L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Tripoli's country
6 College grad
10 Kill, as a dragon
14 Thorny plant
15 Latina toon explorer 16 Scrabble piece 17 If Nicholson sang, danced and acted, he might be called __
20 GQ or Cosmo 21 Photographed
22 Inhumane
27 Salty drops
31 Big name in PCs
32 __ pork: Chinese dish with pancakes
35 “High” afternoon meal
36 Forbidden
38 Series of missed calls
40 If Robinson left En Vogue to sing in Jerry Garcia's group, she might be called __
43 Dog food seller
44 Crop up
46 Soul, to Sartre
47 Polar parka
50 Passionate about
51 Winona of “Stranger Things”
53 Brings good luck to
55 Taunt
58 Drone or worker
59 If Tomlin came from San Fernando, she might be called __
67 Trim, as a photo
68 Dry forecast
69 Religious doctrine 70 Credit card balance, say 71 Benchmarks: Abbr.
72 Jerk or twitch
DOWN
1 JFK's successor
2 Nest egg initials
3 Flickable lighter
4 Go on and on
5 Kitchen allure
6 Samuel Barber's “__ for Strings”
7 Cyberchortle
8 Web addresses
9 Subject with numbers 10 Georgia or Washington 11 Pot cover
12 It may be blonde or pale 13 “Roundabout” rockers with a positive name 18 Word before hand or land 19 Capitol feature
22 Cave hanger
23 Plato's school, with “the” 24 Paid back, as a purchase incentive
25 Tweezer targets 26 Whirlybirds
28 Realizes, as a goal 29 Entertains with a bedtime story
30 Give in to gravity 33 Recital rebuke
34 Flower bed tool 37 Province on four Great Lakes 39 Spooky
41 Bass ending
42 Pendulum direction?
43 Links standard 45 Seemingly forever 48 Orange-yellow gemstones
49 Ukraine's capital
52 The Nile runs through it
54 Detectives' aids 56 Bosom buds, in texts 57 Nouveau-Mexique, par exemple
59 TV screen type
60 Fury
61 Easy throw
62 Laid low
63 Cut (off)
64 JFK alternative 65 Maximum borders? 66 Oft-candied veggie