L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Knock for a loop

6 “The jig __!”

10 Wing measurement

14 The “N” of USNA 15 Beer-brewing mixture 16 Taper off

17 Rare baseball event 19 28-Across, in German 20 Troubling Nixon records 21 Supermarket walkways 23 Falafel bread 24 Antiterrorism legislation of 2001

28 Single

29 Double-helix molecule 30 Slake, as thirst

31 Hardly current

33 Bridges of Netflix's “Bloodline”

36 Snob's “in the air” body part

37 Nightlife sphere of activity 40 “That sounds painful” 43 Brussels-based defense gp.

44 Clear data from

48 Like a damaged atmospheric layer

50 Letter after pi

52 World Series org.

53 Race terminus 56 Smear, as paint

57 Narrow waterway

58 Coins of 59-Down 60 All-encompassing 62 Theater direction ... and a hint to 17-, 24-, 37- and 53-Across

65 Actor's part

66 Narrate

67 Celebrated chef Ducasse 68 Intuit

69 Canadian gas brand

70 Big Apple 52-Acr. player

DOWN

1 Colony insect

2 Tennis great Navratilova 3 Takes to the skies

4 Frank of avant-garde rock 5 Magazine with the column “Ask E. Jean”

6 Little devil

7 Dinner course, to Heinrich 8 TWA rival

9 Body structure

10 Equal or Splenda

11 Italian pal

12 “Bel Canto” novelist Patchett

13 Video game letters

18 Little League broadcaster 22 Singer Rawls 23 Jack-in-the-box sound 25 Limerick's rhyme scheme 26 Emails a dupe to

27 First word of numerous

Grisham titles

29 Md. neighbor

32 German veal dish 34 Approximate fig. 35 Oak-to-be

38 Not pure

39 Opposite of paleo

40 “That sounds painful” 41 Action film weapon

42 Bring comfort to 45 Composite dental filling material

46 Flavored icy drink

47 Recede, as a tide

49 Syr. neighbor

51 Often hyperlinked word 54 Low-cal beers

55 Tilted type: Abbr. 56 Newspaper frequency

59 Tehran's land

60 Collie's comment

61 Clog front

63 Mop & __: cleaning brand

64 Blasting letters