LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 It’s not clear 5 Strategic corporate name change

12 Expert

15 Arm bone 16 Outshine 17 Cornish game __ 18 Home of the highest terrestrial biodiversity 21 Partner of mirrors 22 What duct tape has a lot of 23 Computer operating system with a penguin mascot

24 Color like khaki 25 Little helper? 27 Identify 28 Texter’s segue 29 Building up 34 3-Down concern 37 ICU hookups 40 19th Greek letter 41 Airbag, e.g. 44 Craft measured in cubits

45 What chefs do often 46 Single-file travelers, at times 47 “King Arthur’s Song” musical 49 Red or Ross 51 Were, now 52 Baja’s opposite 54 __ Mahal

57 Chew out 59 Fast-food option 61 Extra

63 Superior ... or what this puzzle’s circled letters represent? 66 Relations

67 Part of the CMYK color model 68 Bassoon cousin 69 It can cover a lot of ground 70 Specter

71 Puts on

DOWN

1 Rupture

2 Cub : bear :: cria : ___

3 Group with a rep 4 Arrange in order 5 Rock’s __ Speedwagon 6 Beige relatives 7 Hallowed

8 What yeast makes dough do

9 Bldg. units 10 Situation Room gp.

11 “You’re on!”

12 Do the minimum 13 Vile

14 Black stone 19 Bowling a 300, e.g.

20 Pinches

26 Turn while seated 28 MLB scorecard entries 29 Wonder Woman

adversary 30 Drops above the

ground

31 H.S. exam for

college credit 32 Georgia, once:

Abbr.

33 Courage

34 Apt rhyme for

“aahs”

35 Italian dish of thinly sliced raw meat or fish

36 Do some informal

polling

38 Quash 39 “Fiddlesticks!” 42 George’s musical

brother 43 Energizer size 48 Liquefy

50 State of comfort 52 Secret __ 53 Numbers game 54 Fitness

portmanteau 55 Burning issue? 56 Ballet leaps 57 Upscale retailer 58 Slightly soggy 59 Frat party

costume

60 One may be selfcleaning

62 Spur

64 Cry of disgust 65 Western omelet

morsel