Brea discovery 51 Wall-climbing plant 53 Slow on the uptake 57 Pakistan neighbor 58 “Duck Dynasty” attire, for short

59 Pants, briefly

60 Flow back, as a tide 61 By way of

64 Ave. and st.