L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Old storyteller

5 __ value 9 Worthless stuff 14 Eager

15 Muslim community leader

16 Time of one's life 17 Pops

20 Female bighorn 21 Ensign __ Crusher, Wil Wheaton's “Star Trek: TNG” role 22 Tasteless gruel

23 Trio from Don Giovanni? 24 Flow slowly 26 Manage, with “out” 27 Parachute attachment 31 Like “it,” grammatically 33 Pops

36 Note from the office 37 Buddy

38 Mild Dutch cheese 42 Pops 47 Hardened 50 Replace on the schedule 51 Poetic contraction 52 Christmas pudding fruit 55 Take in the groceries? 56 Seal-hunting swimmer 58 Protective charm 60 46-Down work 63 Pops 66 Mound

67 Great start? 68 Ceremonial grandeur 69 Changed course, nautically 70 Worshipped image 71 Long shot, in hoops lingo

DOWN

1 Sheep herder in a 1995 Best Picture nominee 2 Swear

3 Come to the surface 4 EPA-banned insecticide 5 Skillful handling 6 8th-century B.C. Hebrew prophet

7 Western burger franchise __ Jr.

8 Bob Hope, often, for the Oscars ceremony 9 Turn red, say 10 Supreme singer? 11 Current source

12 One of four on a par-4 13 Metal-cutting machine 18 Proprietor 19 Nocturnal scavenger 23 Represent in cipher 25 Part of rpm 27 “That's the guy!” 28 First-rate player 29 Sleep cycle 30 Drains of power 32 Early online forum 34 Fellow

35 Spot on a screen 39 Hydroelectric power source

40 Sound system equipment

41 Came upon 43 Mountain in the Tour de France route 44 Subject of the biopic “I'm Not There” 45 Guided by a statement of faith

46 “The Poetry of earth is never dead” poet 47 Short and solid 48 Albania's capital 49 Mortgage provision 53 Taste sensation 54 Subtle, as a shade 57 Willing partner

59 Toy company with theme parks 60 Reminder to take out the trash? 61 British title

62 Best Game, e.g. 64 Passé

65 Get off the fence