LA TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Has finished making payments on

5 NYC cultural institution redesigned by architect Yoshio Taniguchi

9 Made fun of 14 Dance for seniors

15 Dove calls

16 Main artery 17 Weight adjustment button on a deli scale 18 *Game timer that may implement the Fischer method 20 “Cleared for takeoff!”

22 Acorn dropper 23 “Eureka!” 24 *Choose selectively

27 Wound memento 28 E __ elephant 29 Bedframe board 31 With 41- and 45-Across, go

Dutch, or what the answers to the starred clues do? 35 Sci-fi extras

37 Still in contention 40 Brother’s daughter

41 See 31-Across 42 The “N” of

USNA

43 River mammal 44 Casual affirmative

45 See 31-Across 46 “No __, no fuss!”

48 Get up

50 Shed tears 52 *Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band with the hit “The Flame” 58 German pronoun 59 British lav 60 Certain Honshu resident 61 *Silverado, for one

65 Actress Neuwirth 66 Oscar winner Firth

67 Back of the neck 68 Flake (on) 69 Colorado ski locale

70 Watery expanses 71 “__ it obvious?”

DOWN

1 Related to the eye

2 Ire

3 Like the deities Odin and Freya 4 Makeup slip-up 5 Clan that feuded with the Hatfields

6 “Look, fireworks!”

7 “The Simpsons” tavern owner 8 Professional org. 9 Tire changer’s need

10 Hotmail alternative

11 Like someone who takes the initiative

12 __ Sketch: art toy 13 Capital of Senegal

19 Fifth Avenue retailer

21 Cheese gadgets 25 Devoutness 26 Right over the plate, as a pitch 27 Egyptian soccer superstar Mohamed 30 Little needles in some medical tests 31 Hostess __ Balls 32 Fire place? 33 “You shouldn’t have to do it all alone”

34 Frost over 36 Retro tint for photos

38 Rug cleaner, for short

39 Large deer in the Rockies 47 Glaswegian, e.g. 49 Bike wheel parts 50 Neopagan religion

51 Amazon smart speakers 53 Prominent feature of a mountain goat 54 Religious leader in many a Chaim Potok novel 55 Furniture stores that sell meatballs 56 Log home 57 Got down to propose

59 Country singer Loretta

62 Compete 63 Abu Dhabi’s fed.

64 Audit firm pro