L.A TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 The “M” in STEM, briefly 5 Bistro offerings 10 Darkened for emphasis, as text

14 New York canal

15 Quiver projectile

16 “Buy It Now” site

17 *Price a discarded item might fetch

19 Zonk out

20 Snail's protection

21 Directs

23 “__ on Down the Road”: “The Wiz” song

26 Bus sked info 27 *Preliminary book copy for editing

33 Corp. money exec 35 Medical pros

36 Take great pleasure in 37 Ship frame

39 “__ one is better?”

42 Great Pyramid site 43 Physicist Newton

45 Surrey slammer

47 Butterfly catcher

48 *Salon job often shortened to its first four letters

52 RVer's stopover 53 Interstate hauler

54 Glam or punk, to rock 59 Cinderella's sweepings

63 Horror film assistant 64 Earthquake echo, or where the last words of the answers to starred clues might go 67 Sunscreen additive 68 Stale-smelling

69 Grape soda brand 70 “Well, I'll be darned!” 71 “Family Ties” mother 72 Asian wheat noodle

DOWN

1 Total disorder

2 Word with enemy or rival 3 Grow weary

4 Shaman, for one

5 Dallas NBAer

6 Important period

7 Woody's singing son 8 Shutter with slanted slats 9 Sugary goodies

10 Places to sleep

11 Flute's orchestral neighbor

12 Lounge (around)

13 Hair salon colors

18 Flannel shirt pattern 22 Knocks loudly

24 Winter forecast

25 Mark permanently 27 Kind of ice cap

28 Endorse digitally 29 Cleaner's cloth

30 Like sheep

31 Move like molasses 32 Greek campus group 33 Short golf shot 34 Firecracker-lighting cord

38 Perp's escape

40 Webber musical based on Eliot poems

41 Sewing machine inventor Elias

44 Wedding reception centerpiece

46 Buddhist teachers 49 Generic

50 Probably more than you wanted to hear

51 Hindu deity

54 Thailand, once

55 Like eyesores

56 Explosive sound 57 Western writer

Zane __

58 Crafter's website 60 Worked the soil

61 Cavern phenomenon 62 Largest human organ 65 Sci-fi series extras 66 Whiskey grain