LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Mexican dip 6 Kitten-lifting spot 10 “Notorious” Supreme Court justice, initially 13 Gold miner’s staked-out land 14 Polishes, as text 16 Botch the job, say 17 *Cage for a bunny 19 Actress Zadora 20 Moody music genre 21 __ Grey tea 22 Wasn’t feeling well 24 Early bird’s reward 26 *Tool for filling in holes in the wall 29 Blackjack card 31 “Superman”’ actor Christopher 32 Hooded snake 35 Final Four org. 37 Dutch cheese town 40 *Bow users’ musical ensemble 43 “The jig __” 44 Double-reed wind 45 Trio in H2O 46 Barnes’ bookselling partner 48 Italian three 49 *Skin response to fear or cold 53 Applies with a Q-tip 57 Finance whiz Suze 58 Christmas song 60 Rapper __ Kim 61 Oral health initials 62 “C’mon, get serious!” ... and an admonition evidently ignored by the starts of the answers to starred clues 66 Part of mph 67 Promised to tell the truth 68 “There’s no such thing as a free lunch,” e.g. 69 Hosp. triage areas 70 Still-life subject 71 Printer supply

DOWN

1 Carpenter’s fastener 2 Mission to remember 3 Materials partner on a repair bill 4 Member of the fam 5 Gallic girlfriend 6 Indira Gandhi’s father 7 Grownup 8 Racetrack stop 9 And so on, briefly 10 Answered, as an email 11 Lawyer’s filing 12 Student’s mark 15 Ice cream drink 18 Scotch or masking 23 Played the market 25 California county that contains parts of Yosemite National Park 27 Copy on transparent paper 28 “You betcha!” 30 Recycle bin item 32 CBS forensic series 33 NFL tiebreakers 34 Multiple Grammy winner featured on “Uptown Funk” 35 Prize since 1901 36 __-Magnon 38 Vaccination spot 39 More, in Madrid 41 Game with putting 42 Lend an __: listen 47 Is flexible 48 You, biblically 49 Flip out 50 Trial judge’s demand 51 Between, in French 52 Like a designated driver 54 Poe’s middle name 55 Ship’s hull region 56 More cunning 59 Aspiring DA’s exam 63 Be obligated to 64 “Don’t delay!” 65 Pre-marital ( just barely) promise