L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Color similar to sand 5 NBC show since 1975 8 Instrument played with a plectrum

14 Lorelei Lee's creator 15 Middling grade

16 Con

17 Fail at a barbecue?

19 One of the lesser apes 20 Star in the Plowman constellation

22 Fancy home

23 Fail on a field?

25 Pressure

29 Simple partner?

30 OPEC member

31 Head lock

33 Pop duo __ & Him

36 Fail in a ring?

40 Artist's skill

41 Like crook and creek, etymologically

42 Nesting site

43 One spelling a superior: Abbr.

44 Bread flavoring

46 Fail at a dock?

51 Cheapen

52 Beachgoer's protection 56 Big name in sports caps 58 Fail on a dance floor? 60 Competed on TV's

“Ink Master”

61 Quaint word of disapproval

62 Game for which Wyatt Earp was once a dealer 63 “In the Land of Israel” author

64 Age abbr.

65 Triathlon part

DOWN

1 “The Lord of the Rings” figure

2 Roy Rogers ingredient 3 Big laugh

4 Letters at Camp Lejeune 5 Scrubs

6 Introduction to chemistry?

7 Abate

8 Band booking

9 TV's “Fringe” involved a parallel one

10 Drink

11 Indian drum

12 Bikini, for one 13 Kidney-related 18 LAX listings

21 City WNW of Boca

24 “Pipe down!”

25 Place

26 Cafeteria item

27 Autumn item 28 Charlotte-to-Raleigh dir. 31 Rich desserts

32 ER staffers

33 Catch during practice 34 Busy place

35 Dept. formed under Carter

37 Like much FM radio

38 Brit's “Baloney!”

39 100 yrs.

43 Holdings

44 Hawthorne title septet 45 “__ take time”

46 Reef denizen 47 Construction girder

48 Took care of

49 Role for Kristy and Sarah

50 Live, TV-wise

53 Rubs out

54 Cat's scratcher

55 Byron of “MythBusters” 57 Cutting tool

59 Brady of Tampa Bay, now