LA Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Watering hole 4 African language

group

9 Suddenly took

interest

14 Québec street 15 Future oak

16 Way to go it

17 City near the Great

Salt Lake

19 Has to have 20 Biceps exercises 21 Hosting a show,

briefly

23 Tennis do-over 24 Breyers __ Cookies

& Cream

25 “Be yourself,”

nowadays 27 Arnaz-Ball production company

29 Muss, as hair 30 Magazine VIPs 31 Adjust to one’s

environment

35 Old fast fliers 36 Casino

advantage 39 Fleshy fruit 42 Barbecue spot 43 Can opener 46 Feathered friends 49 Beethoven’s

“Tempest,” e.g. 51 “Be right with you” 55 Chimps and

gorillas 56 Furry sitcom

extraterrestrial 57 Chutzpah

58 Stick with a pin 59 Early American

crop

61 Earth’s most central geologic layer ... or what can be found in each set of puzzle circles 63 Geographer’s volume 64 Tokyo-based

watchmaker 65 No-frills bed 66 Filters (through) 67 Jacket material 68 “Very cute!”

sounds

DOWN

1 Tacit rules of male

friendship

2 Was a sign of

3 Set right

4 Passes a law

against

5 Pressure prefix 6 “I’m innocent!” 7 Barely detectable

amount

8 Far from cool 9 Serenaded

10 Stein filler

11 Like many summer

shoes

12 Still being shuffled 13 Tablet crushers 18 “The Time

Machine” race 22 Little point to pick 25 Spiral-horned

antelope

26 Tricky plan 28 Vientiane people 32 Poisonous African

snake

33 Stew morsel 34 Vietnamese New

Year

36 Cookbook verb 37 Spinal segment 38 Bit of baby talk 39 Often-abbreviated

attire

40 Produce eggs

41 Put in the wrong

folder

43 Pudding choice 44 Was humiliated 45 Laundry holders 47 “Easy to clean” ad

claim

48 __-Cat: winter vehicle 50 DEA agent

52 Live

53 Muscular power 54 Start of a counting

rhyme

58 Cattle poker 60 Microwave

62 Squeeze (out)