L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 President before Wilson 5 Sign of shock

9 Classical inspiration for the 2004 film “Troy” 14 Another, in Mexico

15 __ ID

16 Chip in a bowl

17 Almost at

18 Long vehicle

19 It has no subs

20 Avian athletic contest? 23 Like a disciplinarian 24 Torque symbol, in mechanics

25 RV chain

28 Advanced degree for a gemologist?

33 Ominous

34 Destinies

35 Push-up targets

39 Not against the rules 42 Like a hairpin

43 Stretched circles? 45 Brewpub array 47 Metropolis, thanks to Superman?

52 Corrida cheer

53 Waze suggestion: Abbr. 54 Estée Lauder subsidiary 57 Flunk out ... and what three long answers do? 62 Problematic bacterium 64 The Mississippi forms its eastern border

65 Northern European capital

66 Singer nicknamed “The Velvet Fog”

67 Visible pollution

68 Comics icon Lee

69 Vast chasm

70 Sun dog, e.g.

71 Carry

DOWN

1 Kitchen picker-uppers 2 Patronized, as a diner

3 Like many museum paintings

4 Corrida star

5 Wide gap

6 “Dream on!”

7 Big rig

8 Stat relative

9 Highly annoyed 10 Having missed the deadline

11 Item of hockey equipment

12 Cry of discovery 13 Champagne title

21 Like much '80s-'90s music

22 Half-__: coffee order 26 Wilson who voiced Lightning McQueen in “Cars” films

27 A new exec may hire one 29 Shop __ you drop 30 Hematite, for one

31 Fit for a queen

32 Yellow __

35 Somewhat, to Schubert 36 Villainous

37 One in a Trivial Pursuit sextet

38 Slick

40 Big name in Islam

41 KFC selection

44 Military pilot's missions

46 Heavy carpet

48 NBA foul shots

49 Magic charm

50 Jay Leno, for many years

51 Starts

55 Key of Chopin's

“Minute Waltz” 56 In concert

58 “Slippery” trees

59 Capital SSE of Firenze

60 Nowhere to be found 61 “Aladdin” parrot

62 Pilot's approx.

63 Corn discard