LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Colorist’s concern 4 Light brown pear 8 Hillary Clinton,

née __

14 Horace’s “__

Poetica”

15 “The Mammoth Hunters” author Jean 16 Low-scoring tie 17 Big wheel, briefly 18 Controversial coal-extraction method

20 Wine lover’s prefix 22 Sport shown on TV Japan

23 Beer extraction gadget 24 Dues-paying participant 27 Spanish lady 30 Acquire

31 Isle of Arthurian legend 33 Woodland deity 36 Developmental insect stage 39 Luau accessory 40 Broadside

accidents

43 A, in Augsburg 44 Small stores 45 Rather nasty 46 “__ Fideles”: carol 48 Corrode, with

“away”

49 Macy’s section,

e.g.: Abbr. 50 Format for some

tournaments 57 “__ y Plata”: Montana motto 59 Bit of talk show self-promotion 60 Opal of the comics, to Earl Pickles

61 Meal suggested by the starts of four long answers 65 Deli salmon 66 Philadelphia

campus 67 Building lot unit 68 __-ray Disc 69 Volkswagen family car 70 Rough file 71 Some ER cases

DOWN

1 Wreaked condition

2 One of the archangels 3 College sports channel

4 Music majors’

degs.

5 First stage

6 Blood bank supply 7 Upward trek

8 Film genre prefix

with com

9 Words after work or sleep 10 “Gracias” response 11 Common people 12 Raggedy doll 13 Eldest of the “Little Women” 19 Author of eerie stories 21 Delivery MD 25 Least 26 Shankar on the sitar 28 Interminably 29 Ouzo flavoring 32 Poughkeepsie campus

33 Place

34 Put up with 35 Symphonic stories 36 British john 37 European peak 38 Dr. Jekyll creator’s

monogram 41 “Burlesque” costar

42 Being hauled to the garage 47 Sundress features 48 Lawn maintenance tools 51 Maker of Cajun Shrimp nail polish 52 Like the “funny bone” nerve 53 Never, in Nogales 54 “The Hobbit” hero 55 Bluffed-out words,

perhaps 56 Connection 58 Sooner St. 61 Carcarebrand 62 Pot contents 63 Police rank: Abbr. 64 Weight-training

unit