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”