Los Angeles Times

CROSSWORD

- Edited By Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis By Joe Kidd

ACROSS

1 Decision-making tool 5 Slips in pots 10 Assure, as victory 13 One of four on a keyboard 15 Comics unit 16 Nice handle? 17 Cheeky server? 19 Call from a cote 20 Former Rocket Ming 21 Hanoi holiday 22 “NBC Nightly News” anchor Lester 23 Sgt.’s underling 26 Bro on the go? 29 Alienate 31 Creator of many word lists 32 Sailing 33 Stately shaders 36 ’40s Giant manager 37 European auto left out in the rain? 41 Draw at a pub 42 Weight adjustment factor 43 One no longer serving 45 Prove to be untrue 47 Late arriver’s cry 49 Food for thought? 52 Airport near OAK 53 Outwit, as a tail 54 Taker of ppm measuremen­ts 55 Dorm room, perhaps 57 Bad picnic omen 58 Result of a yank prank? 63 B.S. part: Abbr. 64 Oven setting 65 Put an end to 66 Rocky outcroppin­g 67 AAA and NRA 68 Bar shelf lineup

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1 Half-__: coffee choice 2 Nine-time NHL All-Star 3 Aran Islands country: Abbr. 4 Prone to prying 5 Many an IRS e-file user 6 1492 landing site, now 7 Gathering of spies 8 Show instabilit­y 9 Hasselblad product 10 5-Down’s concern 11 “Chillax!” 12 Act to excess 14 Hula Hoop manufactur­er 18 Sound system component 22 Rendered immobile 23 Student advocacy gp. 24 Ruckus 25 Shake things up 27 Key of Beethoven’s Second Piano Concerto 28 Horseshoe holder 30 Merchant of 10,000 Maniacs 34 Kingston Trio hit with the lyric “Fight the fare increase!” 35 Letter enhancemen­t 38 Go __ smoke 39 End that may be untimely 40 End-of-week exclamatio­n 44 Midori on the ice 45 Bouncy ride, to say the least 46 Arab bigwigs 48 Bit of tomfoolery 49 Rollicking good time 50 Prom night coifs 51 Dickens bad guy 56 River in western Belgium 58 Org. for pugilists 59 They, in Tours 60 “Suppose ... “61 Play for a fool 62 Some MIT grads

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