LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Storied December shelf dweller 4 Kind of gun that

catches speeders 9 Burning crime 14 Pooh pal in a

pouch

15 Spanish month 16 Colorful tank fish 17 Cow call

18 Baked mac and

cheese, for many 20 When an afterlunch meeting might start 22 Blender maker 23 Deux halved 24 Ones paid to play 26 Something that

affects a result 28 Hit pay dirt 33 Issue, as light 34 Memo opening

words

35 Kid’s bear

39 Willy Wonka

portrayer Wilder 40 Doctor’s order? 42 __ avis

43 Leading the

league

45 Plant stem joint 46 Of the mouth 47 “Aladdin” song whose title lyric follows “You ain’t never had a” 50 Social blunders 53 Carded at the

door, briefly 54 Christian sch. in Tulsa

55 One way to read 59 TV host Gibbons 62 Buried record for future generations 65 OED book, e.g. 66 Newborn’s lack,

usually

67 Big name in racing 68 With 60-Down, on one’s game ... and hint to the start of this puzzle’s longest answers 69 Analyze, as ore 70 Fills fully

71 “__ Misérables”

DOWN

1 Funny Bombeck 2 Pirate’s take

3 Clue in the mud 4 Fix dinner? 5 15-Across starts it 6 Free game

version, maybe 7 Lab greetings 8 Word with square

or cube

9 What opposites do, it’s said 10 NBA official 11 Dark beer 12 Maine campus town 13 Consumer advocate Ralph 19 APR-reducing loan 21 Bad loan, to an accountant

25 Cinco y uno 27 Nation within Oklahoma

28 Utah lily

29 IRS enforcers 30 Silly

31 Test for fit in the changing room 32 Double-check, as totals

36 Stunt double, e.g. 37 Wee bit o’ whisky, say 38 Clinton’s alma mater

41 Prefix with pad 44 Holier-than-thou 48 Puerto Rico, por

ejemplo 49 Loafers

50 “I __ go!”: “Ciao!” 51 Astrological Ram 52 Running on __:

weary 56 Numbered work 57 Ensign-in-training

inst.

58 Tidy up a bit 60 See 68-Across 61 Woeful cry

63 LAX calculation 64 “To Kill a Mockingbird” author Harper