L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Prepared, as a bed 5 Scuttlebutt

10 Col. Sanders's chain 13 Soft palate feature that translates to “little grape”

15 Battery terminal 16 Right-angle shape 17 Where Alcatraz sits 20 Towel embroidery word 21 Like many meds

22 “A __ Day's Night”: Beatles song

23 Disc sport popular on college campuses 28 Shakespearean fairy queen

29 Jay of late-night TV

30 Lady's man

33 “A Room of One's Own”

author

35 Admirer

38 Give-it-a-test-run advice

42 Kiki, Sandra or Ruby

43 Brainiacs, maybe

44 Mass __: an I-90 nickname

45 Fair

46 “Dude!”

48 Storied pot-of-gold spot

56 Achy

57 What a slob makes

58 Nitrogen-based dye 59 Hiding-your-eyes parent-baby game

64 Veer off course

65 Vegan and Paleo regimens

66 Roadside hot dog seller 67 NBC staple for 45 years 68 Daisy variety

69 Three in a deck

DOWN

1 __ pork: Chinese menu item

2 To no __: in vain

3 Kirsten of Spider-Man films

4 Toymaker for Santa 5 Charged

6 Mom's brother

7 “Surely you don't mean me?!”

8 Has too much, briefly 9 __ center

10 Skewered dish 11 Bell-bottom bottom 12 Only non-rhyming PacMan ghost

14 Roastery draw

18 Many a Mideast native 19 Very, very

24 Website for film buffs 25 Polar bear hangouts 26 Bank (on)

27 Inside scoop

30 Inc., in England

31 Underground find

32 Pastrami holder

33 Value

34 Chicago airport code

35 “The X-Files” org.

36 Arctic seabird

37 TV's “Science Guy”

39 Plenty, in texts

40 Gala

41 “Once __ ... ”

45 Kangaroo kid

46 Diamond bag

47 Daredevil dangers

48 TV sports awards

49 Hall of Fame pitcher Ryan

50 Southern twang

51 E, on a gauge

52 Peanut Butter Cup creator

53 Storybook elephant

54 Layer with a hole

55 “Toy Story” cowboy

60 “Yes, indeed!”

61 Give a thumbs-down

62 “__ whiz!”

63 Law firm fig.