LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Is sporting 6 Bobby who lost to Billie Jean King in tennis’ “Battle of the Sexes”

11 Place to unwind 14 Grenoble’s river 15 Sign up, in Sussex 16 Reliever’s asset 17 “ABC” group, with

“The”

19 USN clerk

20 Hot state

21 Heat unit

22 Ruhr Valley city 24 Art class subject 26 Part-plant DC

Comics superhero 28 Compulsive thief,

for short 30 Thoughts spoken

onstage

31 Prefix with comic 32 “Not for me” 35 Left on a liner 36 Pioneer’s wagon with an upwardcurved floor 39 Popular side 42 Sore

43 Makeshift knives 47 More minute 49 Without a musical

key

50 Weight loss guru 54 New Haven Ivy 55 Stream of insults,

say

56 “It’s __ to you” 58 Given a meal 59 Printemps month 60 Skirt, as an issue ... or a hint to the puzzle’s circles 63 Outer: Prefix 64 Slices in a pie, often

65 Gold unit

66 Blue shade 67 Designer fragrance 68 Prepared for a TV interview

DOWN

1 Mischief 2 Ordinarily

3 Any of 11 1860s states

4 Sitcom planet 5 Outdoor home 6 Agree to more

issues

7 Start to structure 8 Big name in fairy

tales

9 Federal URL ending 10 Makes things slippery, in a way 11 Closes the marital deal

12 Peacock, e.g. 13 Surrounded by 18 Extremely 23 Shout from the

main mast 25 Momentous victories

27 Part of UTEP 29 Excessively

32 Bench press target, for short 33 Bat wood 34 Metaphor for a

mess

37 “Breaking Bad” agent

38 Prime meridian std.

39 Place near the Pennsylvania Railroad

40 Relax 41 Retirement

income source 44 Down

45 Chemical bonding

number 46 Tobogganed 48 Ophthalmologist,

for short

49 Lago filler 51 Wound up costing 52 Highway through Whitehorse 53 __-France 57 Senior’s highlight 61 Comic strip cry 62 Non opposite