L.A TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Actress Gilbert of “The Big Bang Theory” 5 “Lucky Jim” author

9 “Be silent,” in scores 14 Stagecraft aid

15 Email category

16 House

17 App opener

18 Director Preminger 19 66-Across, e.g. 20 Competition among insects?

23 2000 NBA MVP

24 Part of ENT

25 Cartesian conclusion

28 Pit stuff

29 Rule by generations of insects?

34 City north of Memphis 35 “The Lord of the Rings” actor

36 Brand once pitched by Garfield, oddly 39 Fabric-dyeing technique 42 “¿Cómo __?”

43 Macy's competitor 45 Minneapolis suburb

47 Tiny but impressive insect?

50 One on first?

53 “__ tu”: Verdi aria 54 Fairy queen of folklore 55 Bee-related 57 Deceptiveness of insects?

62 Gathered intelligence 64 Israeli carrier

65 Stagecraft arrangements 66 Barclays Center, for one 67 Barclays Center team 68 Cherry or pear

69 Inclined to ramble

70 Stun, in a way

71 In __: aligned

DOWN

1 Peg in a cask

2 One of two tarot card groups

3 Small-space renter 4 Sleep disorder 5 Starting

6 “Breaking Bad” contraband 7 Enthusiastic about 8 Saved

9 Greek restaurant 10 Help badly?

11 Is made up 12 Vanderbilt domain

13 Where many a drive begins 21 Memorable first name in Olympic gymnastics 22 Vote against

26 Arguing

27 Mimic on a perch

30 Pen part

31 Coach Parseghian

32 Tribal symbol

33 Whaling, say

34 Ireland's largest county 36 Tennis legend

37 Lascivious look

38 Binky

40 Uganda's Amin

41 Modeling enthusiast's purchase

44 Eventually

46 Picked-up

48 Runway safety org.

49 Away

50 Vintage locale

51 Hurry

52 “Hold on”

56 Ones that have infested four puzzle answers

58 Advance

59 Court bargaining chip 60 “Darn!”

61 Otherwise

62 Adage

63 Ace