LOS ANGELES TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Asks for a treat, as a boxer
Site of a boxer’s attack
9 Chocolate syrup brand since 1928 Circus prefix with bat
15 Diva’s delivery 16 “This __ much!”: “I’m overwhelmed!” 17 Rental vehicles for
self-moving 19 “Pleasantly” chubby
President after Madison 21 Mother-of-pearl
sources
23 Has title to
25 __ standstill
26 Tea biscuit 29 Designed for comfort and efficiency 35 Guffaw syllable 36 Pirate in “Hook” 38 U.S. state with the lowest average annual rainfall 39 Horse known for
its endurance 41 Wed
43 Not fer
44 Wisdom teeth,
e.g.
46 Fabled loch
5
14
20 48 Stooge Howard 49 Rainy day
protectors 51 Casual
conversations 53 Contend (for) 54 Bro of van
Gogh 56 Dedicatee of an annual MLB tribute game 61 Snare
65 Lion’s warnings 66 Lost-one’s-place words often preceded by the two-letter start of 17-, 29- and 49-Across 68 Lake craft 69 Bubbly-textured Nestlé chocolate bar
70 Muscle pain 71 Change for the better
Tall tale
Classic Jaguars 72 73
DOWN
1 Wicked Witch of
the West creator 2 Reverberate 3 Mom’s mom 4 Become disenchanted with Poe’s “ebony bird”
6 Nest egg letters
5 7 Columbus ship 8 Chatterbox 9 Double-winged
WWI aircraft 10 Norway’s capital 11 Leave slack-jawed 12 Arrive
13 “Sorry, my
mistake”
18 The Home Depot
competitor 22 Shows
contrition 24 Noticed
26 Former SeaWorld star Off-the-cushion billiards shot 28 Dental care brand 30 Spanish queen 31 Caesar’s eggs 32 Molten rock 33 Meathead
27 34 Curved-top candy
shapes
37 Mosque visitor 40 Saloon
42 Exam
45 Made changes in 47 Play division 50 Wiggle room 52 Hair-removal
substance 55 White wader 56 26-Down, for one 57 Rich soil 58 “Great” dog
breed
59 Suffix with Jumbo 60 Flightless bird 62 __ of lamb 63 Tennis great
Arthur
64 Crusty desserts 67 Goof up