LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Archaeological

sites

5 Farm trough

contents 9 Gambler’s

calculation 13 “Right now!”

letters

14 Home for monks 16 Lake with Canada’s southernmost point

17 Sacred, as a

promise 19 Labyrinthine 20 How a sharp

incline rises 21 Steak orders 23 Confer

knighthood on 24 Homer’s story

of 67-Across

26 __ XING:

crosswalk sign 29 Full of attitude 31 Appear 34 Woodshed tools 36 University leader 39 Join (in)

41 Be worthy of 42 High-ranking

foreign diplomat 44 Bump off

45 Part of GPS:

Abbr.

46 Goes on a tirade 48 “__-haw!” 49 28-Down entrant 51 “Ready, __, fire!” 53 “Our thoughts

are with you” 56 Museum

contents

60 Swear to be true 61 Ensemble playing in this puzzle’s circles 64 Storm relief org. 65 Woven fabric 66 TV award 67 Helen’s city 68 Carry out

instructions 69 Dark or marble

breads

DOWN

1 Orator’s platform 2 “__ that special?” 3 Contributed to

the cause

4 Did undercover

work 5 Alternative plans 6 Online auction

site

7 Retreat, as the

tide

8 Md. neighbor 9 Updated, as a

kitchen 10 Tehran’s land

11 7 or 11, say, in

shoes

12 Piano’s 88

15 Aptly named

brand of coolers 18 27, for Beethoven’s “Moonlight” 22 Bags on a

diamond

24 “This __ test” 25 President before

Richard 26 Nickname for

Hemingway 27 Finals, say 28 Annual Kentucky

race

30 Wool clippers 32 Youngest Jetson 33 Motion picture 35 Set aside for later

use 37 “Of course!” 38 “The Son of Man” painter Magritte 40 Noted fur tycoon 43 “Lost” actor

Daniel __ Kim 47 Perform in a

choir

50 Take a breather 52 Taxi calculator 53 Float, as an

aroma 54 Happily-after

link

55 Crooner Perry 56 Put in a folder 57 Force to be

reckoned with 58 Frosty coating 59 Mattel specialty 62 Tango need, so

they say

63 Spare bone?