L.A TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Bullpen hero

7 Technical opening?

11 Juan or Jose lead-in 14 Mom's sis

15 Semi warning

16 Asian menu general 17 Horror film setting 19 Physicist with a law

20 Bird feeder cake 21 Common math base 22 Ocean dots

24 Rural “Out of the office” sign

27 Acting twins Mary-Kate and Ashley

30 Feel some pain

31 Send forth

32 Hotshot

33 Easy gait

37 Ammo for a starter pistol 41 Zingers

42 Vote, say

43 Title Kazakh in a 2006 spoof

44 Big heads?

46 Revolver?

48 One whose “chicks” have flown?

52 Color separator

53 __ Gang

54 Minimally 58 Many times, in poems 59 Explanation for an evolutionary transition 63 Pointillism unit

64 Stirring solo

65 Rio Grande city

66 George Strait's “All My __ Live in Texas”

67 Watch over

68 Bird hangouts

DOWN

1 LeBron et al., briefly 2 Waikiki party

3 Back in the day

4 Saves, for a 1-Across 5 Strauss'“__ Heldenleben” 6 1984 Olympics gymnastics standout 7 LG product

8 “That's so __!”

9 $200 Monopoly props. 10 Vague lunch date time 11 Skyy alternative, familiarly

12 Looking drained

13 Chinese menu promise 18 Coop residents

23 Jim's role on “The Big Bang Theory”

24 Best Buy “Squad” member 25 It's true

26 One piping frosting 27 Kon-Tiki Museum city 28 Hurdle for atty. wannabes 29 Stereotypical Westernending backdrops 31 Watson's company 32 National Gallery attraction

34 Meanie

35 Fuel used in some whisky production

36 Md. winter hours

38 Masked critter

39 Holy recess

40 Building girder

45 Floor exercise surface 46 Spitting sound

47 “My Fair Lady” lyricist 48 Lyric poem

49 “Fantastic” Dahl character 50 Pulitzer-winning columnist Leonard 51 “Alas!”

54 Lunch for Spot, maybe 55 Fairness obstacle 56 Brookings, e.g.: Abbr. 57 Boxing stats

60 Fury

61 Ignore a Commandment 62 Day-__