LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 “Big Board” that lists GM and GE 5 Strauss of jeans 9 Scam using spam, say 14 Fireworks cries 15 Eye layer that includes the iris 16 Roman robes 17 How something precarious may hang 19 Love, to Casanova 20 Soft toss 21 “Out with it!” 23 List-ending abbr. 24 Diplomatic office 26 “No more for me, thanks” 28 Simon __ 29 How a good comedian leaves the audience? 33 Farm layer 35 Lamp-to-plug line 36 Little mischiefmaker 37 Marisa of “My Cousin Vinny” 40 Asian New Year 41 Very unpleasant 43 “It’s __-win situation” 44 Clinton’s veep 46 Fifth scale note 47 Difficult time 50 Queries 54 Schlepped 55 Eats a little 57 “Verrrry funny” 59 Stem (from) 61 Opposite of “yep” 62 Overplay the part 64 Care 66 Career employee 67 New __: modern spiritualist 68 Rebuke from Caesar 69 Put off 70 Gridiron throw 71 Stinging insect

DOWN

1 Aristocrats 2 Grammy-winning cellist 3 “Not too __!”: “Good work!” 4 “To the max” suffix 5 Slyly attracts 6 “Brideshead Revisited” novelist Waugh 7 Wiener schnitzel meat 8 Words of confession 9 School fundraising gp. 10 Household skills class, for short 11 “Let me handle it” 12 __ Lee desserts 13 Canine command 18 Elevs. 22 Mideast chieftain 25 Arthur of tennis 27 Dictation pro 30 Like dessert wines 31 Ambulance pro 32 007, e.g. 34 Figure skating figure 37 Sticky subject? 38 Musical Yoko 39 Get sassy with someone 40 Import-export imbalance 42 “Sadly ... ” 45 Newspaper opinion page 46 Norelco products 48 Pointed beard 49 Baked potato topping paired with sour cream 51 Piano piece 52 Some big box stores 53 Clinched, and a hint to the four longest Across answers 56 “... and two if by __” 57 __ up: robbed 58 Parisian gal pal 60 Latvian capital 63 Blow it 65 “Do the __”: soft-drink slogan

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