L.A TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Bullpen hero
7 Technical opening?
11 Juan or Jose lead-in 14 Mom's sis
15 Semi warning
16 Asian menu general 17 Horror film setting 19 Physicist with a law
20 Bird feeder cake 21 Common math base 22 Ocean dots
24 Rural “Out of the office” sign
27 Acting twins Mary-Kate and Ashley
30 Feel some pain
31 Send forth
32 Hotshot
33 Easy gait
37 Ammo for a starter pistol 41 Zingers
42 Vote, say
43 Title Kazakh in a 2006 spoof
44 Big heads?
46 Revolver?
48 One whose “chicks” have flown?
52 Color separator
53 __ Gang
54 Minimally 58 Many times, in poems 59 Explanation for an evolutionary transition 63 Pointillism unit
64 Stirring solo
65 Rio Grande city
66 George Strait's “All My __ Live in Texas”
67 Watch over
68 Bird hangouts
DOWN
1 LeBron et al., briefly 2 Waikiki party
3 Back in the day
4 Saves, for a 1-Across 5 Strauss'“__ Heldenleben” 6 1984 Olympics gymnastics standout 7 LG product
8 “That's so __!”
9 $200 Monopoly props. 10 Vague lunch date time 11 Skyy alternative, familiarly
12 Looking drained
13 Chinese menu promise 18 Coop residents
23 Jim's role on “The Big Bang Theory”
24 Best Buy “Squad” member 25 It's true
26 One piping frosting 27 Kon-Tiki Museum city 28 Hurdle for atty. wannabes 29 Stereotypical Westernending backdrops 31 Watson's company 32 National Gallery attraction
34 Meanie
35 Fuel used in some whisky production
36 Md. winter hours
38 Masked critter
39 Holy recess
40 Building girder
45 Floor exercise surface 46 Spitting sound
47 “My Fair Lady” lyricist 48 Lyric poem
49 “Fantastic” Dahl character 50 Pulitzer-winning columnist Leonard 51 “Alas!”
54 Lunch for Spot, maybe 55 Fairness obstacle 56 Brookings, e.g.: Abbr. 57 Boxing stats
60 Fury
61 Ignore a Commandment 62 Day-__