L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Page, in a way

5 Weary response to incessant cries of

“Look at me, look at me!”

9 Timesheet units 14 __ list 15 Wrestler John who has

fulfilled more than 650

Make-A-Wish requests 16 Alt, perhaps

17 At the market,

farmers often __ 19 Hurry along

20 Broth in Japanese cuisine

21 Place where two sides come together 23 Unwelcome picnic guests

24 Red Muppet

26 Gear for a grip 28 At the orchard, farmers

are often __

34 Turf 35 MiLB level 36 Bit at the bottom of a tub

37 Sends sprawling 40 Pres. whose library is in Austin, Texas

42 Oyster layer

43 In dreamland 45 “Don't __ me down!”

47 Ate

48 In the field, farmers often specialize in __ 52 Epic tale

53 Composer Jerome 54 “Why not __?”

57 U.S. Pacific island 59 Southern, for one 63 Groupthink?

65 At the state fair,

farmers often __

67 Familiar plot device 68 Overhanging

part of a roof

69 New York canal

70 Put up

71 Still 43-Across

72 Acorn, essentially

DOWN

1 Condition that may

be treated with SSRIs 2 State that holds

quadrennial caucuses 3 Confidentiality docs

4 Garden tunneler

5 Freezer cubes

6 Not always available

7 Pre-deal payment

8 Pungent condiment

9 Short hellos

10 Recorded, say

11 Noodle in Japanese

cuisine

12 Really great

comedy act, e.g.

13 Hardens, in a way 18 Cereal partner

22 Part of an order, perhaps 25 “Mamma __!”

27 Doing business

28 Inferior

29 “Swan Lake” role

for Misty Copeland

30 Overhanging

part of a roof

31 Pepper used

in mole sauce

32 Aired again

33 Iditarod vehicle

34 Attempt

38 Rescue supply spots

39 Genesis name

41 “Really uncool, bro”

44 Simon of the “Mission:

Impossible” film series 46 __ kwon do

49 Queasiness

50 Relaxed gait

51 Crawls (along)

54 “Little Women” woman 55 “Al __ lado del río”: Oscar-winning song by Jorge Drexler

56 Quaint pronoun

58 Literary captain

60 Literary governess

61 Dijon companion

62 “__ a lift?”

64 Date

66 Make it official, in a way