L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Baroque composer of many fugues

5 “__ did you say?”

9 Pageant adornment

13 Workout reminder

14 Team instructor

15 Stage in an insect's life cycle

16 Stiletto __: shoe part

17 Waze suggestion

18 Chief Norse deity

19 Outdoor security illumination

22 Tennis toppers

24 Shucked shellfish

25 German cry

26 Tummy muscles

28 Election night graphic

29 Sloppy room metaphor

30 Teeth

34 Caesar's last gasp

35 Gut punch reaction

36 __ na tigela: Brazilian berry dish in a bowl

40 First ten U.S. constitutional amendments

45 “Fill 'er up” fluid

48 Michelle Obama __ Robinson

49 Turn on the waterworks

50 Charged particle

51 Defeat cunningly

53 Flat renter

55 Where horse races begin ... and where the beginning of 19-, 30- and

40-Across might be seen

59 State with a greeting in its name

60 Apple pie-making tool

61 Hoops officials

64 Lady's man

65 Egg producer

66 Bridal accessory

67 Approximately

68 Word after user or stage

69 Provocative, as humor

DOWN

1 Scroogean scoff

2 Versatile blackjack card

3 Culinary topper

4 Word of greeting

5 Stove fuel

6 In it for the long __

7 Play opening

8 One blamed for losing a game

9 Unchangeable leopard markings, in Jeremiah

10 IRS-conducted ordeals

11 Small piano

12 Irritably needing food

14 Bing who teamed with Hope in “Road to ...” films

20 Like much lore

21 Pre-release buzz

22 Enjoy an e-cig

23 Very cool rapper?

27 Extremely muscular, in modern parlance

28 Annoys

31 Massage

32 Owl's sound

33 Mattress problem

37 Smoothie additive also used to sprout “hair” on terracotta “pets”

38 Lots and lots

39 “__ it obvious?”

41 Playing an extra NBA period

42 Dictionary

43 Traffic circle

44 “Su-u-ure”

45 Split with the band, maybe

46 Novelist, e.g.

47 Alternative to a crowded elevator

52 Hobbit on a quest

54 Optic __

56 Starburst?

57 Ma's ma

58 Roberts' “Pretty Woman” co-star

62 Newton fruit

63 Sneaky