LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Stretched the

truth

5 Takes a break 10 Garçon’s

workplace 14 Actress

Kendrick

15 Love, in French 16 Operatic high

point

17 Folk singer Joan 18 *Many stadium

screens

20 GI field fare 22 Phoenix suburb 23 Fannie __: federal mortgage agency 24 *Seven-star pattern in Ursa Major

27 Little League

precursor

29 “__ thoughts?” 30 Vegetable in a

pod

31 Fr. holy woman 32 Ballet garb 34 Piece of advice 36 Insensitive, in a

way 39 *Curly-haired

dogs 43 Spreadsheet

software 44 “Low” rapper __

Rida

45 “Smooth

Operator” singer 46 Actor Pacino and

singer Green 47 Alias letters 49 Summer shade 50 Nile Valley

country 53 *Skimpy garment credited to fashion designer Mary Quant 56 Summer sign 57 “Firefly” actor

Tudyk

59 Brad of

“Moneyball” 60 Cornerstone of the Konmari method, and the progression found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues 64 Draw (in) 66 Nurse Jackie

portrayer Falco 67 Spanish title 68 Poems of praise 69 Wetlands plant 70 “Fire away!” 71 Flow slowly

DOWN

1 R&D setting 2 “Almost ready” 3 Fuel surcharge,

e.g.

4 Stunned

5 “The Big Bang Theory” chum of Sheldon and Leonard 6 6-foot Aussie

bird

7 WWI battle site

in France

8 Potato or yam 9 Low-budget

hotels, for short 10 Mustang or Pinto 11 Enticing odor 12 End-of-term

exam 13 Equipment used

in oil production? 19 Result of some

needlework 21 Opposite of

guzzle

24 Clubs for

27-Across 25 Blossom parts 26 Duo

28 Road curves 31 “Jersey Shore”

nickname

33 Take the lid off 35 Adobe creation 37 Insipid remark 38 Source of

fragrant wood 40 Triangular river

formations 41 Strategy

42 Inbox subfolder 48 Snake once sacred in 50-Across 50 Respected leader 51 Rock with inner

beauty

52 “That smarts!” 53 Some puzzle

book offerings 54 How paper contracts are signed

55 Metric weights 58 Middle Simpson

kid

61 Actor Beatty 62 Snack, in slang 63 Higher ed hurdle 65 Telepath’s claim