LOS ANGELES TIMES CROSSWORD Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols
ACROSS
1 High-arcing
tennis shot
4 Merlot and
Malbec
8 Surname at Tara 13 Thurman in films 14 British noble
15 Particle in a
nucleus
16 Happy-go-lucky 18 Supper, say
19 Ancient Andeans 20 Seek the
affections of
22 The “E” in HOMES 23 Fizzles out
24 Meddlesome
types
27 Germ-killing
brand
29 Norse explorer
Ericson
30 As well
32 Cry from a sty
34 State-sponsored
gambling game 38 Pie à la mode
choice
42 Tolerate
43 PBS science
series
44 Chick-to-be,
maybe
45 April 1 “honoree” 48 First head of the
USSR
50 Anxiety resulting from being stuck indoors
54 Apples on desks 57 Codebreaker
Turing
58 Public health
org.
59 Bird that beats
a birdie?
60 Small, sizewise 62 Morale booster ... or words that might suggest the arrival of one of the circled words
65 Left the
building
66 Texan’s
neighbor
67 Cooperstown
stat
68 Gathered, as
leaves
69 Use a Kindle
70 Fed. benefits
provider
DOWN
1
Thinking clearly
2 Saudi neighbor
3 Spanish port city 4 NFL officials
5 Spot for a bud
6 “The Chronic” Dr. 7 Gobs and gobs
8 Smeltery supply 9 Wished one
could have
10 Gaming giant
11 TV personality
O’Donnell 12 Starts a poker
pot
15 Examine
thoroughly
17 “No sweat!”
21 Tall, skinny Olive 24 Bubble, as water 25 Forearm bone
26 Tin Man’s
lubricator
28 Convinced of
30 Hotel room sets 31 Meal opening? 33 All in the family 35 Many “Twilight”
characters
36 Kids’ chasing
game
37 Texter’s
“Heavens!”
39 Limitless
40 “Merry old”
king
41 Always 46 Eliminated,
gangland-style 47 Went first
49 Spiritual guide at
a mosque
50 Frivolous
escapade
51 Amazon Echo
assistant
52 Craft to dye for 53 Aircraft’s trail
55 After-school
groups
56 Old photo tone 59 Barely got, with
“out”
61 Bill’s coadventurer
63 Name on a 1950s
campaign button 64 Intelligencegathering org.