LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 D.C. insider 4 Anxious feeling 9 “Silent Night”

words before calm and bright 14 Actress Gardner 15 More rational 16 Africa’s Sierra __ 17 “Star Wars” sequel trilogy heroine

18 Spicy condiment 20 Pay off illicitly 22 How a scarymovie watcher might recoil 23 Astronaut’s

milieu 26 Deserved, as

recognition 27 Keep separate

from the rest 28 Restaurant chain with an

owl logo

31 Horne of jazz 32 In the manner of 34 Oktober endings 35 Lawn areas

lacking grass 39 Perth __, NJ 42 LBJ’s boy beagle 43 Big brass 47 Greets with

guffaws 50 Features of some

cruise ships 52 Heavy weight 53 NYC’s World Financial Center architect 55 Working

together as one 58 ’90s candidate __

Perot

59 Coins in one’s pocket ... and what literally

happens in each set of circles 62 When doubled, a

Latin dance 63 Fix in the

crosshairs 64 Knighted composer Edward

65 Showy pond fish 66 Stacks like

Tupperware 67 Wed on the sly 68 Vicious with a

bass

DOWN

1 Partially cook, as

rice

2 Employ

excessively, as muscles 3 Overdo the

flattery

4 Last word of

Kansas’ motto 5 Macduff rebuff 6 Econ. measure 7 Old photo hue 8 Battlefield

furrow

9 “What’s more ... ” 10 Norman who created Archie and Edith Bunker 11 French

pilgrimage site 12 Trying a case, say 13 Prophetic woman 19 Prefix with stat 21 Overdo, as a

point

24 Twinkler 25 Soccer standout 29 Frequently, to a

bard

30 More irritable 33 Fireplace grate

buildup 36 Shakespearean

cries 37 12-point type 38 Actor Epps 39 Craftsperson 40 Marshmallowy

treat

41 Little chickens 44 Disengages the

bolt for, as a door 45 Russian ballet

company

46 “Let me reiterate

... ”

48 “High Voltage”

band

49 Far from a

guffaw

51 Round figure 54 Little

56 “I smell __!” 57 Ping-Pong

supplies 60 Private aid prog. 61 Space between

outfielders