LA TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Little __ Muffet 5 Roger Bannister,
famously 10 Speaker in
Cooperstown 14 Elvis or CocaCola
15 “The L Word” co-creator Chaiken 16 Whisper 17 Interstate hauler 18 Ad prizes 19 Dramatic opener 20 Adagio and
allegro
22 Leave the city to
evade arrest 24 Like some tanks 27 Where the old
woman lived 28 Permits to enter 30 Title of respect 31 Exec, slangily 33 Schoolmarmish 35 List to-dos 39 Intense anger 40 It has just one
64-Down 42 Shapiro of NPR 43 Delivery, as of a
baby
45 Inter __
46 Recipe word 47 Relieved (of ) 49 Comes to light 51 Secret fraternity
member
55 Party or wild
follower
57 Bit of
encouragement 59 Vinyl-covered, as
a floor 61 Worldwide: Abbr. 62 Absinthe flavor 65 Half a round on
the links
66 Ohio’s lake 67 R&B family name 68 Budget sister
company 69 Runs out of juice 70 “It’s true!” 71 Guido of Baroque
art fame
DOWN
1 Light fog 2 Relatives of
Slurpees
3 Server with a
blush?
4 Piece of prose 5 A hot one can be
problematic 6 Laid up
7 Island necklaces 8 Long, thin soup
mushroom 9 Viscous plant
substances 10 “Bingo!” 11 Japanese electronics company
12 Cut down the
middle 13 “Goosebumps”
series author 21 Gomez’s furry
cousin
23 French capital 25 Road trip game 26 Approximately 29 Nabisco brand
name
31 Jem, to Scout
Finch
32 Psychic Geller 34 Ballerina Shearer 36 Completely
dominates 37 Med. injury
detector
38 Title for two
Beatles
40 The good dishes 41 Discomfort cause 44 Makes four into
twelve, say 46 Advanced course
offering
48 Hold for questions 50 Take care of a
kitty
51 Went down a
slippery slope 52 Matisse of the art
world
53 Knot again 54 Old-time laundry
soap brand
56 Red Square
figure
58 Place for singles 60 He loved Lucille 63 Cinque e uno 64 Watcher ... and homophone of a letter that appears exactly once in every clue and all but two answers