L.A. Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 “High Voltage” band

5 Sprang

10 Neaten (up)

14 Cry out loud

15 Lauder of makeup 16 Inkling

17 *”In my uninformed

opinion ... “

19 Russian dynast

20 Not prohibited

21 Biennial games gp. 22 Word with fall or fill 23 *Challenge to someone suspected of lying

27 Western defense gp. 28 “_ _ queen!”: “Work

it!”

29 Nowhere to be

found

33 Member of the fam 35 Absorb with bread,

as gravy

39 Marvin Gaye classic, and a hint to the last words of the answers to the starred clues

43 Long-stemmed

mushroom

44 Director Lee

45 Like gloomy skies 46 Monarch’s reign,

e.g.

48 Cellist’s need 50 *Become a better

person, say

58 _ _ jockey

59 Satisfied sigh

60 “You win”

61 On the ocean

62 *Thoroughly refute 65 Entry point

66 More loyal

67 Black-eyed _ _

68 Celebrity chef

Burrell

69 Twilled fabric

70 Eyelid bump DOWN

1 “Where there’s _ _ ... “2 Typical Stan Lee role 3 Wild dog of Australia 4 Dagger’s partner

5 Supervillain Luthor

6 Second sight, for short 7 Dined at home

8 1990s presidential

candidate

9 Easy to set off

10 “Grease,” for one

11 “My take is ... “

12 “Reading in the Dark” Booker Prize nominee Seamus 13 Three feet

18 Baby-voiced red

Muppet

24 Lack of difficulty 25 “_ _ just me ... ?” 26 Sunup direction 29 Elastic bandage

brand

30 Looking sickly

31 Artist Yoko

32 “Whatever!”

34 Barnyard bleat

36 Part of wpm

37 Can. neighbor

38 Future analyst’s

maj.

40 Lass

41 Elena Delle Donne’s

org.

42 Aviation pioneer

Sikorsky

47 Moves with the

times

49 Forsaken child

50 American buffalo 51 Apply to

52 Spy-fi great John

le __

53 Go time, in military

slang

54 Applauds

55 Apartment window

sign

56 Op-ed piece, e.g. 57 Witherspoon of

“Wild”

58 Tot’s first word,

maybe

63 Act like a couch

potato, with “out” 64 Poetic “before”