LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Quick snooze

4 Dangerous snakes 8 Grammar lesson

subject

13 Commercial suffix with Cray- or Motor

14 Nose (around)

15 Catcher’s position 16 “Let me consider

this for a bit”

19 Step on a flight

20 Presidential

period

21 First-rate

22 “Who can predict

the future?”

26 Mild Dutch cheese 27 Territory that lent its name to two states

31 Partiality

34 Congregational

seats

37 Former Russian

royals

38 Toronto’s prov.

39 “Maybe”

41 “Hooray team!” 42 Get one past the

goalie

44 Walk-the-dog toy 45 Catch sight of

46 “Great White

North” country

48 Elaborate ruse

50 “We’ll just have to

wait to find out” 56 Sign of sorrow

59 __ tai 60 Folded manuscript

sheet

61 “Can’t rule

anything out”

65 Singer’s asset

66 Like things that make your skin crawl

67 Article in some

hip-hop titles

68 Beginning

69 Haul with effort 70 Sushi fish that

must be cooked

DOWN

1 Hard on the ears 2 For __ see: in

plain sight

3 Caroline Islands

nation

4 Singer-songwriter

DiFranco

5 #43, to #41

6 Texas Hold ’em,

e.g.

7 Engine plug

discharge

8 “For the Boys”

org.

9 Parrots a parrot 10 Car

11 Profit

12 Suffix with novel 14 Rip to pieces

17 Trident tips

18 Radiohead or

Motörhead

23 Puff on an e-cig 24 39-Down board 25 “Wild” things to

sow 28 Rowboat pair

29 Lobster pot, e.g. 30 Like a well-used

fireplace

31 Brown-skinned

pear

32 Peruvian empire

of old

33 Lots

35 “Which person?” 36 Greet, with “to” 39 Treat for the feet 40 Where Marco Polo

is played

43 Daily grind

45 Praise to the hilt 47 Arsenal stockpile 49 2004 remake

starring Jude Law 51 Let up

52 Older partner?

53 High society

54 Nimble

55 Faithful

56 Watch-when-youwant gadget

57 Prince Harry’s

alma mater

58 Like no-returns

merchandise

62 Champ, to Biden 63 Rollover acronym 64 Huge