L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

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1 Turning point 6 Pagoda instruments 11 Outdo 14 Big game setting 15 No-frills type 16 “Yo, Hadrian!” 17 Where the farmer relaxed to update the books? 19 Cooper's creation 20 Not behind 21 Long-term digs in orbit: Abbr. 22 Landscaping stones 24 Three-time Cy Young Award winner Scherzer 26 Visibility reducers 27 Story of how the spider monkey climbed the tree? 33 Asian language 34 Takes up 35 Cookware brand 36 Dethrones 38 Low digit 39 Tries 40 One with a password 41 Notably different, with “a” 43 JFK alternative 44 Obstetrician's job, sometimes? 47 Manicurist's tool 48 NBC skit show 49 Sad-eyed hound 51 Moody rock genre 53 Not too many 57 Hundred Acre Wood know-it-all 58 Put the fix in on Black Friday? 61 Med. scan 62 “Middlemarch” novelist 63 Mastery 64 Competition pass 65 Nicks 66 Cut back

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1 Nickname for Haydn 2 Press 3 Cummerbund alternative 4 As scheduled 5 __ sushi: Japanese sea bream 6 April 1 array 7 Swingers on a perpetual-motion desk toy 8 “NCIS: Los Angeles” actress Long 9 Laverne and Shirley, e.g. 10 Vulgar content 11 Is arrested, in slang 12 Exceeding 13 Cello parts 18 Put the kibosh on 23 Sporty Chevy 25 Sounds of realization 26 Sophisticated, in a way, briefly 27 Take a minute 28 Ygritte portrayer on “Game of Thrones” 29 __ public 30 Cricket, for one 31 Tee size 32 Idina's “Frozen” role 33 Vibrant, as colors 37 Cuts back 39 “His Eye Is on the Sparrow,” e.g. 41 Good for growing 42 Do a lawn job 45 Went off course 46 Yukon neighbor 49 Have a rough night at the comedy club 50 Not as planned 51 Four-award acronym 52 1969 MLB upstarts 54 Midway event 55 Redbook rival 56 Fuse 59 Sling spirits 60 Deadly biter