LA Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Hanks who plays Mr. Rogers

4 Spanish houses

9 Watched secretly

14 Dr.’s group

15 Scarlett of fiction

16 African river

17 Server of shots

18 Manicurist’s tool

20 Word with sprawl or renewal

22 Norse trickster

23 Walrus feature

24 Made stuff up

26 Like Mattel’s Cathy doll

28 Eponymous ’60s-’80s “Airways” entrepreneur

33 Like desperate straits

34 Send with a stamp

35 Old Detroit brewer

39 Like frozen roads

40 Resolves out of court

42 Paris summer

43 Spot for a friendly kiss

45 Bit of cat talk

46 Mennen lotion

47 Attacker or defender of online information systems

50 Water heater

53 Nuremberg no

54 German auto

55 Movie lab assistant

59 President #2

62 “It” novelist

65 Org. for the ends of 18-, 28-, 47- and 62-Across

66 Remove the chalk

67 Muslim holy city

68 Home state for the ends of 18-, 28-, 47- and 62-Acr.

69 Monica of tennis

70 Beautify

71 Suffix with Japan or Milan

DOWN

1 “Forbidden” fragrance

2 Actor Epps

3 Bakery item Jerry stole from an old woman in a classic “Seinfeld” episode

4 Fooled in a swindle

5 “Figured it out!”

6 Windsurfing need

7 Guthrie of folk

8 Quarterback-tackling stat

9 Biol. or ecol.

10 Toaster snack

11 Data to enter

12 Spew out

13 Not at all cool

19 Kiss from a pooch

21 Teacher’s helper

25 Ten-cent piece

27 Gas brand with toy trucks

28 Bank acct.-protecting org.

29 Wealthy

30 Cake directive Alice obeyed

31 Soda bottle buy

32 Permit

36 Arrange new terms for, as a loan

37 Bart’s bus driver

38 Perceive aurally

40 Terrier type

41 McGregor of “Doctor Sleep”

44 “Total” 2017 event visible in a coastto-coast path from Oregon to South Carolina

46 Very dry

48 Soft French cheese

49 President #40

50 Diamond quartet

51 Off-the-wall

52 Perfect

56 Govt.-owned home financing gp.

57 Gave the nod to

58 Wealthy, to Juan

60 Corp. execs’ degrees

61 January “white” event

63 “For __ a jolly ... ”

64 ATM giant