L.A TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Band letters

5 Lennon comrade 10 Hitchcock's “The 39 __” 15 London flat?

16 Skating rink drink 17 Unleash

18 Miracle Mets outfielder Tommie

19 “Thy word is __ unto my feet”: Psalms

20 Garlicky mayo

21 Text from one who can't get out of Buy Buy Baby?

24 Letter before Papa 25 Adorkable style 29 Comment after submitting yet another updated tax return?

33 Man, in Milan

34 Spelling of “BH90210”

35 Silly

36 Attendees of

Biting Fly High

School?

41 Easy to follow

43 Rested

44 Mendel subjects

45 Zombie field mouse?

52 Bar owner, vis-à-vis

selling drinks

54 Motes

55 Mental conflict ... or what may be found in four long puzzle answers?

59 Brother of Willow Smith 62 Really enjoyed something

63 Boxcars in un casino

64 Online periodical

65 Food safety concern

66 Pulitzer winner Robert __ Butler

67 Some etiquette tips 68 Cubicle furniture

69 Lavish bash

DOWN

1 Worse than ever

2 “Holy moly!”

3 Coca-Cola brand

4 Use for a tryst

5 Checkout action 6 Narrated

7 Berry with three vowels and three syllables 8 Itinerant Europeans 9 Rock climber's descent 10 Grassy expanse 11 Shredded-wheat cracker 12 Job listing abbr.

13 Chum

14 Enjoy trails

22 More riled up

23 Afore 26 Brewer's flowers

27 Small demon

28 Flirtatiously shy

30 “This Is Us” Emmy winner __ Cephas Jones 31 Diamond stat.

32 Source of Adam and

Eve's leaves

35 “Drat!”

36 Audio equipment brand

37 Legal right of way

38 Bridge expert Culbertson

39 Moo goo __ pan

40 Diarist Anaïs

41 Double-chevron wearer:

Abbr.

42 Aloha State souvenir

45 Steel giant, from 1986 to

2001

46 “Just What I __”: 1978

Cars hit

47 Emulate Ellery Queen

48 Without

49 “My Favorite Year” star

50 Surgical knife

51 Ancient ascetic

53 Lowest pinochle cards

56 Self-images

57 Do a farm chore

58 Publisher Chandler

59 Martin's “The West Wing”

role

60 Nitrogenous dye

61 Ruckus