LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Has finished making payments on

5 NYC cultural institution redesigned by architect Yoshio Taniguchi

9 Made fun of 14 Dance for seniors 15 Dove calls 16 Main artery 17 Weight adjustment button on a deli scale 18 *Game timer that may implement the Fischer method 20 “Cleared for

takeoff!”

22 Acorn dropper 23 “Eureka!” 24 *Choose

selectively 27 Wound memento 28 E __ elephant 29 Bedframe board 31 With 41- and 45-Across, go Dutch, or what the answers to the starred clues do? 35 Sci-fi extras

37 Still in contention 40 Brother’s daughter

41 See 31-Across 42 The “N” of USNA 43 River mammal 44 Casual affirmative 45 See 31-Across 46 “No __, no fuss!” 48 Get up

50 Shed tears 52 *Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band with the hit “The Flame” 58 German pronoun 59 British lav 60 Certain Honshu

resident 61 *Silverado, for one 65 Actress Neuwirth 66 Oscar winner Firth 67 Back of the neck 68 Flake (on) 69 Colorado ski locale 70 Watery expanses 71 “__ it obvious?”

DOWN

1 Related to the eye 2 Ire 3 Like the deities

Odin and Freya 4 Makeup slip-up 5 Clan that feuded

with the Hatfields 6 “Look, fireworks!” 7 “The Simpsons”

tavern owner 8 Professional org.

9 Tire changer’s

need

10 Hotmail alternative 11 Like someone who takes the initiative

12 __ Sketch: art toy 13 Capital of Senegal 19 Fifth Avenue

retailer

21 Cheese gadgets 25 Devoutness 26 Right over the

plate, as a pitch 27 Egyptian soccer superstar Mohamed

30 Little needles in some medical tests

31 Hostess __ Balls 32 Fire place?

33 “You shouldn’t

have to do it all alone”

34 Frost over 36 Retro tint for

photos

38 Rug cleaner, for

short

39 Large deer in the

Rockies 47 Glaswegian, e.g. 49 Bike wheel parts 50 Neopagan religion 51 Amazon smart

speakers 53 Prominent feature

of a mountain goat 54 Religious leader in many a Chaim Potok novel 55 Furniture stores

that sell meatballs 56 Log home

57 Got down to

propose 59 Country singer

Loretta 62 Compete

63 Abu Dhabi’s fed. 64 Audit firm pro