L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Dip with a kick

6 Highest

9 Video segment

13 “A Lesson From __”: Fugard play

14 Electronic music effect 15 Helper

16 Social media buzz about Alfred E. Neuman?

18 Labor 19 Montgomery-to-Macon dir.

20 Founded

21 Tie feature

22 Fiscal exec

24 Removes from the exchange

26 It's not an equine

31 Directed

32 Forceful

34 “There's many __ 'twixt the cup and the lip”: old proverb

38 About one-third of Earth's land area

39 Slyly disparaging 41 Monopoly pieces

42 Tops

44 Like some posters 46 Windows competitor

48 Big name in auto racing 49 Chicago mayor since 2011 53 Addams cousin

54 Actress Helgenberger 55 Case, often

58 Hanoi holiday

61 Radar readout feature 62 Jalopy that still works? 65 “Frozen” princess 66 Grandson of

33-Down exiles

67 Grade describing the four longest puzzle answers? 68 Marsh plant

69 Case, for example: Abbr. 70 Permissible

DOWN

1 Matching

2 Jackson of country

3 Pay dirt

4 Holding-on period? 5 49-Down remnant 6 Expos, now

7 Rough material

8 Taking more time, probably, as a test 9 Vegan regimen for a willowy look?

10 Ford Field team

11 Nitwit

12 Trapper's collection 14 Athletic org. founded by Billie Jean King

17 Ends prematurely 22 Trysting place?

23 Pro

25 Mike Trout's team, on scoreboards

26 Swedish auto

27 Latin I verb

28 Craigslist caveat

29 Sloth and the like 30 Musical narrated by Che 33 Paradise

35 Rhythmic cadence

36 Tracy Marrow's stage name

37 Salon offering

40 Outcome

43 Trifling amount

45 Old PC monitor

47 Marsh plants

49 Eventual 5-Down 50 “Atlantic City” director Louis

51 Stand

52 More than a little silly 56 Angels Landing's national park

57 Nation borders? 58 Soothing application 59 Notions case

60 Acid __

63 Half of D

64 Hudson Riv. engineering school