LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Meat on a

skewer

6 Better mtge.

deal

10 Subtle “Look

this way”

14 Gulf of __: Red

Sea inlet 15 Horror movie

helper

16 Healthy 17 Albacore and

yellowfin 18 “Darn it!” 20 Ingredient in some Tibetan cheese 22 Genealogy aid 23 Pie-mode link 24 Cut out early 25 “Heavenly!” 26 Mont Blanc, e.g. 29 Beatles’ meter

maid

31 Hunk of dirt 33 Lea plea 34 Fast-food chain named for its founders, the Raffel Brothers 36 Pro Football Hall of Fame receiver Michael 39 Splendor 41 Maple extract 42 Born yesterday,

so to speak 43 Female folklore

deity

44 Part of a plug 46 Word with pool

or park

47 First name in

country 49 List-ending abbr. 50 Finish

51 Crayon shade 53 Legendary Greek

mount

55 Drink with

scones 57 Ideal way to

work, teamwise 59 “No idea” 63 Living labyrinth 65 Time off,

informally 66 “The Clan of the Cave Bear” author Jean 67 Kitchen cooker 68 Clear the board 69 Nimble

70 Let off steam 71 Drops below the

horizon

DOWN

1 Pop singer Perry 2 Water color 3 River border 4 Hawaiian-born

president 5 Sherlock Holmes portrayer in 15 movies 6 Gamble

7 __ trip

8 “On Golden Pond” actor or actress 9 Dramatically

twisty 10 Awesome, in ’90s

slang

11 Wise counsel 12 Blizzard remains 13 Grade for a soph 19 Autumn occurrence, and a hint to the start of the other four longest Down answers 21 Bandit’s hideout 24 Silicon Valley

region

26 “You got that

right!”

27 Like many

doilies 28 Interpreter of

lines

30 Recipe amt.

32 “... boy __ girl?” 35 Predicament 37 Lendl of tennis 38 Uncool one 40 Copy

45 Kid-lit’s __ the

Great

48 “I, Robot” author 51 Comedy club

sounds 52 Exhaust

54 Ward (off ) 56 Gaming giant 58 Hideous

59 Like knees

during a squat 60 MRI image 61 Face concealer 62 Focus group? 64 Buddhist sect