L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Take to the cleaners 5 Lay low 8 Pretty companion? 14 Windows alternative 15 Drop the ball 16 Dragster's wheels 17 Wedding ring? 18 Class-conscious org.? 19 Charge 20 “Wow!” (2) 22 Actress Kate (2) 24 Cal. column (2) 25 Univ. aides (1) 28 Damage (1) 30 Helpless? (1) 32 Infamous Amin 33 Constriction of the eye's pupil 35 Apple's apple, e.g. 39 Hail, to Hadrian 40 All over again 41 “I'll second that” 42 Result of polar ice melt graphically shown by the second part of six twopart puzzle answers 47 Isn't idle 48 Deep blue 49 Track meet segment 50 Authenticity emblem 51 Parlor furniture item 53 Hot time in Haiti 54 Sinusitis docs (2) 56 Author Fleming (2) 57 Sign of nerves, maybe (2) 58 Happy hour spot (1) 61 Many an Omani (1) 63 Remaining loan amt. (1) 65 Individually 67 Dug, with “up” 69 Big times 73 A through E, at times 74 Sprout 75 Courteous 76 Snares with a loop 77 Med. show locales 78 Serve sparingly, with “out” DOWN 1 “Say what?” 2 Dedicatee of Lennon's “Woman” 3 McCartney's title 4 Checkup 5 Applying a temporary tattoo 6 Boiling state 7 Scotch serving 8 Seven Wonders lighthouse 9 One from town 10 “Yada yada yada” letters 11 Jack-in-the-pulpit family 12 Fair 13 First place? 21 Mideast capital 23 Faulkner's “__ Lay Dying” 25 Pageant toppers 26 It may be unsolicited 27 Daybreak? 29 Agile deer 31 Norse patron 34 Hard work 36 Fare filled and folded 37 Trattoria desserts 38 With no guarantee of payment 43 Cartography dot 44 Against 45 Reluctant risers 46 Barack's 2010 High Court appointee 51 Emphasize 52 That, in Tijuana 55 Snack chip 58 Much more than a sniffle 59 Samoa's capital 60 Purges (of) 62 One may be stored in a barn 64 Advance 66 Sci-fi staples 68 Blacken, in a way 70 Copacabana city 71 Commonly torn ligament, briefly 72 Note