LA Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Part of PGA: Abbr� 5 Desert tableland 9 Character

weakness

13 Chase away, as a fly 14 Plot surprise 16 “Queen of Country”

McEntire

17 A psychic may read

yours

18 Yemen’s capital 19 With 8-Down, really

simple

20 One who can talk

you to sleep 23 Pellet shooter 24 AFL partner 25 Madrid Mrs� 28 Tabula __: blank

slate

31 “That’s enough out

of you!”

33 Audible sign of

hunger

38 Cruising on the

briny

39 Org� offering motel

discounts

40 Chat room “Here’s

what I think ���” 41 Flappers’ decade 46 Present from birth 47 Salinger title

teenager

48 Court divider 49 “Criminal Minds”

network

51 Bible book of 150

poems

56 Weather event where you’d hear the starts of 20-, 33- and 41-Across 59 It might begin,

“Knock knock” 62 Word after

maternity or shore 63 Prefix with

dextrous 64 Allies’ opponents 65 City that inspired

van Gogh 66 Banister

67 Old wives’ tale 68 Lions’ homes 69 “Bus Stop”

dramatist William

DOWN

1 Critters’ rights gp� 2 Lewis with Lamb Chop

3 From the sun 4 Asian menu assurance 5 Where Moses received the Commandments: Abbr�

6 Actor McGregor 7 Croon a tune 8 See 19-Across 9 At no cost 10 Grazing area 11 Middle muscles 12 Method

15 Follower of Lao-tzu 21 Throw hard 22 __-Rooter

25 Hindu guru 26 Rolling in French

euros

27 Pal of Porthos 29 Unexpected

problem

30 Colorful marble 32 Neglect to include 33 __ to go: ready for

action, in dialect 34 Me�-to-Fla�

highway 35 Intended 36 Old-time actress

Theda

37 Tree cutters 42 Restless desire 43 Cosmic cloud 44 Catherine the

Great, to Russia 45 Eliot of the

Untouchables 50 Wooden

Mortimer

52 Pong producer 53 Fictional salesman

Willy

54 Boss, slangily 55 Photographer’s

request

56 New Age musician

John

57 Chip’s chipmunk

pal

58 Neck and neck 59 Traffic trouble 60 Natural Skin

Science company 61 First-aid aid