L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 “I get it!”

4 Swamp, briefly

8 Trails through the woods

13 Zero, in soccer

14 “Star Trek” communications officer 16 Crosswise, shipwise

17 *Chooses not to partake in

19 Cocoon occupant

20 Six-sided state

21 What the big hand indicates

22 Part of PTA: Abbr.

23 North or South Asian country

25 *Random quality-control measure

27 Actress Behrs of “2 Broke Girls”

29 Wide shoe size

30 *Often herky-jerky

animation technique

35 DNA test kit item

39 Scarecrow material

40 Stinker

42 Hurry, to Shakespeare

43 Angry cat's warning

45 *Rainbow-end rewards

47 Cobbler's punch

49 Small stream

50 *Lickety-split

56 Front-end wheel alignment

59 Second half of most musicals

60 Kansas city

62 Youngest Brontë sister

63 Showed again

64 Easy-to-remove caps ... or one way to get the starts of the answers to starred clues?

66 Panfry

67 Cocktail garnishes

68 Boy king

69 Key above Shift

70 Roof problem

71 UFO crew, they say

DOWN

1 Aimée of “8 1/2”

2 Aware of

3 Young acolytes

4 Quid pro __

5 “Not a chance”

6 Parking lot occupants

7 Word after study or social

8 Royal residence

9 Embarrasses

10 To the point

11 Wreak __: cause mayhem

12 Hit hard

15 Curly hairdo

18 Animal sheared for wool

24 Casino cash dispensers

26 Stretching muscle

28 Flashy publicity

30 “Button it!”

31 Mai __: cocktail

32 Confucian path

33 Loan pmt. part

34 Pigs out (on)

36 Musical symbol with no stem

37 Feel sick

38 Word with room or board

41 “Think nothing __”

44 Quench

46 Be a bad winner

48 Crybaby

50 Break down, as a sentence

51 Arctic or Atlantic

52 Walk proudly

53 __ bath: therapy treatment

54 Sauna wrap, often

55 Beethoven's “Für __”

57 Contribution to the discussion

58 Egg holders

61 Whodunit pooch

65 Disapproving sound