LA TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Mexican dip
6 Kitten-lifting spot 10 “Notorious” Supreme Court justice, initially
13 Gold miner’s
staked-out land 14 Polishes, as text 16 Botch the job, say 17 *Cage for a bunny 19 Actress Zadora
20 Moody music
genre
21 __ Grey tea
22 Wasn’t feeling
well
24 Early bird’s reward 26 *Tool for filling in
holes in the wall 29 Blackjack card
31 “Superman“’ actor
Christopher
32 Hooded snake
35 Final Four org.
37 Dutch cheese
town
40 *Bow users’
musical ensemble 43 “The jig __”
44 Double-reed wind 45 Trio in H2O
46 Barnes’ bookselling partner
48 Italian three
49 *Skin response to
fear or cold
53 Applies with a Qtip
57 Finance whiz Suze 58 Christmas song 60 Rapper __ Kim
61 Oral health initials 62 “C’mon, get serious!” … and an admonition evidently ignored by the starts of the answers to starred clues 66 Part of mph 67 Promised to tell the truth 68 “There’s no such thing as a free lunch,” e.g.
69 Hosp. triage areas 70 Still-life subject 71 Printer supply
DOWN
1 Carpenter’s
fastener
2 Mission to
remember
3 Materials partner
on a repair bill
4 Member of the
fam
5 Gallic girlfriend
6 Indira Gandhi’s
father
7 Grownup
8 Racetrack stop
9 And so on, briefly 10 Answered, as an
11 Lawyer’s filing
12 Student’s mark
15 Ice cream drink 18 Scotch or masking 23 Played the market 25 California county that contains parts of Yosemite National Park
27 Copy on
transparent paper 28 “You betcha!”
30 Recycle bin item 32 CBS forensic
series
33 NFL tiebreakers 34 Multiple Grammy winner featured on “Uptown Funk” 35 Prize since 1901 36 __-Magnon
38 Vaccination spot 39 More, in Madrid 41 Game with
putting
42 Lend an __: listen 47 Is flexible
48 You, biblically
49 Flip out
50 Trial judge’s
demand
51 Between, in
French
52 Like a designated
driver
54 Poe’s middle
name
55 Ship’s hull region 56 More cunning
59 Aspiring DA’s
exam
63 Be obligated to 64 “Don’t delay!”
65 Pre-marital (just
barely) promise