L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Small earring 5 Mercedes line 11 Magazine with a satirical “fold-in” back cover 14 Bear in two constellations 15 Bits of dust 16 Curling surface 17 “Two Tahitian Women” painter 19 Testing site 20 Minute 21 SFO incoming flight 22 Narrow cut 23 1965 Beau Brummels hit with the line “It seemed so funny to me” 27 Neverland pirate 28 Snap, crackle and pop 32 CPR expert 35 Media org. that tweets the Declaration of Independence on July 4 37 Partner of each 38 Southern lights 43 H.G. Wells genre 44 Moo __ gai pan 45 Kin of -kin 46 Yet 48 Zodiac transition point 51 Reuben ingredient 55 Adhesive strip 58 Bygone telecom co. 59 Waited in line, say 62 “Ben-__” 63 13th/14th-century Mongol Empire region ... and an elemental hint to what's found twice in each answer to a starred clue 66 The Nixon years, e.g. 67 Capital west of Krakow 68 Tiny amt. of time 69 “Great news!” 70 Autumn blooms 71 Fair

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1 Enjoys an evening meal 2 Magic Kingdom people mover 3 Customary 4 “Who Shot J.R.?” show 5 That, in Tijuana 6 Apple core? 7 Sanctioned 8 Honda luxury brand 9 Vail trail 10 Common ID 11 Pepper grinder 12 Berry from South America 13 It's outstanding 18 In a funk 22 Hindu deity known as the Destroyer 24 Rowlands who won an Emmy for playing Betty Ford 25 Air filter acronym 26 Suffix with movie or church 29 What some bears do 30 Keystone State port 31 Part of CNS: Abbr. 32 Dawn direction 33 Greatly 34 Donald Duck's nephews, e.g. 36 Throw __ 39 Beneficial 40 Latvian birthplace of Baryshnikov 41 Bit of footwear 42 __ de force 47 Indulges 49 Bachelorette party accessory 50 Deceptions 52 Razzle-dazzle 53 Blue __ Mountains 54 Trunk 55 “So __ say” 56 Ambience 57 Use rosary beads, say 60 Poetic tributes 61 Geometric art style 63 Transcript fig. 64 Prefix with Asian 65 Wii forerunner, briefly