LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Poindexter 6 Co. known for music compilations 10 Sign of things to come 14 Scarlett in love with a Butler 15 Folk singer Guthrie 16 Funeral rite heap 17 __ spray: decongestant 18 *Athletic brand for yoga class 20 Iron mine output 21 Look creepily (at) 23 Get up 24 *Beachgoer’s footwear 27 More, for Miguel 28 Smidgen 29 Like the simplest instructions 33 Portfolio item 36 Having all one’s marbles 38 Rap sheet abbr. 39 *Stops smoking suddenly and entirely, say 43 Coffee dispenser 44 Cheers for matadors 45 Must-haves 46 Kabul native 49 PC-to-PC system 50 Chair support 51 *Raid with a K-9 unit, perhaps

56 “Let __ be light” 58 “No __”: “Beats me” 59 Whiskey barrel wood 61 Specialized unit seeking explosives ... or what the ends of the answers to starred clues comprise? 64 Poke fun at 66 Mine, in Montreal 67 Chomp or nip 68 Like recycled bottles 69 Italy’s capital 70 Blacken on the grill 71 Medicine amounts

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1 “__ harm”: Hippocratic Oath principle 2 Pier 3 Canvas holder 4 Historic period 5 Kids’ play boxes with plastic spheres 6 Superman’s birth name 7 Cape Cod town 8 Building wing 9 Comical Costello 10 Verdi works 11 “I stand corrected” 12 God with a bow

13 Hawaii’s state bird 19 Poor, as an excuse 22 Young salamander 25 “Dream on!” 26 Lily pad habitats 30 Ice hockey target 31 __ out a living 32 Forks over 33 Color akin to turquoise 34 Steak : turf :: lobster : __ 35 Divorced female parent 36 State of matter 37 Part of IPA 40 Fast one, so to speak 41 At full strength 42 Contact lens solution brand 47 Grammy-winning jazzman Hancock 48 Grows older 49 L, on clothes: Abbr. 52 Gaucho’s rope 53 Milker’s handful 54 Serialized daytime TV 55 Sample, as food 56 Vanishing ski lift 57 __ sapiens 60 They open doors 62 Gridiron VIPs 63 180-degree turn, in slang 65 Fall Out Boy genre