L.A TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Decision-making tool 5 Slips in pots

10 Assure, as victory

13 One of four on a keyboard 15 Comics unit

16 Nice handle?

17 Cheeky server?

19 Call from a cote

20 Former Rocket Ming 21 Hanoi holiday

22 “NBC Nightly News” anchor Lester

23 Sgt.'s underling

26 Bro on the go?

29 Alienate

31 Creator of many word lists

32 Sailing

33 Stately shaders

36 '40s Giant manager 37 European auto left out in the rain?

41 Draw at a pub

42 Weight adjustment factor 43 One no longer serving 45 Prove to be untrue

47 Late arriver's cry

49 Food for thought?

52 Airport near OAK 53 Outwit, as a tail

54 Taker of ppm measurements

55 Dorm room, perhaps 57 Bad picnic omen

58 Result of a yank prank? 63 B.S. part: Abbr.

64 Oven setting

65 Put an end to

66 Rocky outcropping

67 AAA and NRA

68 Bar shelf lineup

DOWN

1 Half-__: coffee choice 2 Nine-time NHL All-Star 3 Aran Islands country: Abbr.

4 Prone to prying

5 Many an IRS e-file user 6 1492 landing site, now 7 Gathering of spies

8 Show instability 9 Hasselblad product 10 5-Down's concern 11 “Chillax!”

12 Act to excess

14 Hula Hoop manufacturer 18 Sound system component 22 Rendered immobile 23 Student advocacy gp. 24 Ruckus

25 Shake things up

27 Key of Beethoven's Second Piano Concerto 28 Horseshoe holder 30 Merchant of 10,000 Maniacs

34 Kingston Trio hit with the lyric “Fight the fare increase!”

35 Letter enhancement

38 Go __ smoke

39 End that may be untimely 40 End-of-week exclamation 44 Midori on the ice

45 Bouncy ride, to say the least

46 Arab bigwigs

48 Bit of tomfoolery 49 Rollicking good time 50 Prom night coifs

51 Dickens bad guy

56 River in western Belgium 58 Org. for pugilists

59 They, in Tours

60 “Suppose ... “

61 Play for a fool

62 Some MIT grads