LOS ANGELES TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 “House” actor Epps 5 Plant-sucking insect
10 Gala affair 14 Went by bus 15 Wear away
16 __ Day VitaCraves Multivitamins 17 Sunbather’s spread 19 Spelling contests 20 Intended 21 Lend support to 23 Wrestling surface 24 “In case you weren’t listening ... ” 26 Like lambs 28 Pat-on-the-baby’sback intended result
29 Cards to bet on 32 Cut and pasted, say
35 New York Harbor’s __ Island 36 Penpoint 37 Tough problem 39 Evergreen tree 42 Jelly beans, e.g. 43 Waiting for customer support, often 45 Brunch dish 49 Singer Fitzgerald 50 Speak from the soapbox 51 “Help!”-ful pot scrubbers? 54 Texter’s “I’m shocked!” 55 Down in the dumps 58 Glee 59 Movie “Citizen” 61 Coupe-back contraption 65 Yet again 66 “Ditto”
67 Try to persuade 68 “Women and Love” writer Shere 69 What Buffy does 70 Lowly worker
DOWN
1 Poet’s planet 2 Stooge with Larry and Curly 3 Tracy/Hepburn battle-of-thesexes comedy 4 Proof of purchase 5 Insurance giant 6 Bit of expert advice
7 “__ about that!” 8 It’s in your head 9 Cold-cuts seller 10 Songwriter Dylan 11 Iron-poor blood condition 12 Womack of country 13 Withstood wear and tear 18 Consumes 22 Wilde’s
“The Picture of __ Gray” 24 German automaker 25 Large, innocentlooking peepers 27 VCR format 28 Batman player Affleck 30 Dutch airline 31 Red Muppet 33 “My Cup Runneth Over” singer 34 Eat in style 38 Cholesterol letters 39 Instructions next to a perforated line ... or a hint to 17-, 29-, 45- and 61-Across 40 Afflictions 41 Nutritionist’s fig.
42 Camp bed 44 Warms, as canned soup
45 Pipe smoked in trendy bars 46 Fashion designer Giorgio 47 Fridge sticker 48 Peppermint Patty, for one
52 Farm facilities 53 Opposite of post56 Hugging limbs 57 Paces-and-pistols encounter 60 Meadow mom 62 LIRR overseer 63 In the past 64 Boxing count