LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Soothing ointment 5 Criticize harshly 9 Deep-voiced

singer

14 Great Lake that stretches from New York to Michigan

15 Every 12 mos. 16 Significant __:

partner

17 Place for junk 19 Genetic twin 20 “Honey, I’m Home” singer Twain 21 Wagons at midday socials 23 B and B’s, e.g. 25 Home of twigs 26 Did a marathon, say 28 Relaxation of govt. rules

31 Skip, with “out” 34 Turn loose 36 Annoys 38 Oft-stubbed digit 39 In time gone by 40 U.S. Congress,

informally 42 Enjoyed a meal 43 Web or nanny

follower

44 Reef makeup 45 Some youth ctrs. 47 Cotton gin

inventor Whitney 48 Defy authority 50 Approves 51 Dimpled facial

feature, perhaps 54 Game room

missile

56 From Tokyo, say 60 Overly large 64 Still in the game 65 Increasing, and a hint to 17- and 40Across and 11- and 27-Down 67 Distance runner 68 Prescription

amount 69 “Enchanted” movie girl played by Anne Hathaway 70 Arterial implant 71 Seeks answers 72 Doe or stag

DOWN

1 “Porgy and __” 2 Half a McDonald’s logo

3 Old Italian money 4 Definition 5 Manually

6 “__ you comfy?” 7 Venetian blind

piece

8 Promote big-time 9 Italian lawn bowling 10 Book of maps 11 Small order of pancakes 12 FedExed, say

13 Unrefined minerals

18 ATM code 22 __-hair pasta 24 Extremely harsh 26 Fit for a monarch 27 Nuclear reactor 29 Get-well program,

briefly

30 Banished from

one’s country 32 Greek i’s 33 Golfer’s pegs 34 Doily trim 35 Needing no Rx 37 Like a fox, it’s said 41 Lena who sang

“Stormy Weather” 46 Took a drive 49 Wood-shaping machines 52 Place of refuge 53 Chemically nonreactive

55 Fish eggs

56 Traffic tie-ups 57 Touched down 58 Ginger ale or root beer

59 “The Catch” actress Mireille __ 61 Liver secretion 62 Shipwreck site 63 Stick shift choice 66 “Shame on you!”