Detroit Free Press

LA TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD

- Bruce Venzke and Gail Grabowski

ACROSS

1 “Vice” (2018) Oscar nominee Amy

6 Pairing

11 __ water

14 Jazz pianist

Chick

15 Fit provider 16 Gulf st. 17 Equivalent Stanley award? 19 Storage unit 20 __-Caps: candy 21 Memo opener 22 Went up 24 Produce

26 Venue that may sell naming rights 27 Forward, in a way

30 Take different paths

32 Cake decorators 33 “The Ra Expedition­s” author Heyerdahl

35 MSN and AOL 39 Equivalent Scotland locale? 42 Japanese sandal 43 Not taxing 44 Cuban boy in 2000 headlines 45 Thickener in Asian desserts 47 They may be special or secret 48 Passionate dance 51 Bouts

54 Off-topic

56 Ohio border lake 57 Anonymous party

60 __ service 61 Equivalent type of horse?

64 Mound stat 65 Long-stemmed mushrooms

66 Some South Pacific carvings 67 Court unit of at least six games 68 Search for water 69 “Mad Men” pool member

DOWN

1 Blackjack cards 2 “Whatcha __?” 3 Cornstarch brand

4 Indifferen­t reaction

5 Stephen Colbert, for one

6 Enterprise officer

7 Large chamber group

8 Fortune competitor

9 2016 work by Pulitzer poet

Sharon Olds

10 Org. with a long track record?

11 Put on ice 12 Strange

13 World Wildlife Fund logo animal 18 New law student 23 Things, or written things 24 Baby transport 25 Bond creator? 27 Big name in hotels and crackers 28 Lingering effect 29 Golda of Israel 31 MSNBC analyst Melber

33 Romanov royals 34 Casual hellos 36 __ guard

37 Fuel from a bog 38 Taxpayer IDs 40 Pro vote

41 Pays no attention to

46 Hit the links 47 Others, to Ovid 48 Grimm accounts 49 Pumped up

50 Go after, puppy-style

52 Sneaks a look 53 Orange half of a “Sesame Street” duo

55 Purple pet in old cartoons

57 Fake in the rink 58 Lena of “The Reader”

59 Exxon, formerly 62 Sacred promise 63 Assemblyre­quired boxful

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