LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Paris eateries 6 Abyss

11 Birthday count 14 Rack flavoring 15 Hang in midair 16 Easter beginning? 17 Data-intensive branch of engineering 19 “Positively Entertaining” TV network 20 After-tax amount 21 Unveiling word 22 Iraq War worries,

for short

23 God, in Judaism 25 Red-handed 28 Burning crime 30 “__ luego”

31 “Oh dear!” 34 Choir voice 36 Judge on “The People v. O.J. Simpson” 38 Camaraderie 41 Avant-garde music genre 43 Annoying kid 44 Greetings from

Fido

46 Aired with sharper

resolution 47 De-creases? 49 Lariat

52 Winter hike

footwear item 54 Insect-sized

superhero 58 Surfer’s ride 59 Makeover result 61 Self-image 62 Approx. landing time

63 “Best thing” bakery metaphor ... and a hint to each row of circles

66 Fish in Japanese

unadon

67 Aspect 68 Montana Tech city 69 NFL scoring stat 70 Slanted columns 71 Thumbs-ups

DOWN

1 CBS forensic spinoff starring Gary Sinise

2 Sleep concern 3 Elegant Manhattan avenue 4 Environmental

prefix

5 Diner employee 6 Spiced tea 7 Emergency phone

link

8 Birdlike

9 Jiff

10 Doubtfire’s title 11 Pixar specialty 12 “Glad you spotted that error” 13 Surrealist Max 18 Mineral hardness scale 22 Director Anderson 24 Stinging flier 26 Norse god with a hammer

27 Kevin of “Central Intelligence” 29 “The Simpsons” bus driver 31 MLB’s Diamondbacks, on scoreboards 32 Covered with plastic, as an ID card

33 Yeses from bosses 35 Space-research org.

37 Gave the green light, briefly 39 Dominates totally 40 __ Hashanah:

Jewish New Year 42 Tear gas situation 45 Bilked

48 Be in debt 50 DUI-fighting org. 51 Stuck-up

52 1974 hit “__ Home Alabama” 53 Chilling in a cooler 55 Track competitions 56 Playing marble 57 Connection points 60 Moistens

63 “City by the Bay”

airport code 64 Once around the

track

65 Lament