L.A TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 __ Springs

5 Word with base or boot 9 National Poetry Month 14 Six-time MLB All-Star Moisés

15 Curved molding 16 Water under the Pont de Normandie

17 Give 110% effort 20 Publicity photos from movies

21 Swedish pop quartet 22 Day care charge 23 Illegal freeway maneuvers, for short 25 Meat cut

27 Be excessively verbose 33 Santa __ winds 34 Brood

35 Wild child 37 Syndrome after a lifethreatening experience, briefly

39 Title for tennis great Andy Murray 41 Selfish shout

42 __ Club: conservation group

45 Carpet type

48 QB stats

49 Mourn at length 52 Unlikely, as a chance

53 Carrie-__ Moss of “Jessica Jones” 54 Dedicated poem 57 “Livin' la Vida __” 59 Herbal cough drop brand 63 Worry to an extreme degree

66 Falcon's claw

67 Boris Johnson's alma mater

68 “The Snowy Day” Caldecott winner __ Jack Keats

69 Tons

70 Ran out of juice 71 Ready to drive

DOWN

1 Cats play with them 2 Loads

3 Greiner of “Shark Tank” 4 Arctic footwear 5 Agree

6 It's just a number, so they say 7 Elevated landform 8 Little rock 9 Rogers' partner 10 Favorite 11 Hilarious one

12 The 411

13 Took off 18 Hodgepodges

19 WWII sea threat 24 Views

26 Typical behavior 27 Brewpub array

28 Bit of foolishness 29 Surgical tool 30 Havarti alternative 31 Corn chip

32 Ballet bend that sounds like a cheese dish 36 Enjoy an easy chair 38 Prohibitionists 40 Ostrich relative 43 Deodorant choices 44 Negative particle 46 “Atlas Shrugged” novelist

47 Bottled spirits 50 Hosted

51 Like passwords, ideally 54 Declines, with “out” 55 Twofold

56 Fashion magazine since 1945

58 Italian wine region 60 Move like a blob 61 Bait 62 Somewhat

64 Close to the ground 65 Manual weed whacker