LOS ANGELES TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 The “M” in
E = MC2
5 Put into force 10 Wood-shaping tool 14 Severely damaged sea 15 Morning show featuring
Al Roker 16 Drubbed or whipped 17 Calf-length skirt 18 Lady’s canine love 19 Omar of “The Mod Squad” 20 Seaside shade provider 23 Bone: Pref. 24 Second person 25 Grammy category 28 “Don’t play” music symbols 32 “I’ll do that!” 34 Opposite of pos. 37 Philatelist’s volumes 40 Soothing succulent 42 Inclined 43 Sitter’s nemesis 44 Practice that develops a variety of employee skills 47 Letters after ems 48 “Not __!”: “Quiet!” 49 Macho guy 51 Not agin 52 Musician’s gift 55 Curriculum __: résumé
59 Kid’s imaginary companions, and what’s literally found in this puzzle’s circles 64 Remove a rind from
66 “Ask me if __” 67 Pigeon banter 68 Drops the ball 69 Country south of Egypt 70 French I verb 71 Path behind a ship
72 Poet’s muse 73 Taken in, as a movie
DOWN
1 Cuban dance 2 Spring zodiac sign 3 ’70s-’80s Egyptian president Anwar 4 Deli machine 5 Caesar’s ides-ofMarch words 6 Good name for an average guy 7 Not much (of) 8 Top-selling Toyota 9 Blood bank spec 10 Second son
11 Act of leaving 12 Microwave 13 Sci-fi beings 21 Long-handled garden tools 22 Break in the action 26 Capital of Jordan 27 Annoying types 29 “Now!” in the OR 30 Brit’s sign-off 31 Northampton women’s college 33 Flow back
34 City south of Baghdad
35 Wed on the wing 36 Lose it big-time 38 Ballet dip
39 Tiny physics bit 41 Poetic palindrome 45 Oil gp. that includes Iraq 46 “Avatar” race 50 Nephews’ sisters 53 Come to light 54 Happen multiple times
56 Govt. security 57 Love dearly 58 German steel city 60 Beyond that 61 “Look what I did!”
62 Group with pledges 63 Nevada gambling city
64 Church bench 65 Notable time