LA TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Warning sound from a rattlesnake

5 Electrical pioneer Nikola

10 Certain partner 14 “Hello... hello... hello...,” e.g.

15 To no __: without success

16 Each, informally 17 Sign gas

18 Paper size longer than letter

19 Cab

20 *Pink flower native to eastern North America 23 Leftover

24 Sound system 27 Eyes a bull’s-eye, say

30 Chapel centerpiece

32 U.K. lawmakers 35 *Like a game that involves evasive subterfuge

39 Oodles 41 Chutney fruit 42 Chief Valhalla god 43 *Migratory honker

46 WNW’s opposite 47 Reptile in the Chinese zodiac 48 __-esteem

50 Pays for everyone

53 Reading lights 57 Solve a mystery, and a hint to the answers to the starred clues 61 “Veep” actress Chlumsky

64 Latest craze 65 Tehran’s land 66 See 28-Down 67 Campaign button word

68 Guitarist Lofgren 69 Deal (with) 70 Searches for 71 Checkers or chess

DOWN

1 From this point forward

2 Climbing tool for frozen surfaces

3 Low on funds

4 Mexican state bordering Arizona 5 Anklebones 6 Level

7 Very long story 8 Perjurers

9 Parcel out 10 ABBA hit with the line “I was defeated, you won the war”

11 Craft beer letters 12 “Sour grapes” critter

13 Prefix with -logue 21 Not of the clergy 22 Tailor’s line 25 Piano piece 26 Welcome sight in the desert

28 With 66-Across, fairy-tale character whose bed was too soft

29 Male deer 31 Actress Russo 32 Apple computers 33 Garden growth 34 Underwater detector

36 “It’s __-win situation” 37 Private aid gps. 38 Prescribed amount

40 Friendly send-off 44 Cherished 45 Fashion monthly 49 Not back-to-back with

51 Makes less unruly 52 Bathroom accessory

54 Tennis star Sharapova 55 Sacred song 56 Smell, for one 58 Joint between the foot and the hip

59 Clock sound 60 Bowlers and berets

61 Start of the alphabet song 62 “The Matrix” hero

63 Quick snooze