L.A TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Analyze critically 6 Counting gadgets 11 Business address abbr. 14 Michener novel with astronauts
15 Answer an insult with an insult, say 16 Short flight
17 U.S. gaming release of 1989
19 It often follows you
20 Ivan or Nicholas
21 Actor Chaney
22 Windy home, probably 24 Chiffon-like materials 28 Left the country? 31 Piccadilly Circus statue 32 Plain text
33 Future first lady wed in 1842
37 It's all around us
38 Hangs on a line?
40 Word from a bull
41 Foam toy
44 Line to the audience
46 Took the bus
47 Becomes a burden 49 Rocky Mountains nickname
53 Give a speech
54 Longing 55 Cheese with an edible rind
59 Beans or baloney
60 Simple salad ... and what the starts of the five other longest answers are? 64 Aardvark snack
65 European woman's name meaning “peace”
66 Safe places?
67 Caustic chemical
68 State of northeast India 69 Temporarily unavailable
DOWN
1 “Hey!”
2 Gibbons, e.g.
3 Music featuring sitars 4 Often colorful accessories 5 Neurologist's printout, briefly
6 “Dover Beach” poet 7 __ Bag: eponymous '70s designer label
8 Remote batteries 9 Third-century date 10 Delivery announcement 11 Puppeteer Lewis 12 Tire-shaped
13 They're heavier than foils 18 Nobelist Wiesel
23 Once, old-style
25 Poem of homage 26 Skillful deed
27 SFO postings
28 Time period
29 Buffalo's county
30 Irish pop group family name
33 End of a corporal's URL 34 Sapporo sashes 35 “Seriously, man!”
36 Adds highlights to, perhaps
38 Arabian arroyo
39 Words after shake or break
42 Worry
43 Czech Republic region 44 Likely
45 Nutrient-rich legume 47 Winter eave buildup 48 “Merciless”
Flash Gordon foe
49 Story lesson
50 Device common on “Seinfeld”
51 Starbucks order
52 Spotted African predator 56 OPTI-FREE rival
57 Contents of many cartridges
58 To be, to Brutus
61 Apr. addressee
62 Crosses (out)
63 Slugger's stat