LA TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Chesapeake shellfish
5 Swings at a fly
10 Perfect tennis serves
14 Can’t stand
15 Band whose debut album “Dreamboat Annie” was released in the U.S. on Valentine’s Day in 1976
16 Reclined
17 *__ day: on alternating days
19 Thought
20 Raised, as kids
21 What a vocalist may drop for emphasis
23 “What’s the __?”: “So what?”
24 Pallid
25 *Aussie’s “Well done!”
28 Historic period
30 Deluge
31 *One with the motto “Be Prepared”
34 Trait carriers
38 Brazenly obvious
39 Morton condiment
41 Determined to have
42 *Serves a prison sentence
43 Daily record, as on a ship
46 Almost on “E”
47 *Part of the contract where gotchas might be found
50 Mantra syllables
52 United
53 Talk incessantly
54 “You’re the One That I Want” musical
57 Bloody, as steak
59 The first words of the answers to starred clues are a mnemonic for this musical symbol’s staff lines
62 Back up, on a PC
63 Philadelphia NFLer
64 Winter wear
65 Extreme disorder
66 Struck down, biblically
67 Pantry pests
DOWN
1 “Believe” singer
2 “Must-see” review
3 Eroded
4 Quotable Yogi
5 Not barefoot
6 Drenched, e.g.
7 “That feels good”
8 Seismic event
9 Long step
10 Comedian Wong
11 Escalade, casually
12 Kids’ song refrain
13 Big blunder
18 Hankering
22 Barrel-shaped drums
25 Joint ailment
26 Uneaten morsel
27 A-bomb tryout
28 Recedes to the sea
29 Part in a play
30 “An ounce of action is worth a __ of theory”: Emerson (probably)
32 Pilfered
33 Suspended cover above a bed
35 Place for a manicure
36 “Tickle Me” Muppet
37 Hearty entrée
39 Chimney sweep’s target
40 “A mouse!”
42 Cheadle who was Basher in “Ocean’s” films
44 Fireplace inserts
45 Yoga-as-exercise namesake
47 Roman place of assembly
48 Foolish
49 Brainiacs, maybe
50 Valuable deposit
51 Muslim holy city
54 Joy
55 Usher’s offering
56 Young newts
58 Dawn goddess
60 Alter __
61 Three-letter sandwich