LA, TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Soothing ointment
5 Criticize harshly
9 Deep-voiced singer
14 Great Lake that stretches from New York to Michigan
15 Every 12 mos.
16 Significant __: partner
17 Place for junk
19 Genetic twin
20 “Honey, I'm Home” singer Twain
21 Wagons at midday socials
23 B and B's, e.g.
25 Home of twigs
26 Did a marathon, say
28 Relaxation of govt. rules
31 Skip, with “out”
34 Turn loose
36 Annoys
38 Oft-stubbed digit
39 In time gone by
40 U.S. Congress, informally
42 Enjoyed a meal
43 Web or nanny follower
44 Reef makeup
45 Some youth ctrs.
47 Cotton gin inventor
Whitney
48 Defy authority
50 Approves
51 Dimpled facial feature, perhaps
54 Game room missile
56 From Tokyo, say
60 Overly large
64 Still in the game
65 Increasing, and a hint to 17- and 40-Across and
11- and 27-Down
67 Distance runner 68 Prescription amount
69 “Enchanted” movie girl played by Anne Hathaway
70 Arterial implant
71 Seeks answers
72 Doe or stag
DOWN
1 “Porgy and __”
2 Half a McDonald's logo
3 Old Italian money
4 Definition
5 Manually
6 “__ you comfy?” 7 Venetian blind piece
8 Promote big-time
9 Italian lawn bowling
10 Book of maps
11 Small order of pancakes
12 FedExed, say
13 Unrefined minerals
18 ATM code
22 __-hair pasta
24 Extremely harsh
26 Fit for a monarch 27 Nuclear reactor
29 Get-well program, briefly 30 Banished from one's country
32 Greek i's
33 Golfer's pegs
34 Doily trim
35 Needing no Rx
37 Like a fox, it's said
41 Lena who sang “Stormy Weather”
46 Took a drive 49 Wood-shaping machines 52 Place of refuge 53 Chemically nonreactive 55 Fish eggs
56 Traffic tie-ups
57 Touched down
58 Ginger ale or root beer 59 “The Catch” actress Mireille __
61 Liver secretion 62 Shipwreck site
63 Stick shift choice 66 “Shame on you!”