LOS ANGELES TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 The Bounty, e.g. 5 Remote control targets 8 Landowner’s document 12 Subtle glow 13 Spruce oneself up 15 Addresses with forward slashes 16 *Kaput
19 *Life in a breakfast bowl, say
20 Move like a crab 23 Often-stubbed digit
24 Black Russian liquor
28 Nivea competitor 30 Invalidate, as a law 31 Rapper __ Wayne 32 Disney’s title lamp rubber 36 Sailor’s agreement 37 Stage designs 39 Emulate flowers on a hot day 40 Source of linen 41 “Dilbert” creator Scott
43 “Little Women” woman 44 Spongy cake laced with rum 45 Scammer’s targets 47 Step in a flight 49 West Coast state 51 Everglades waders 54 Layer of eggs 55 Target practice props
59 “__ you awake?” 60 Software test version 62 “M*A*S*H” actor Elliott 63 Body covering 64 Racetrack shape 65 Homer Simpson’s wife 66 Four-legged companions 67 Give a holler 68 In the future 69 Gratis
DOWN
1 Pathetic
2 Tint
3 Nest egg acronym 4 Ping-Pong need 5 Piece of land 6 Instagram upload 7 Messy campfire snack 8 Firestone competitor 9 Pitching stat with a decimal point 10 Inventor Whitney 11 Broadband option, for short 13 Maj. for a future shrink 14 “The 18-Down” poet 17 Structure with skyboxes 18 “Nevermore” speaker
20 Dip for chips 21 Like the outfield walls at Wrigley Field
22 *Oral health care network 25 Negotiations killer ... or, in a way, what each answer to a starred clue is 26 Whitewater craft 27 Amazon Echo Dot’s voice service 29 Well-worn 30 Harshly criticize 33 Octopus’ eight 34 Deer mom 35 Dalmatians, e.g. 38 Far from self-effacing 40 Inside the foul line 42 Dalmatian marking 44 Hefty supplies? 46 Hard puzzle 48 Watched over 49 “This could be a problem” 50 Christopher of “Superman” 52 Done to death 53 Sight or smell 56 First matchmaker? 57 Make better 58 Tiny pond growth 61 “__ in favor, say ’aye’” 63 Coppertone letters