LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 To-do list entry

5 Largely seasonal Golden

Arches sandwich 10 Mimicked

14 Not doing much

15 “The Vampire Diaries”

protagonist

16 Sleeveless top, briefly 17 Special access for celebrities

20 Slender fish

21 Boxer Laila

22 Garfield’s dog frenemy 23 Mass communication? 26 Fire up, as a motor 27 Thumbs-up vote 28 Superman foe Luthor

31 Fill drink orders 35 Navigational aid letters 38 Winter glider

40 Greet at the door 41 Well-organized 42 Presidential biographer __

Kearns Goodwin 44 Ctrl-__-Del

45 Heats, as water for pasta 46 Popular Chinese takeout

dish

49 Praise highly

50 Freeway vehicles 51 Markdowns, and what 17-,

23- and 46-Across all exhibit 55 Modern hotel amenity 58 Word from the Yiddish for

“expert”

59 Stereotypical techie 63 Fencing sword 64 Like milk on the floor 65 Nabisco cookie

66 “Easy __ it”

67 Screams

68 Negotiator’s asset DOWN

1 Helpful hint

2 Madison Ave. figure

3 More cunning

4 Body armor fiber

5 Got together with

6 Easily understood

7 Film spools

8 Concave navel

9 Softball club 10 Northeasternmost U.S.

national park

11 Terrified reaction

12 Game show host, e.g. 13 Fizzle out

18 To date

19 Mars explorer

24 Pre-holiday nights

25 “Late Night” actress Amy 28 Hallucinogenic drug

29 Skip the big wedding, maybe 30 It’s a copy and a company 32 At hand

33 Shop with a slicer

34 Quick meal

35 Company with a

spokeslizard

36 Goes white from fright 37 Ave. crossers

39 Desserts topped with

gummy worms

41 “Wrong-o!” 43 Chocolate-and-toffee bar 45 Champagne variety

47 Weak, as an excuse 48 Discourages

52 Magician’s garb

53 Bad to the bone

54 Solar panel component 55 Tied the knot

56 Debut on the NYSE 57 Consultant’s payment 60 Named time span

61 Remote button

62 Speck in a URL