LA TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 “At __, soldier!” 5 Taj Mahal city

9 Burdened (with) 14 Horn-shaped flower

15 “Get a __ of this!”

16 Large stadium 17 *”Drinks are on the house!”

19 A- or B+ 20 “Beauty and the Beast” heroine 21 Out of style 23 Big fuss 24 Outdoor dining area

25 *”Just what I wanted to hear!” 28 Autotrader offering 30 Refrigerator art holder

31 Place for pillow talk

32 __ and carrots 35 Toy bear 36 *”Eyes like Paul Newman!” 39 Fall-blooming plant

42 Glasgow resident 43 To the __ degree 46 Cheap cigar 48 Fist pump or fist bump

51 *”Check out those Outback hoppers!”

54 Actor Capaldi 55 Genetic letters 56 NATO HQ locale 57 Mom’s sisters 58 Unblinking look 60 *”There’s the star of ‘Top Gun’!” 63 Racing sleds 64 Pesky insect 65 Really stink 66 Opinion pieces 67 Cries of delight, and what each of the answers to the starred clues literally are?

68 Gaelic language

DOWN

1 Figure on the shelf, in Christmas decor

2 Post for military pilots

3 Rained ice 4 Body part with lashes 5 __ vera

6 Sticky substance 7 Stubble remover 8 “Someone Like You” singer

9 Internet connectivity annoyance

10 Sets up, as flowers in a vase 11 Like many paths in a maze

12 Funded on an ongoing basis 13 “Sorry, laddie” 18 Voting alliance 22 Flood-control structure

24 Tavern

25 “__ Anatomy”: Ellen Pompeo series 26 London art gallery

27 Spot that’s rarely spotless

29 PD alert 33 Kindergarten letters

34 Plods (through) 36 Defied, as belief

37 Opera solo 38 Beehive State native 39 “__ me no questions ... “40 Fledgling company 41 Shipping weight allowance

43 Like Almond Joy, compared to Mounds

44 Long locks of hair

45 That girl

47 “... __ he drove out of sight” 49 San Antonio NBAer

50 Academic security 52 Expenditure 53 Maine college town

57 Plays a part 58 __-mo video 59 Sinuous letter

61 __-jongg 62 Scratch (out), as a living