LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 High-arcing tennis

shot

4 Merlot and

Malbec

8 Surname at Tara 13 Thurman in films 14 British noble

15 Particle in a

nucleus

16 Happy-go-lucky 18 Supper, say

19 Ancient Andeans 20 Seek the

affections of

22 The “E” in HOMES 23 Fizzles out

24 Meddlesome

types

27 Germ-killing brand 29 Norse explorer

Ericson

30 As well

32 Cry from a sty

34 State-sponsored

gambling game 38 Pie la mode

choice

42 Tolerate

43 PBS science series 44 Chick-to-be,

maybe

45 April 1 “honoree” 48 First head of the

USSR

50 Anxiety resulting from being stuck indoors

54 Apples on desks 57 Codebreaker

Turing 58 Public health org. 59 Bird that beats a

birdie?

60 Small, sizewise 62 Morale booster … or words that might suggest the arrival of one of the circled words Left the building Texan’s neighbor Cooperstown stat Gathered, as leaves

Use a Kindle Fed. benefits provider 65 66 67 68 69 70

DOWN

1 Thinking clearly

2 Saudi neighbor

3 Spanish port city 4 NFL officials

5 Spot for a bud

6 “The Chronic” Dr. 7 Gobs and gobs

8 Smeltery supply 9 Wished one could

have

10 Gaming giant

11 TV personality

O’Donnell

12 Starts a poker pot 15 Examine

thoroughly

17 “No sweat!”

21 Tall, skinny Olive 24 Bubble, as water 25 Forearm bone

26 Tin Man’s

lubricator

28 Convinced of 30 Hotel room sets 31 Meal opening? 33 All in the family 35 Many “Twilight”

characters

36 Kids’ chasing

game

37 Texter’s

“Heavens!”

39 Limitless

40 “Merry old” king 41 Always

46 Eliminated,

gangland-style 47 Went first

49 Spiritual guide at

a mosque

50 Frivolous

escapade

51 Amazon Echo

assistant

52 Craft to dye for 53 Aircraft’s trail

55 After-school

groups

56 Old photo tone 59 Barely got, with

“out”

61 Bill’s coadventurer

63 Name on a 1950s

campaign button 64 Intelligencegathering org.