LA TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Fabled runner-up

5 Deep cleft

10 “Tell me if you’re

coming” letters 14 Pacific island ceded by Spain to the U.S. in 1899

15 The __: Europol

headquarters 16 Meticulous to a

fault

17 Jazz club group 18 Detroit NFL team 19 Party hat shape 20 Large-scale ridesharing option 22 Limited-access

internet area 24 Surfing

connection

25 A bit off 26 Hogwarts potions

master 28 Raggedy doll 30 Significant __:

partner

33 Acorn dropper 34 How much it

costs

36 Prez before

JFK

37 Monopoly’s Atlantic or

Pacific: Abbr. 38 __ ignition system: hi-tech car starter 40 October’s

number

41 Fozzie Bear’s frog

pal

43 If all goes right 45 Sign of healing 47 Diamonds or

clubs

48 Backbone 51 “You’ve got

mail” ISP 53 Claymation green

guy

57 “Proven,” in

proofs

58 Tune that stays in your head too long 61 Huntsville’s st. 62 Out of sorts ... or where four answer-ending words (see starred clues) can be found? 65 Tops, as a cake 66 November tally 67 “Magic” prop 68 Lahr of “The

Wizard of Oz” 69 Golf or tennis 70 Ransom of auto

fame

DOWN

1 Channel for

home flippers 2 General feel 3 *1956 Burt Lancaster film, with “The” 4 Expressive music

genre

5 Techie on

“24” 6 *Desperation

gridiron pass

7 In the past

8 *Big name in

film festivals 9 Western plateaus 10 Tennis need 11 *Seven Dwarfs’

housekeeper 12 Wind indicator 13 Roman

commoner 21 Poet’s tribute 23 “It’s a Wonderful

Life” studio 26 Enjoy a Jacuzzi 27 Central church

part

29 Zero, in soccer 31 Barely gets

(by)

32 Tenant’s expense 34 Fur-protesting

org.

35 Jacob’s twin 38 Field goal expert,

e.g.

39 Mark of shame 42 51-Across

alternative

44 A/C measure 46 Hit a bunch of pubs in one night

47 Like the 1-Across vis-à-vis the tortoise, ironically 48 News filler 49 Trump’s VP 50 Milker’s

handful

52 Be a debtor of 54 Taj __

55 Button on a

mixer

56 Football

measures 59 Off-rd. transports 60 Catnap,

e.g.

63 Ballpark fig. 64 “Squared”

power