L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Half a situp
7 Commercial tune
13 “A Wrinkle in Time”
novelist Madeleine
14 Timekeepers that don't
work on a rainy day
16 How baked potatoes
may be cooked
17 Remove, as a seatbelt
18 Gina Boswell of Bath &
Body Works, e.g.: Abbr.
19 Sequel to Puzo's
“The Last Don”
21 “Mean Girls” writer Fey
22 Underwater plant with
gas-filled bladders
24 Wayward
26 Time out?
27 Playground
retort
29 Quirky habit
31 Cliche
33 French noble
35 Comprehend
39 Eurythmics lead
singer Lennox
40 Go from 4x6 to
8x10, say: Abbr.
41 Totaled
42 Busy restaurant's
notification device
43 JFK predecessor 44 Like some purchases
45 “The __ is calm tonight”:
“Dover Beach” opening
47 Mouths off to
49 Amtrak stop: Abbr.
52 Silky
54 Guidelines: Abbr.
57 Ultimate
59 Creative works
61 Goal
62 Are cast members of
64 Yukon neighbor
66 Prop for a rock singer
67 Watering hole in TV's
“M*A*S*H”
68 Unnerve
69 1984 mermaid movie
DOWN
1 Hit it off
2 Zellweger of “Judy”
3 Developing
4 CARE, e.g.
5 Sister of Erato
6 Knight cap
7 Ruling faction
after a coup
8 Baby
9 Contract that may
prevent bad PR
10 Crux
11 Ancestor of the
romance languages 12 Justice Kagan
14 Audiophile's setup, and an apt description of the perimeter of this puzzle
15 Button alternative
20 Ate away
23 Feels sorry for
25 Fertile Crescent
river
28 Some combines
30 Origami birds
31 Stout spout
32 Messenger
molecule
34 Soccer equipment
36 Youngest daughter
of Nicholas II
37 Valvoline rival
38 Dad
46 Unscrupulous
48 Woolgathers?
49 Poetry event
50 Piglike rhino kin
51 Pet re-homing org.
53 Provide a view
55 Sea walls
56 Huge success
58 Assessment that may
end with “Pencils down”
60 Unappealing food
63 NFL passing stat
65 Communication syst.
with hand motions