LOS ANGELES TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD PUZZLE
Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis
ACROSS
1 Task 4 Suddenly paid
attention 9 Take __: snooze 13 Wows 15 One may drift in
from the kitchen 16 Scarlett’s
plantation 17 *Found middle
ground 19 Caesar’s stunned
words 20 Dirt road
depressions 21 Tots’ threewheelers 23 __ Wall Street:
2011 protest 26 Kind of
delinquent 28 Resort island
near Venezuela 29 Chart with roads 30 Rainier or
Rushmore: Abbr. 31 Sad sound 32 “It’s my call” 35 Eye provocatively 38 Corn serving 39 *Hockey rink
divider 41 102, to Caesar 42 69-Across list of
games, briefly 44 Garden-tidying
gadget 45 Texter’s “Holy
cow!” 46 In favor of 48 Suffix with chlor49 __ Waldo
Emerson 51 Reach a total of 54 Self-effacing 55 Friendliness 56 Temporary calm 57 FBI employees 58 *Shaft from the
sun 64 Fictional pirate often addressed as “Mr.” 65 Like basic wall
switches 66 Boyfriend 67 “B.C.” cartoonist
Johnny 68 Would like 69 Sports org. for the players that begin the answers to starred clues
DOWN
1 Rush hour tie-up 2 Have to pay 3 Racetrack risk 4 Like many
pretzels 5 Cousins of woofs 6 Stranded
motorist’s need 7 Actress Thurman 8 Fee-based home
entertainment 9 Eroded, as
savings 10 *“Unforgettable”
crooner 11 Soviet
cooperative 12 Temporary stop 14 Foundation plant 18 Live-in household helper 22 Sleep stage 23 Desert respites 24 Sound from a lily
pad 25 *Jimmy Olsen,
notably 26 *“The Tonight Show” host after Johnny Carson 27 Opportunity for
growth 29 Finally arrived 33 Stitch 34 Winner’s number 36 Uneven gaits 37 Quarterfinal contestants count 40 Jazzman Garner 43 Percussionist’s
kit 47 Toronto’s prov. 50 Actor’s unwritten
line 51 Flooded 52 Igneous rock,
once 53 Fielder’s assist,
e.g. 54 Bobbles 56 Hit high into the
air 59 Santa __ winds 60 Partner of hither 61 Precious stone 62 Uncooperative
“2001” computer 63 Spot for a bath