LA TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Render speechless, maybe
4 “Morning Joe” network
9 Bach’s instrument
14 Family nicknames
15 “Goodies” singer
16 Muralist Rivera
17 It may be bruised
18 Guitar connoisseur?
20 School team member who argues a lot
22 Capers
23 Fleecy females
24 Shakespearean villain
26 Shakespearean villain
29 Coopers’ creations
31 Lets go
33 Burbank-to-Fresno dir.
34 Old Austrian money
36 Cabdriver’s pickups during a storm?
38 Dunkable cookie
40 Tall one
41 Savings for replacing old tools?
45 Chew out
49 Toward the 50-Across
50 See 49-Across
52 “The Wreck of the Mary __”
53 Hoffman title role
55 Hindu royalty
57 Indulge, with “on”
58 Like some bulls
60 Like many tuxedo shirts
62 One with a lofty greeting?
65 Texter’s lead-in
66 Dividing range
67 Hollow winds
68 __ Wiedersehen
69 Home __
70 Center
71 Bad check ltrs.
DOWN
1 Platform for primates?
2 Fight in a big way
3 Song with the phrase “kiss me mucho”
4 MD-to-be’s exam
5 44-Down, once
6 Caviar spoon materials
7 Bud
8 Arrange local transportation
9 Baltic feeder
10 Daytime host Lake
11 Scores high
12 Previously
13 Postal motto word
19 More rangy
21 Memorable JFK words after “And so, my fellow Americans”
25 Needlefish
27 Axl’s group, briefly
28 Run up a bill, say
30 Feudal laborers
32 Golfer with three PGA Championship top 10s after age 60
35 Not on any side
37 Curly-haired “Peanuts” girl
39 Like a mild chili
41 Word of support
42 Tabloid topic
43 Thrown-together
44 Four-time pro basketball MVP
46 Vientiane native
47 Ross Martin’s “The Wild Wild West” role
48 Steamed ... and like five answers in this puzzle?
51 Dozed for a bit
54 Painter Frida
56 Wintry rides
59 Soft “Over here!”
61 In olden days, once
62 1963 Newman title role
63 Real resentment
64 Louvre Pyramid designer