L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Bit of quick inspiration?
5 Saucy dance?
10 Personalize a trophy, say
14 Gone but not forgotten
15 Far from skilled
16 Organ part
17 Webb designer?
18 Like music with traditional harmony
19 Big name in big screens
20 *Splashy arrival
23 Meal that features a retelling of the story of Exodus
24 ID-issuing org.
25 Org. that says no to some drugs
28 Paint finish
32 Lion of Narnia
34 Synthetic drug similar to psilocybin
37 *Like a conversation covering many topics
40 Côte d'Ivoire pal
42 Triglyceride, for one
43 Côte d'Ivoire head
44 *Friendly signoff
47 “To be,” in Spanish
48 Chosen few
49 Naughty and nice
51 One of a D.C. 100
52 Bring out in the open
55 Existential dread
59 Run-of-the-mill, or what can be found in the answers to the starred clues?
64 Social finesse
66 Message in a drafts folder
67 Air Force Two exec
68 Hoax
69 Singer-songwriter Mann
70 Salinger heroine
71 Norms on the links
72 Ruminates bitterly
73 End to end?
DOWN
1 Factions in “West Side Story”
2 Already informed
3 “Such a shame”
4 Piper Cubs, e.g.
5 Place to build
6 In a sec, quaintly
7 Pre-Easter time
8 Dukes it out in practice
9 Sky supporter of myth
10 Big picture
11 “Can't believe it's been that long!”
12 Balancing pro
13 Bad spelling?
21 Tie
22 Bread brushed with ghee
26 Poet who was guided through paradise by Beatrice
27 Fury
29 Backsplash piece
30 “Got it, daddy-o”
31 Nation between China and India
33 Lt.'s underling
34 Finger __
35 Look happy
36 Place to eat while on the go
38 “Disturbia” singer, familiarly
39 Does some kindergarten math
41 N.H. summer hrs.
45 __ admiral
46 Guide for the Magi
50 Whine
53 Creative sparks
54 Pay
56 “The Twelve Days of Christmas” half-dozen
57 Watch and wineglass features
58 Classifies
60 Bread machines?
61 Appoint
62 Opinion
63 Pub orders
64 Seasoning meas.
65 “Now I get it!”