L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Tripoli's country

6 College grad

10 Kill, as a dragon

14 Thorny plant

15 Latina toon explorer 16 Scrabble piece 17 If Nicholson sang, danced and acted, he might be called __

20 GQ or Cosmo 21 Photographed

22 Inhumane

27 Salty drops

31 Big name in PCs

32 __ pork: Chinese dish with pancakes

35 “High” afternoon meal

36 Forbidden

38 Series of missed calls

40 If Robinson left En Vogue to sing in Jerry Garcia's group, she might be called __

43 Dog food seller

44 Crop up

46 Soul, to Sartre

47 Polar parka

50 Passionate about

51 Winona of “Stranger Things”

53 Brings good luck to

55 Taunt

58 Drone or worker

59 If Tomlin came from San Fernando, she might be called __

67 Trim, as a photo

68 Dry forecast

69 Religious doctrine 70 Credit card balance, say 71 Benchmarks: Abbr.

72 Jerk or twitch

DOWN

1 JFK's successor

2 Nest egg initials

3 Flickable lighter

4 Go on and on

5 Kitchen allure

6 Samuel Barber's “__ for Strings”

7 Cyberchortle

8 Web addresses

9 Subject with numbers 10 Georgia or Washington 11 Pot cover

12 It may be blonde or pale 13 “Roundabout” rockers with a positive name 18 Word before hand or land 19 Capitol feature

22 Cave hanger

23 Plato's school, with “the” 24 Paid back, as a purchase incentive

25 Tweezer targets 26 Whirlybirds

28 Realizes, as a goal 29 Entertains with a bedtime story

30 Give in to gravity 33 Recital rebuke

34 Flower bed tool 37 Province on four Great Lakes 39 Spooky

41 Bass ending

42 Pendulum direction?

43 Links standard 45 Seemingly forever 48 Orange-yellow gemstones

49 Ukraine's capital

52 The Nile runs through it

54 Detectives' aids 56 Bosom buds, in texts 57 Nouveau-Mexique, par exemple

59 TV screen type

60 Fury

61 Easy throw

62 Laid low

63 Cut (off)

64 JFK alternative 65 Maximum borders? 66 Oft-candied veggie