LA TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Skyline obscurer 5 Slight
fabrications 9 Lengthy exam
answer 14 Afghanistan’s __
Bora region 15 Wrinkle
remover 16 Teatime treat 17 Condo division 18 *Food stalls offering filled tortillas 20 Liberated 22 Meaner than
mean
23 *Kits that include pots for melting cheese or chocolate 26 Verdi opera about an African princess
30 As of now 31 Rodent that followed the Pied Piper 32 Finalized, as a
deal
34 Relishes 37 Indiana NBA
player
38 *1933 comedy starring Marie Dressler and John Barrymore 41 Treasury
secretary Yellen 42 __ Berry Farm: Southern California amusement park 43 High regard 45 “Let’s call __
day”
46 Heat in the
microwave 49 Norse god of
thunder 50 *Ingredient amount in a recipe for paella or risotto 54 Barnett of CBS
News 56 Therefore 57 Unexpected charges, and a feature of the answers to the starred clues 62 Over again 63 Relating to birds 64 Rights org. since
1920
65 Checkout queue 66 Marriott rival 67 Car roof with
removable panels 68 Life partner
DOWN
1 In need of some
fresh air
2 “Some Like It
Hot” star Marilyn 3 Get situated 4 Like some private communities 5 In shape
6 Nest egg letters 7 Italian bowling
game
8 Pig sound
9 East, in Spanish 10 Rascals 11 Prodigal __ 12 “Wait, there’s
more”
13 “You bet!” 19 Figure (out) 21 Vaudeville legend
Jimmy
24 Roof edge
25 Bird on birth
announcements 27 Snowfall accumulation unit
28 Song for two 29 Tax-paying mo. 33 Words set in
stone?
34 Looked down on 35 Competed in a
sprint, say 36 Unflappable 38 Sprinter’s race 39 Enamored of 40 Caesar’s rebuke 41 Airport arrival 44 Eve’s opposite 46 Colorful annual 47 Regional manner
of speech 48 Baseball Hall of
Famer Reese 51 Like some lean
dairy products 52 Put into office 53 Domain 55 Landlord’s
income
57 “A likely story!” 58 Climbing vine 59 Day in Durango 60 “Xanadu” rock
gp.
61 “How’s it goin’?”