L.A TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Vice president after

Hubert

6 Harry Potter's lightning bolt, e.g.

10 Cauldron stirrer

13 Intense passion

14 Big strings

15 “We're on __ way”

16 Vice squad operations 18 Prefix with angle or athlete 19 Make very happy

20 “__ Go”: cellphone game 22 Mess up

24 PC core

26 Sorvino of “Mimic” 27 Hawaiian garland

28 Fictional feline that could disappear at will 32 Ultra-masculine 34 Underwater detector 35 Sister of Laertes

38 Major turf battle

42 They may be pumped or bumped

44 Neutral shade

45 “Talladega Nights” actor 50 Meadow

51 Sheriff Andy Taylor's boy 52 Ewe call

53 ISP option

54 “Oh, puh-leeze!” 58 African country whose name begins another African country

61 Wee one

62 It eases tension in some serious tales

66 Baton Rouge sch. 67 Occupied, as a restroom 68 Award for “Moonlight” or “Spotlight”

69 Some Caltech grads 70 “Gee whiz!”

71 Cautious (of)

DOWN

1 Liquid from a trunk

2 Golf instructor

3 Social class prominent in “The Great Gatsby” 4 Churn up

5 White-bellied ocean predator

6 __ salt

7 Movie excerpt

8 Big name in footwear

9 Put in peril

10 One may pick up an embarrassing remark 11 Goddess of the dawn 12 Be amused by

14 Dessert pancake

17 Draw with acid 21 Come into view

22 Sailor's patron

23 Use a scythe

25 Navy vessel letters 28 Infant's ailment 29 Gluttonous sort

30 Once __ while

31 Asked for an opinion on, as an idea

33 Playboy founder

36 Mideast nation: Abbr. 37 Had breakfast 39 Whole-grain food, and a description of each set of circles

40 Quite a while

41 Bona fide

43 Family vacay participant 45 Push rudely

46 Vote against

47 Continuity break 48 Renaissance Faire weapon

49 Dragon's den

55 Vaper's smoke, briefly 56 Stereo preceder

57 Fast Aussie birds

59 Earth sci.

60 “What __ can I do?” 63 “Kinda” suffix

64 Piece of corn

65 Cook, as spring rolls