LA TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 What a regular often orders, with “the”
6 First of a cereal box trio
10 Box score number
14 See 5-Down
15 Dorothy’s dog
16 Distinctive vibe
17 Sauce with basil
18 Like many cars sold online
19 “Jurassic Park” predator
20 Youngster, metaphorically
23 Antlered Yellowstone beast
24 Lao Tzu’s “way”
25 __City: computer game
28 Stick a stake in, as a vampire
32 Dry-eyes solution
34 Manual filing target?
35 Toddler’s monster deterrent
39 Brings on board
41 Luau neckwear
42 He played Grant on “Lou Grant”
43 Morning awakener
46 Poi source
47 One of four in five
48 Theater walkways
50 Before, in poems
51 “__ Misérables”
53 Hesitant
utterances
54 Behind-thescenes money source ... and a hint to the start of 20-, 35- and 43-Across
61 Elton or Lennon
63 Boxer’s foursome
64 Garlicky mayo
65 CNN anchor Burnett
66 Great Lake with the shortest name
67 King of rock ’n’ roll
68 Spinning toys
69 Apt word found in “accident”
70 Tenant’s contract
DOWN
1 Officials calling strikes
2 Trickle
3 Cold War initials
4 Italian wine region
5 With 14-Across, soccer’s GOAT, to many
6 Experiencing writer’s block, say
7 Light snack
8 Bit the dust
9 Online talk show
10 Fill until full
11 Car’s blinker
12 “Roses __ red ... ”
13 Collectors’ item?
21 Secluded valley
22 Eucalyptus eater
26 Response from the next room
27 Urban transit systems
28 Take a breath
29 “The Naked and the Dead” author Norman
30 Hook’s vessel
31 Wide awake
33 Grocery shoppers’ aids
36 Sick
37 Cable TV’s Nat __ Wild
38 Hyphenated fruit drink brand
40 Incense-sensing sense
44 Scared, with “out”
45 Hindu god of desire
49 Tel Aviv’s land
52 Drum type
53 Underdog’s victory
55 Roadside lodgings
56 Mary-Kate, to Ashley
57 Mah-jongg piece
58 PBS science series
59 Yale students
60 Heed a bailiff ’s order
61 Hot tub feature
62 Spanish gold