LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Indian noblewoman 5 Pressure meas. 8 Little lies

12 Like port, usually 13 W. alliance since

1948 14 Southwestern

grassy plain

16 “No idea”

19 Make a minister 20 Soft drink nut 22 Flings

26 “No idea”

28 Cost of preventing

deterioration 30 Adhesive 31 Protein-rich bean 32 Chicago Cubs President of Baseball Operations Theo __

37 Blueprint detail, for short

38 [No idea] 39 Charity 43 Wearing away gradually

45 Greek earth

goddess 46 Autocrats of old

Russia

49 100 agorot, in

Israel

51 “No idea” 56 Dancer Castle 57 Strait-laced 58 Storywriter known

for irony 60 “No idea”

66 Pasta often served alla vodka 67 Louis XIV, par exemple 68 Unnerve

69 Hides the gray,

maybe

70 “Atlas Shrugged” writer Rand 71 Mattress spring

DOWN

1 “Go team!” 2 Back in the day 3 Still in the package

4 Fake __

5 Not up to snuff 6 Mecca native 7 Religion of Mecca 8 Low-tech fire

starter

9 Breed 10 Supervisor at a financial institution 11 Busybodies 15 Young hooter 17 One may wind up on a fire truck 18 Bad-mouth 21 Beverage suffix 22 Use bad words 23 Informal pricing words 24 Largest of the Inner Hebrides 25 Japanese ritual with an iron pot 27 Org. with an Odd

News web page 29 Baja bread 33 Scholar’s deg. 34 __ Lanka 35 Winery cask 36 French toast

maker’s need 40 Victoria, for one 41 Appearance 42 BOGO event 44 Cape Town’s

country: Abbr. 46 Pointed end 47 Narrow piece 48 Tolerated 50 Breezy greeting 52 Big name in raingear

53 “Use your inside voice” 54 Comedian featured in Jerry Stiller’s “Married to Laughter” 55 Official representative 59 Horse rider’s strap 61 Shreveport-toLittle Rock dir. 62 Ozone-depleting chemical 63 Language of Southeast Asia 64 Special forces

weapon

65 Unagi, e.g.