L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Zsa Zsa's older sister

6 NYC winter hours

9 Italian city known for its cheese

14 How French fries are fried 15 Sgt., e.g.

16 Knight's horse

17 *Entrance protection from the elements 19 Moneyed group

20 “You're asking too much” 21 Yankee or Oriole, for short

22 __-deucey

24 *Monopoly utility

27 Metal fuel holder 29 “Honestly!”

30 John at a piano

31 Winter wear

34 Wall and 42nd, in NYC 35 *Lotto America, since 1992

39 Egyptian snake

42 They're drawn in pubs 43 Western law group 47 Shallow sea areas

50 Trouser measure

51 *Home security system 55 Furry “Star Wars” creature

56 Chicago daily, familiarly 57 Pigged out

59 Pierce, as an hors d'oeuvre

60 Warm, cozy places ... and a hint to what can precede both parts of the answers to starred clues 63 Slowly, in music

64 Fla. neighbor

65 Love, Italian-style 66 Director Welles

67 Light brown

68 Cylindrical pasta with pointed ends

DOWN

1 Prefix with print

2 Hill crawler

3 Most sticky, as a sweet treat

4 Corrupt policeman 5 Donation to the poor 6 WWII bomber __ Gay 7 Dart

8 Rich cake

9 Disbelieving cries 10 Having bottomed out, as prices

11 Worships

12 Kalahari mongoose 13 Much of the Sunday paper 18 Rooster's wake-up time 22 Have more birthdays 23 Berkeley sch.

25 Actress Hayworth

26 H.S. grads-to-be

28 Year, in Yucatán

31 Disney collectible

32 Iron source

33 Tummy muscles

36 Ice Cube's “It __ Good Day”

37 Hosp. staffer

38 Get stuck in traffic, say 39 Campfire residue

40 Had a good day on the links

41 Sommeliers, often 44 Attached by thread 45 __ Paulo

46 Longtime Mass. senator's monogram

48 Italian cheese

49 James of the Lakers

50 '50s Hungarian premier Nagy

52 Diet-friendly

53 Hometown of St. Teresa 54 Showed once more

58 On the double, in memos 59 __-mo

61 Suffix with west

62 Set eyes on