LA TIMES CROSSWORD

1 Old storyteller

5 __ value 9 Worthless stuff 14 Eager

15 Muslim community leader

16 Time of one’s

life

17 Pops

20 Female

bighorn

21 Ensign __ Crusher, Wil Wheaton’s “Star Trek: TNG” role 22 Tasteless gruel 23 Trio from Don

Giovanni? 24 Flow slowly 26 Manage, with

“out” 27 Parachute

attachment 31 Like “it,”

grammatically 33 Pops

36 Note from the

office

37 Buddy

38 Mild Dutch

cheese

42 Pops 47 Hardened 50 Replace on the

schedule

51 Poetic

contraction 52 Christmas

pudding fruit 55 Take in the

groceries? 56 Seal-hunting

swimmer 58 Protective charm 60 46-Down work 63 Pops

66 Mound

67 Great start? 68 Ceremonial

grandeur 69 Changed course,

nautically 70 Worshipped

image 71 Long shot, in

hoops lingo

DOWN

1 Sheep herder in a 1995 Best Picture nominee

2 Swear

3 Come to the

surface 4 EPA-banned

insecticide 5 Skillful handling 6 8th-century B.C.

Hebrew prophet 7 Western burger

franchise __ Jr. 8 Bob Hope, often, for the Oscars ceremony

9 Turn red, say 10 Supreme

singer?

11 Current source 12 One of four on a

par-4 13 Metal-cutting

machine 18 Proprietor 19 Nocturnal

scavenger 23 Represent in

cipher

25 Part of rpm 27 “That’s the guy!” 28 First-rate player 29 Sleep cycle 30 Drains of power 32 Early online

forum

34 Fellow

35 Spot on a screen 39 Hydroelectric

power source 40 Sound system

equipment 41 Came upon 43 Mountain in the Tour de France route 44 Subject of the biopic “I’m Not There”

45 Guided by a

statement of faith 46 “The Poetry of earth is never dead” poet 47 Short and solid 48 Albania’s

capital 49 Mortgage

provision

53 Taste sensation 54 Subtle, as a

shade

57 Willing partner 59 Toy company

with theme parks 60 Reminder to take

out the trash? 61 British title 62 Best Game, e.g. 64 Passé

65 Get off the

fence