LA TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Former Yankee slugger, familiarly 5 Barrel of laughs 9 “Joy of Cooking” writer Rombauer 13 Take away 15 Skeleton prefix 16 Is sorry about 17 *Chilled caffeinated drink 19 __-lock brakes 20 Pt. of HDTV 21 __ facto 22 “Moby-Dick” ship 24 Slim woodwind 26 Not well 27 “Star Wars” pilot Dameron 28 *Cold War barrier 32 Blueprints 33 Orderly 34 Comply with 38 Frying liquids 39 Holy book 40 Small valley 41 Ward on “FBI” 42 Brazilian berry 43 Medicinal units 44 *Close-knit, influential group 47 Legal org. 50 Lummox 51 Peters out 52 Tearjerker featuring Anna Chlumsky in her feature-film debut 54 Ceramics oven 56 “__ the season ... ” 59 Radar screen spot 60 *English name of a West African republic 63 Refrain syllables 64 Majorino of “Veronica Mars” 65 Cosmetician Lauder 66 Meadow moms 67 Affirmative votes 68 Pass (through) slowly
DOWN
1 In the thick of 2 Risotto grain 3 Part of the Three Musketeers' credo 4 Lemon 5 NFL officials 6 The 411 7 "__ of Girls" Things”: poem by Sharon Olds 8 Metal tab that protects a shoe 9 Baghdad's country 10 Accumulate, as charges 11 “Same here!” 12 “All kidding __ ... ” 14 Descendants 18 Oil cartel acronym 23 “Riverdale” actor Goree 25 Tiny potted tree 26 Slanted, as a typeface 28 1970s tennis star Nastase 29 Worldwide humanitarian gp. 30 Concrete-reinforcing rod 31 "Sorry, can't help ya” 32 Spots to buy stamps: Abbr. 35 Mid-American Conference university in Indiana 36 Actress Fanning 37 “Of course!” 39 Triteness 43 Royal son 45 Fin. neighbor 46 In a lazy way 47 Saunter 48 Internal regulation for a club 49 Nimble 53 Hoppy brews, briefly 54 Beer company based in Hawaii 55 Some nest eggs, for short 57 Words of comprehension, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues 58 Dance move 61 "C'est la__!" 62 CIA predecessor