LA TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Crosses by wading 6 Bag-checking org.
9 Juice buy
14 Spreads used instead of
butter
15 Bar passer, briefly
16 Latin bears
17 Crude carrier
19 De La Garza of “FBI” 20 “Stop stalling!”
21 Like a stunt pilot’s
maneuvers
23 Disfigure
24 Part of an act
26 Notable biblical birth 28 “Inferno” poet
30 Tour de France saison 31 Gem set by itself
35 “She loves you” followers, in
song
39 What may be before now? 40 Old nuclear agcy.
41 Chicago winter hrs. 43 Statesman with an eponymous jacket
44 Court case
46 It’s useless to argue with
one
49 Predicament
51 “Speed Racer” genre 52 Hikers’ flasks
56 Serena’s sister
59 Time to remember
60 Twist in pain
62 Barbershop sound 64 Kaka’ako crooner 66 Dramatic descents, and a hint to each set of circles 68 Prenatal test, informally 69 Circus closing?
70 Pigeon shelters
71 Like starfish
72 Legal thing
73 It’s quite a blast
DOWN
1 __ chain
2 Hodgepodges
3 Bit of antiquity 4 Punctuational symbol of
completeness
5 U.S. ID issuer
6 Word before heart or heed 7 Less lax
8 Skylit courts
9 Good thing to spend with
one’s kids
10 Internet acronym
11 “Ditto”
12 Approached aggressively 13 Lachrymose
18 Swaying hip-hop dance 22 Downed
25 “Rebel Without a Cause”
co-star
27 Sign of success
29 Clock sound
31 Collector’s goal 32 Yossarian’s “Catch-22”
tentmate
33 Island garland
34 Janet Yellen’s field: Abbr. 36 Physicians’ org.
37 Scary “2001” computer 38 Fifth of a musical series 42 Desk chair feature 45 Admiral’s rear
47 ‘70s tennis star Ilie
48 Two fins
50 Gen-__
52 Aromatic closet-lining wood 53 Barbecue draw
54 Child minder
55 Fertilizer compound
57 Act in concert
58 Angle calculations 61 Escaping-steam sound 63 Verbal nudge
65 Step on it, quaintly
67 BYU or NYU