L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Gillette razor introduced several years after the Trac II

5 Sleety road concern 9 Spherical

14 Cook, as cavatelli 15 Alien-seeking org.

16 “SNL” producer Michaels 17 What “bosun” is short for 19 Words to the audience

20 God of the Quran

21 Minute part of a min. 23 Voiced

24 Necessities

27 Town mentioned in “Sloop John B”

30 Give permission to

31 CPR expert

32 Kind of sax

36 When some news shows air

40 Maxwell Smart catchphrase

44 Knee-to-ankle bone 45 Elevator name

46 A half-dozen

47 Cinnabar or hematite

49 How dishes are often sold 52 October holiday in Canada 58 Draws a bead on, with “at” 59 Centers of activity 60 Ventricular outlet

64 Bronze or beige

66 Quilt, e.g . ... and a hint to the circled letters

68 Sagal of “8 Simple Rules” 69 Vicinity

70 First chip in the pot 71 “Goosebumps” author R.L. 72 U.K. mil. medals

73 “The Americans” FBI agent Beeman

DOWN

1 Palindromic Swedish band 2 Saw, for one

3 Iranian money

4 Rite sites

5 Opposite of NNE

6 Reeves of “John Wick” 7 Formal answer to “Who's there?”

8 Home fries server

9 Suffix with Cray

10 “Goblin Market” poet Christina

11 “Monty Python's

Life of __”

12 Split up

13 Monopoly cards

18 Mr. Met's former stadium 22 Cartoon frame

25 Wharf 26 Word after Happy or square

27 Politico Gingrich

28 Mine, in Amiens 29 Retained part of a paycheck

33 Canterbury commode 34 Tsk relative

35 Kimono sash

37 Hardy's “__ of the D'Urbervilles” 38 Songwriter Sands 39 Bakery call

41 Simba's home

42 Like the night, usually 43 Morales of “La Bamba” 48 Immigrant's subj.

50 Easy thing to do

51 Old Greek gathering places

52 “Honey do” list items 53 Drum kit cymbals 54 Valuable viola

55 Spoil

56 Cupcake-topping workers

57 YouTube clip

61 __-a-car

62 “Later,” stylishly 63 Yemeni seaport 65 Watching organ

67 Flier to Oslo