L.A TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Hyundai sedan 6 Meet in competition 10 Maker of nonstick cookware

14 French red wine with a physician in its spelling 15 Black gem

16 Home for bees 17 *Party drink in a bowl 19 Spring flower

20 Soft slip-on

21 “Très sexy!” 22 Source of some tweets 23 Costumes 25 Spiral-horned antelope 27 Approx. takeoff hr. 28 Owner of the restaurant NOLA

31 Biker's stunt bike, briefly 33 State with a three-word capital

37 Novelist Jong 38 Burlesque wrap 39 Carpenter's accessory that might hold the ends of the answers to starred clues

41 Haul with effort 42 Kicking partner? 44 Lowly worker 45 Jolson and Jarreau 46 Depends (on)

48 Space-saving abbr. 50 “My Cousin Vinny” star 52 Underground chamber 55 Shed feathers 57 Earthy pigments 59 Verizon ISP 61 Israeli diplomat Abba 62 *Software help text 64 Actress Meyer of “Dragonheart” 65 Gardner who created Perry Mason 66 Sampler's sip 67 Apple topper 68 British mil. honors 69 Villain's look

DOWN

1 Car radio letters 2 State in which astronauts float 3 Elicit

4 French monarch 5 Pantomime 6 Hoops offenses 7 Actress Gunn of “Breaking Bad” 8 Rinse or spin 9 Breathe out 10 More like a wafer 11 *School evacuation exercise

12 Hertz rival

13 Out of concern that

18 Hall & Oates or Sonny & Cher 24 Second-largest U.S. state

26 Rival co. of Visa 29 Post-op areas

30 Fall behind

31 Tree trunk 32 *Pre-WWII aircraft used for postal deliveries 34 T-shirt or polo 35 Brewery output 36 “Perry Mason” network 38 35-Down seller

39 Golf ball supports 40 Like challenging push-ups 43 Mekong River country 45 Royal flush card

47 Put points on the board 49 Sports bar fixtures 51 Cake finishers 52 Relinquishes formally

53 Salary increase 54 Actor Nick

55 What docs prescribe 56 Last bio

58 Saintly aura 60 Villain's look 63 Breeze creator