LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 John follower 5 Whack, biblically 10 Behold, to Cicero 14 Young Adult novel by Carl Hiaasen about an owl habitat

15 Wore

16 Devise, with “up” 17 Blue-green 19 Garage occupant 20 Meeting of

powerful nations 22 One looking at a

lot of tickets 24 Berliner’s

“Blimey!” 25 School contest 26 “It’s __ good” 27 2016 US Open

champ Wawrinka 31 Possessive

pronoun 33 Landlocked Asian

country

35 Native Nebraskan 37 Carpenter’s tool 40 Campbell’s

concoction 43 Spotted

44 Breeze (through) 45 Vegas rollers 47 Ping-Pong table

need

49 Messy one 51 Goat’s cry 52 Braying beast 55 Trig. function 57 “I can take __!” 59 Team at a drug bust

64 Green on a

weather map 65 Largest portion 68 Miranda __ of

“Homeland” 69 “Solutions and Other Problems” writer Brosh 70 Wheelhouse 71 Retreat 72 Blind parts 73 Old autocrat

DOWN

1 “Got it!”

2 __ au vin 3 Compassionate but strict approach

4 Put on

5 Carpet type

6 “All Rise” actress

Helgenberger 7 “Got it”

8 Island kingdom whose capital is Nuku’alofa 9 “Romanian Rhapsodies” composer 10 Answer to the riddle “What cheese is made backward?” 11 Roomba pickup 12 Term of affection 13 Gush on stage 18 Diamond VIPs 21 Freedom, in Swahili 22 Chi.-based flier 23 Some Balkans 28 “Mazel __!” 29 Quads on roads 30 Breakout stars? 32 Surprise attack 34 Cinematographer Nykvist 36 Sermon subject 38 Curved sabers 39 Butter __ 41 Jersey type 42 “On the Floor” singer

46 Put away 48 Stein’s partner 50 Makes illegal 52 LeBron’s

hometown

53 Do lutzes, say 54 Vaudeville fare 56 Ability 58 Percussion pair 60 One in a sailor’s

repertoire 61 Beverage nut 62 Make mittens, say 63 Exploits

66 Irish actor Stephen

67 Mr. Potato Head piece