LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Pats down in a weapons search 7 Gather, as crops 11 Theater ticket

word

14 __ Beach: Southern California city 15 Memorable

lioness 16 Imprecise suffix 17 Well-suited to a

person’s abilities 19 Pontiac muscle

car

20 One-named “Tik

Tok” singer 21 College-level HS

science course 23 Bundle of hay 26 Kid’s riddle: “Why is six afraid of seven?” “Because seven __ nine!” 28 Range above 41Down

29 Gift giver’s eager urging

32 Hire

34 Like Beethoven’s “Pastoral Symphony” 35 Arrow controlled by a mouse 37 Little piggies 40 Salad green 42 LinkedIn user’s

quest

44 Of sound mind 45 Fancy fish eggs 47 Shapiro of NPR 48 Punctual

50 __ of honor:

wedding party VIP 52 Smell 53 Late-night NYC

show

55 Tenant’s payment 56 Like bouquets of

roses

58 Dining room piece 61 Former soccer

phenom Freddy 62 Unpretentious 67 Pen tip 68 Reverberate 69 Science journal

since 1869 70 Obtain

71 Lion’s warning 72 What there may not be “in the house” during a tearjerker

DOWN

1 Annual shot target 2 Knock (on)

3 “Here __ again!” 4 Submerged

5 Joint above the ankle

6 Cheeky talk

7 Tells, as a story 8 Building wing

9 On the ocean 10 Online remittance app 11 “Correctamundo!” 12 Bone: Pref.

13 “To __ it may concern” 18 “Figured it out!” 22 Fabric 23 Reaches 212 degrees Fahrenheit 24 Sleep disorder 25 Made certain 27 Expressive online image

30 RN’s workplace 31 Stanley of “The Hunger Games” 33 Golf tournament kickoff

36 Paper purchases 38 Disgraced energy firm

39 Period of work 41 Range below 28Across

43 Half a bikini 46 Only “V” Monopoly avenue not named for a state

49 __ Joe’s

51 Peace agreement 52 Song from the

past

54 Chin-up muscle,

briefly

56 Vampire tooth 57 Not of sound mind 59 “007” James 60 Kind of jet 63 “Huh!?”

64 Regret

65 The old college __ 66 Giggle sound