LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Sudden sharp

sensations

6 Place for a meal 10 Eldest “Bonanza”

brother

14 Oahu veranda

15 Mannheim mister 16 Still-life subject 17 *Sofia Vergara’s “Modern Family” role, to her nephews

19 Signs

20 Opening words

21 Western movie

staples

23 Deliverers of 20Acrosses, briefly 25 Small amount

26 Place for a meal 27 Emmy winner

Christine

29 Eye protector

31 Maple Leafs, on

scoreboards

32 “Paper Moon” costars

34 *Tree in a foyer

38 Muscle spasm

39 Lummox

41 Nothing

42 Longtime Eur.

realm

43 *Deletes

46 Summer TV staple 48 Natural ending? 49 “The Matrix” hero 51 Liquid-Plumr

shelfmate

52 Bug-eyed prayer

55 Units of wt.

57 Shelley’s “__ to

the West Wind” 58 Correct, perhaps,

as a check

59 Colorado’s __ Park 61 Champagne brand 62 Green course … and what the start of each answer to the starred clues is?

67 Start of Massachusetts’ motto

68 Fateful March

date

69 Persistent attack 70 Sounds of

disapproval

71 Mouth off to

72 SpongeBob’s

home

DOWN

1 P. Hearst’s captors 2 Cross-shaped

letter

3 __ Wilson, lead

singer of Heart

4 Leader overthrown by Castro

5 Highway exit

feature

6 Like many holiday

concerts

7 Type of exercise

8 Part of TGIF: Abbr. 9 Rub off

10 Howard Hughes,

e.g. 11 *Highway warning 12 One with

questions

13 Unkempt

18 Ford classic

22 Told all

23 Craze

24 *Conventioneer’s

stop on arrival

27 Politician Trent

28 Homework shirker’s lame excuse

30 Spanish noble title 33 First word of some Brazilian cities

35 __ conditioner

36 Construction site

sight

37 __ diet: high-fat,

low-carb regimen 40 Enjoyment

44 Ritzy properties 45 Old-fashioned

messages

47 Ordinary

50 Persistently

preoccupy

52 N.L. mascot with a

baseball head

53 Long times

54 Round before

finals

56 Part of CST: Abbr. 60 Standard Oil brand 63 Snake River st.

64 Jeans brand

65 Ottoman title

66 Pride’s place