L.A TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Muscle at one end of the Achilles tendon

5 Dream __

9 Ground-hitting sound 14 __ 2600, Class of 2007 National Toy Hall of Fame inductee

16 Ebb

17 Alaska governor after Murkowski

18 Mission statement? 21 Bandies words

22 Baseball mascot originally titled “Lady”

23 La, in the key of E

25 Ballet move

27 Drink suffix

28 For nothing

29 Get gas

31 Position statement?

33 Black fur

37 Big name in big trucks 38 Restoratives

40 Lead-in to bake or shell

41 Lid maladies

43 Impact statement?

45 __ best

47 What many dress in during winter

48 Tricky person

51 Looking up

52 Gently towel off 53 Author Allende

55 Clean __

56 Closing statement? 62 First name in Fighting Irish history

63 Vacation home asset 64 Arabian Peninsula resident

65 Go after 66 Board-making aids 67 Sun blocker

DOWN

1 A dealer might flip one 2 Adored, with “up”

3 Escape

4 New perspectives

5 Squirt

6 Wheat spikes

7 Critter with three left legs 8 “Doesn't do it for me” 9 “We have enough details, thanks”

10 Buds

11 High-altitude pack animal 12 Prepared with a cue 13 Low-risk investment 15 Affect adversely 19 Mixologist's tools 20 Expressionist painter Nolde

23 Slovene neighbor

24 Pert 25 Ingot valuation factor

26 Parasite

28 Places for some rats 29 Ted Williams' field

30 Large animals whose taxonomic order is obsolete

32 Brit's bonnets, in the States

34 Downer?

35 David who voiced George Steinbrenner on “Seinfeld”

36 Mobile lifesavers

39 Peace in the

Middle East?

42 Can't-miss wager

44 Bit of needlework 46 Tulane's home, informally

48 Burning needs? 49 In unison

50 Full range

52 Pickup attachments 54 Pre-release stage 55 All-in-one dinner

57 Rite Aid rival

58 Optima, for one

59 Big name in pickups 60 Palindromic peace activist

61 Locks lacking keys