L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Indian state bordering Bhutan

6 Pasture sound

11 Cheese go-with

14 Fiji neighbor

15 Asperity

16 Trick taker, often

17 Dog that loves a burger topping?

19 Mme., in Madrid

20 Blueprint

21 Loved ones

22 Colorless

24 Repeating

26 “__ Day”: chapter in the '50s “The Thin Man” TV series

28 Noel

29 Dog that loves a winter sport?

34 Called from the pasture

36 Bearish?

37 “The Facts of Life” actress Charlotte

40 Barbecue, say

42 “As if!”

43 Equanimity

46 Vacant, as an apartment

49 Dog that loves to play in the rain?

51 Green pair, often 55 “Do __ others ... ”

56 Cancellation of a sort

58 Bit of statuary

61 Undercover cops' gear

63 Part of un giorno

64 Brown, e.g.

65 Dog that loves spaghetti?

68 Born, in Brest

69 Vast quantity

70 Socially active sort

71 Triage ctrs.

72 Limp Bizkit vocalist Fred

73 Black shade

DOWN

1 Very minute

2 Beethoven's “Moonlight,” for one

3 Inveterate critic

4 Back

5 Hindu meditation aid

6 Rest

7 Pinocchio, at times

8 Arachnid's hatching pouch

9 Verizon subsidiary

10 Generous bar buddy 11 Chop finely

12 Real estate unit

13 Signify

18 Oscar winner Kingsley

23 Comes out with

25 Take badly?

27 “Hamlet” prop

30 Two-time N.L. batting champ Lefty

31 One standing at the end of a lane

32 A, in Acapulco 33 Acquire

35 Brothers' keeper?

37 Zodiac critter

38 Toon storekeeper

39 Antiquity, in antiquity

41 Perfectly correct

44 27, for Beethoven's “Moonlight”

45 One-legged camera support

47 Netflix installment

48 252 wine gallons

50 Divining rod

52 Grew fond of

53 Deep dish

54 Like a cloudless night

57 NRC forerunner

58 Food sticker

59 “Your turn”

60 Bakery selections

62 See __ an omen

66 Prefix with pressure

67 Hack