LOS ANGELES TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Sugar amt. 5 Swimmer’s regimen 9 Margaret Atwood’s
“__ Grace” 14 Cosmetic additive 15 Alternatively 16 Small drum or large antelope 17 Author Gertrude’s Irish friend? 19 Prepared to tackle 20 Foul odor 21 Liquid-Plumr rival 23 Brewer’s kiln 26 Black Sea port 29 Like some time-release pills 33 Old Toyota subcompact 34 “Don’t interrupt!” studio sign 35 Inflexibility 37 Head lines, for short?
38 Fail to attend 39 Checkout choice
40 Latin word on a cornerstone 41 Road goo 42 Church law 43 Buzzing 44 Pleasant emanations 46 Antipathy 48 Air traffic control devices 49 Assist, as a theater patron 50 Puts a dent in one’s gas mileage 52 Herbal cough drop brand 57 Carved piece of jewelry 59 Irish physician? 62 Alaskan native 63 Straddling 64 “Let me know if you’re coming” letters
65 Mud nest builders 66 Dinner summons at the manor house 67 Young fellows
DOWN
1 Melody from a bugler
2 Sour note from a bugler 3 Dover flatfish 4 Menial employee 5 Quite destructive 6 Bass, e.g. 7 Pressure meas. 8 Dispatch 9 Carpenter’s rasp, for one 10 Dealership vehicle 11 Irish hotel that offers perfumed pillows? 12 Turkish title 13 Tosspot 18 Search far and wide 22 Common pump part 24 Wrap for leftovers 25 Photography gear 27 “Already caught that movie” 28 1990s veep 29 Share the marquee 30 Capital ESE of Istanbul 31 Change tossed into an Irish busker’s hat? 32 Sample some soup 36 “Arabian Nights” spirit 39 Behind the times 40 Actor Butterfield of “Ender’s Game” 42 Where lemons may be sold 43 Cobwebby place 45 Fictionalized 47 Polynesian garment 51 Self-righteous 53 HBO’s “__ Your Enthusiasm” 54 Guesstimate phrase
55 Tax
56 Nile serpents 57 Cornfield sound 58 Menu phrase 60 Mil. mail drop 61 Haitian negative