L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Top banana

6 Egg size

11 Wrap with feathers

14 Like some close ball games

16 Ancient market

17 Objective

18 Hot cereal brand since 1893

20 “Baby Cobra” stand-up comedian Wong

21 Fish that may attach itself to a 68-Across 22 Implant

24 Sit-up targets

26 Hard-won struggle reminders

30 Got another opinion from 33 Subway critter

34 Sail support 35 Scandinavian coastal feature

36 Patio-brewed drink

38 Page on a novelist's website

43 Took a curious look 44 Birthstone after opal 46 Most-traded Latin American currency

49 Part of a cage

50 Venezuelan herder 52 Military sanction 55 Word between surnames 56 Mean

57 Motor-assisted rides 60 Women's History Mo. 61 Preview ... and what the ending letters of the four other longest answers comprise?

67 DOJ bureau

68 21-Across carrier

69 Dress like a judge

70 Rapper Lil __ X

71 Handy bags

72 Manage

DOWN

1 Soft shoe

2 Mil. time off

3 Smug brew “expert” 4 “Dies __”: hymn 5 Garland, at birth 6 Talk endlessly to 7 “I hate it”

8 One of the Pep Boys 9 Half a bikini

10 Hall partner

11 “__, black sheep ... ” 12 Mideast fleet

13 In the center of 15 Gaming rookies 19 __ party

23 Carson's sidekick 24 Yelp alternative 25 Westernmost

Mexican state, familiarly

27 Made level, with “up”

28 “Big Eyes” singer Del Rey 29 Dramatic final question 31 Request a hand?

32 For two, in music

36 Biblical queendom

37 Bluesy James

39 Stretch in office

40 Salt Lake daily, familiarly 41 Available schedule hour 42 Burger order

45 Kravitz of “Big Little Lies” 46 Video game with a maze

47 List of slips

48 Gargamel foes

50 Rainbow flag letters

51 Tours can be found on it 53 Horror film loc.

54 Gives a strong impression (of)

58 __ the Conqueror,

Marvel supervillain

59 Celt's land

62 “Now I get it!”

63 Chocolate factory fixture

64 Anger

65 Recede

66 King of Spain