L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 “High Voltage” band 5 Sprang

10 Neaten (up)

14 Cry out loud

15 Lauder of makeup 16 Inkling

17 *”In my uninformed opinion ... “

19 Russian dynast

20 Not prohibited

21 Biennial games gp. 22 Word with fall or fill 23 *Challenge to someone suspected of lying 27 Western defense gp. 28 “__ queen!”:

“Work it!”

29 Nowhere to be found 33 Member of the fam 35 Absorb with bread, as gravy

39 Marvin Gaye classic, and a hint to the last words of the answers to the starred clues 43 Long-stemmed mushroom

44 Director Lee

45 Like gloomy skies 46 Monarch's reign, e.g. 48 Cellist's need

50 *Become a better person, say

58 __ jockey

59 Satisfied sigh

60 “You win”

61 On the ocean 62 *Thoroughly refute

65 Entry point

66 More loyal

67 Black-eyed __

68 Celebrity chef Burrell 69 Twilled fabric

70 Eyelid bump

DOWN

1 “Where there's __ ... “2 Typical Stan Lee role 3 Wild dog of Australia 4 Dagger's partner 5 Supervillain Luthor 6 Second sight, for short 7 Dined at home

8 1990s presidential candidate

9 Easy to set off 10 “Grease,” for one

11 “My take is ... “12 “Reading in the Dark” Booker Prize nominee Seamus 13 Three feet

18 Baby-voiced red Muppet 24 Lack of difficulty

25 “__ just me ... ?”

26 Sunup direction

29 Elastic bandage brand 30 Looking sickly

31 Artist Yoko

32 “Whatever!”

34 Barnyard bleat

36 Part of wpm

37 Can. neighbor

38 Future analyst's maj.

40 Lass

41 Elena Delle Donne's org. 42 Aviation pioneer Sikorsky 47 Moves with the times 49 Forsaken child

50 American buffalo

51 Apply to

52 Spy-fi great John le __ 53 Go time, in military slang 54 Applauds

55 Apartment window sign 56 Op-ed piece, e.g. 57 Witherspoon of “Wild” 58 Tot's first word, maybe

63 Act like a couch potato, with “out”

64 Poetic “before”