LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Vice president

after Hubert 6 Harry Potter’s

lightning bolt, e.g. 10 Cauldron stirrer 13 Intense passion 14 Big strings 15 “We’re on __

way”

16 Vice squad

operations 18 Prefix with angle

or athlete

19 Make very happy 20 “__ Go”:

cellphone game 22 Mess up

24 PC core 26 Sorvino of

“Mimic” 27 Hawaiian garland 28 Fictional feline that could disappear at will 32 Ultra-masculine 34 Underwater detector 35 Sister of Laertes 38 Major turf battle 42 They may be pumped or bumped 44 Neutral shade 45 “Talladega

Nights” actor 50 Meadow

51 Sheriff Andy Taylor’s boy 52 Ewe call

53 ISP option 54 “Oh, puh-leeze!” 58 African country whose name begins another African country 61 Wee one

62 It eases tension in some serious tales

66 Baton Rouge sch. 67 Occupied, as a

restroom 68 Award for “Moonlight” or “Spotlight” 69 Some Caltech grads

70 “Gee whiz!” 71 Cautious (of)

DOWN

1 Liquid from a trunk

2 Golf instructor 3 Social class prominent in “The Great Gatsby” 4 Churn up 5 White-bellied ocean predator 6 __ salt

7 Movie excerpt 8 Big name in footwear

9 Put in peril

10 One may pick up an embarrassing remark

11 Goddess of the dawn

12 Be amused by 14 Dessert pancake 17 Draw with acid 21 Come into view 22 Sailor’s patron 23 Use a scythe 25 Navy vessel letters

28 Infant’s ailment 29 Gluttonous sort 30 Once __ while 31 Asked for an opinion on, as an idea 33 Playboy founder 36 Mideast nation: Abbr.

37 Had breakfast 39 Whole-grain food, and a description of each set of circles

40 Quite a while 41 Bona fide 43 Family vacay

participant 45 Push rudely 46 Vote against 47 Continuity break 48 Renaissance Faire

weapon 49 Dragon’s den 55 Vaper’s smoke,

briefly

56 Stereo preceder 57 Fast Aussie birds 59 Earth sci. 60 “What __ can I

do?”

63 “Kinda” suffix 64 Piece of corn 65 Cook, as spring

rolls