LA. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Far direction? 5 Frankfurt's river

9 Word repeated in a historic FDR quote

13 Formal “no” from 14-Across

14 White House VIP

16 Tomb Raider's __ Croft 17 Marmalade ingredient 19 Takes the stage

20 Hunter constellation 21 Violent windstorm 23 Ceaselessly

26 City in Florida or Italy 27 Sign near school playgrounds

31 Geological period

32 __ trap

33 Bear in two constellations

36 Symbol of rank

39 Former U.N. leader Hammarskjöld

40 Biblical song

42 Division on a Clue board 43 Sardine holders 45 Philosopher __-tzu 46 Theoretical lowest temperature

50 Brownish horse

53 Yarn 54 Mathematical proposition

56 City near the Great Salt Lake

59 Prego competitor 60 “Careful now” ... and a hint to what's hidden in 17-, 27- and 46-Across 64 Turkmenistan neighbor 65 Green __

66 Actress Blanchett 67 Remain undecided 68 “Haven't decided yet” 69 Topple from power

DOWN

1 Bolivian leader Morales 2 Prefix with dynamic 3 Headliner 4 Weight-training activity 5 Bar gadgets

6 Egg qty.

7 Bastille Day saison

8 Fall color

9 Diving gear

10 Prop for Picasso

11 Came up

12 Flies off the handle 15 Shorthand expert, for short

18 Cause for an “Oops!” 22 “Don't be such a baby!” 24 Must

25 Nuts and bolts, so to speak

27 Cotillion girl

28 Katy Perry hit with the lyric “Louder, louder than a lion”

29 PC command after an “Oops!”

30 Hershey bar in a red-andyellow wrapper

34 Mall event

35 Bygone apple spray

37 Skirt

38 Fireplace bit

41 Sound from the pasture

44 Stuck with, as a friend

47 Wintry mix component

48 Therefore

49 Bayou music style 50 __ mining

51 Midwestern hub

52 Lear daughter

55 Half a fish

57 Jacob's twin

58 Quibbles

61 Bottom line

62 Singer Sumac

63 Saigon holiday