L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Bobbleheads, e.g.

6 Jury decision

11 Pair of Grammys?

14 “It's __ time!”

15 Old photo tint

16 Dwarf who mixes up his words

17 Angry reaction

19 “This American Life” host Glass

20 Meeting goal often not achieved

21 Nuclear energy device

23 Lip

26 Firefighter's tool

27 Indian noble

31 Surly

35 Soft palate projection

37 Not what one would expect

38 It went down in history

40 Connects with

44 Mexican bread

46 Single-master

47 Stable cleaner

51 Tolkien tree creatures

52 Palm tree superfood

53 Ancient home

55 Predator with a heartshaped face

59 Card game with trumps

64 Hurricane season mo.

65 “The Shawshank Redemption” event, and what's hidden in four puzzle rows

68 Cravat or ascot

69 Like Caspar Milquetoast

70 Give a false idea of

71 Low

72 Deposit in the attic, say

73 Cheerleaders' assortment

DOWN

1 “James and the Giant Peach” author

2 Wind heard in Dion's “Abraham, Martin and John”

3 Desolate

4 Organ in a chest

5 Decides to leave alone

6 Biblical mount

7 Harmless cyst

8 Imitator

9 Slope

10 It may be crunched

11 Spell-checker, say

12 Lacking in joy

13 Rustled (up)

18 Bangkok native

22 Private laugh

24 Golfing mishaps

25 Camera type, briefly

27 Rural road feature

28 Prefix with fauna

29 Stick (out)

30 2019 Mena Massoud title role

32 Free of commissions, as a mutual fund

33 Young Darth

34 Cookie containers

36 Indigo plant

39 Having four sharps

41 Absalom, to David

42 “PAW Patrol” fan

43 Special ___

45 Caviar

47 Clogs

48 Thorny shrub

49 Made a sudden move

50 Rounded hammer part

54 Lumpy, as a knit fabric

56 Comes down on one side of something

57 Court order

58 Ride to the prom

60 Algonquin language

61 Severe criticism

62 Fence crosspiece

63 Manages to get, with “out”

66 Military address

67 “To Autumn,” for one