LOS ANGELES TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Color changers 5 Allowing for the uncertainty of the future 10 Fairy tale bear 14 Set 15 Greenland coin 16 Holiday lead-ins 17 Aerialists’ insurance 19 Days in Durango 20 Side by side? 21 Medical priority system 23 Visually transfixed 26 Porsche Boxster, e.g. 29 Mauritania neighbor 30 Make a big stink 31 Immobile 32 Lining fabric 34 Zebra hunter 36 Breakfast order ... and a hint to the last words of 17-, 26-, 51- and 58-Across 41 Loaves that may be seeded 42 Printing goofs 44 Narrow groove 48 Take to heart 50 “Yikes!” 51 Like some pizza ovens 53 Decorative draperies 54 Brand name for the sleep aid zolpidem 55 Culture starter? 57 Tropical tuber 58 Conflict in Tennyson’s “The Charge of the Light Brigade” 64 Tiny bit 65 Broadcaster 66 Sticking point 67 Many Christmas presents 68 Involuntary muscle contraction 69 Jet black
DOWN
1 Wedding reception VIPs 2 Vote for 3 Cookie baker in the Hollow Tree 4 More disreputable 5 Terrier breed from Scotland 6 Richly decorated 7 Rival 8 Colony crawler 9 Stops working for a while 10 Highway divider 11 Pilot 12 Scanty 13 State strongly 18 Little Italian number 22 “Stand By Me” director 23 Bowling alley initials 24 Some square dancers 25 Baldwin brother 27 “Maybe” 28 1930s migrant to California 30 Beverage company __ Cointreau 33 Coffee server 35 Binged (on) 37 Paint brand sold at Home Depot 38 Got big enough for 39 “Born This Way” Lady 40 Antlered animal 43 Program interruptions 44 Try to hit, as a fly 45 Minestrone ingredient 46 Drink named for a Scottish hero 47 Make a scene and act up 49 One of a ’50s singing quartet 52 Ancient empire builders 53 Madrid Mrs. 56 Start of an idea 59 Fabric flaw
60 Yo La Tengo guitarist Kaplan 61 Break the tape 62 Whichever 63 King of ancient Rome