L.A TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Script deviations 7 Shallot, e.g.

11 “Wicked!”

14 Knitted shoe

15 “The African Queen” screenwriter James

16 Bird on Australian coins 17 Follow-up vaccination 19 Cul-de-__

20 Birth announcement abbr.

21 Montréal mates

22 Defeat soundly

24 Clip-on accessories, perhaps

26 Bit of equine trickery 29 Fax forerunners

32 Florida produce

33 Turkey neighbor

34 “__ news?”

35 Supreme leader?

36 Tall tale

40 Airline to Oslo

43 Shoot the breeze

44 Watts of “Twin Peaks” (2017)

47 Kind of illusion

50 Drive back, as attackers 52 Part of Ursa Minor

54 Mine, in Montréal 55 Justice Samuel 56 Organic fuel

59 Directional suffix

60 Tank or tee

61 Cheat at checkout ... and a hint to the circled letters

65 Birthday card number 66 Currency for 19 countries 67 Apartment dweller, typically

68 Barrett of Pink Floyd

69 Gas in a sign

70 Like the smell of a brewery

DOWN

1 Costello's cohort 2 Humdingers

3 How some scripts are adapted from novels 4 “__ go time!” 5 Software prototype 6 Appear to be

7 Operatic voices 8 “Gross!”

9 Zodiac sign

10 “You __!”: “Bingo!” 11 Make a comeback 12 Stockpiles

13 New title for

Meghan Markle 18 Semis 23 “This Is Us” Emmy nominee __ Cephas

Jones

25 Feudal laborer

27 Word processing choice

28 “Have a sample”

30 A dozen ova?

31 Helpful courses for underachievers

34 Inquire

37 “Don't move!” 38 Campaigned

39 Diminutive Jedi master 40 Mozart works

41 Expression of regret

42 Like Ronald McDonald's sleeves

45 They may be precious 46 “My memory fails me” 48 Cousin of Gomez Addams 49 Selected

50 Lose sleep (over)

51 Sunday best

53 It may say “World's Okayest Cook”

57 __ for help

58 Quaker pronoun

62 Shade

63 Conquistador's treasure 64 Actress Ortiz of “Ugly Betty”