L.A TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Crispy fried chicken part 5 Foolish sort

9 Neeson of “Silence” 13 Cancún currency 14 Nonspeaking street performer

15 Cellist Casals

16 “__ it first!”

17 Complete quickly, as a test

19 Spring melts

21 Lake crossed traveling from Ohio to Ontario 22 Golf course standard 23 Predecessor to Millard Fillmore

27 “Later, Jacques” 28 Northern sky sight 31 Mixed-breed barker

34 Isl. of Australia

36 Remove mist from, as a windshield

37 Sushi tuna

38 Grabbed a chair 39 Praiseful poem

41 Angsty music genre 42 Lovestruck teen from Verona

44 Houston MLBer 46 Unexpected problem 47 Angelic figure 49 Transplant to a new container

51 Strict rule-enforcement policy

56 Margaret of stand-up 58 Chilly

59 Get the better of 60 Buddhist meditation sites

64 Tubular pasta ... and a phonetic hint to 17-, 23-, 51- and 60-Across 65 Geometry calculations 66 Brazilian soccer legend 67 Actor Baldwin

68 Sore throat sign

69 Part of GPS: Abbr.

70 Some cameras, for short

DOWN

1 Dog group that includes the Akita

2 “Tik Tok” singer

3 Author Asimov

4 “Yet another problem?” 5 Tabloid TV debut of 2007 6 Xbox 360 competitor 7 Driving force

8 Colorful aquarium fish 9 Poet __-tzu

10 Active ingredient in Advil 11 Pond growth 12 Jay of “Last Comic Standing”

15 Musical intro

18 “Howdy there!”

20 Pathetic

24 Beatles' meter maid

25 First Irish Literature Nobelist

26 Miner's strike

29 Egg-shaped tomato 30 Spellbound

31 Artist Chagall

32 “Looks like trouble!” 33 Mountain and

Pacific, e.g.

35 Gourmet mushroom 38 Reporter's contacts

40 Info

43 Before, poetically 45 Streetcar

46 Sonnet sections

48 Market upswing

50 Gold, to José

52 Big name in trading cards 53 Sam of “Jurassic Park” 54 More adorable

55 Heroic sagas

56 Industry mogul

57 Zeus' jealous wife

61 Touch lightly

62 Lolling trio?

63 Erector __