L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Colorist's concern

4 Light brown pear

8 Hillary Clinton, née __ 14 Horace's “__ Poetica” 15 “The Mammoth Hunters” author Jean

16 Low-scoring tie

17 Big wheel, briefly 18 Controversial coalextraction method

20 Wine lover's prefix

22 Sport shown on TV Japan 23 Beer extraction gadget 24 Dues-paying participant 27 Spanish lady

30 Acquire

31 Isle of Arthurian legend 33 Woodland deity 36 Developmental insect stage

39 Luau accessory 40 Broadside accidents

43 A, in Augsburg

44 Small stores

45 Rather nasty

46 “__ Fideles”: carol 48 Corrode, with “away” 49 Macy's section, e.g.: Abbr.

50 Format for some tournaments 57 “__ y Plata”: Montana motto

59 Bit of talk show selfpromotion

60 Opal of the comics, to Earl Pickles

61 Meal suggested by the starts of four long answers 65 Deli salmon

66 Philadelphia campus 67 Building lot unit

68 __-ray Disc

69 Volkswagen family car 70 Rough file

71 Some ER cases DOWN 1 Wreaked condition

2 One of the archangels 3 College sports channel 4 Music majors' degs.

5 First stage

6 Blood bank supply

7 Upward trek

8 Film genre prefix with com 9 Words after work or sleep 10 “Gracias” response 11 Common people

12 Raggedy doll

13 Eldest of the “Little Women”

19 Author of eerie stories 21 Delivery MD

25 Least

26 Shankar on the sitar 28 Interminably

29 Ouzo flavoring 32 Poughkeepsie campus 33 Place

34 Put up with

35 Symphonic stories 36 British john

37 European peak

38 Dr. Jekyll creator's monogram

41 “Burlesque” co-star 42 Being hauled to the garage

47 Sundress features

48 Lawn maintenance tools 51 Maker of Cajun Shrimp nail polish

52 Like the “funny bone” nerve

53 Never, in Nogales

54 “The Hobbit” hero 55 Bluffed-out words, perhaps

56 Connection

58 Sooner St.

61 Car care brand

62 Pot contents

63 Police rank: Abbr. 64 Weight-training unit