Los Angeles Times

CROSSWORD

- Edited By Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis By Mike Buckley

ACROSS

1 Render inconceiva­ble? 5 Carl who composed “Carmina Burana” 9 Itching for action 14 Hamlet’s first choice 15 Sound from a fan 16 River of Champagne 17 U.N. reps 18 Purported passion promoter 20 One-named singer with the #1 hit “Royals” 22 Prevent 23 “Frontline” airer 24 Seriously mired 26 Big wheel 28 Scholar 29 Lasted longer than 32 Sound from a fan 33 Draft letters 34 Despot who raced in the 67 Olympics 35 __ station 38 Highway reading 41 Bread or liquor 42 PDQ 44 Word with cake or flake 45 Prescribed meds 47 “Rigoletto” composer Verdi 49 86 and 99 53 Turntable needles 54 Wells islander played by Brando 56 Creator of Finch and Radley 57 France dance 59 Medal-worthy quality 60 Boundary between the illuminate­d and darkened part of the moon, in astronomy 63 Ballet move 64 T. rex et al. 65 Wrapped garment 66 Villain’s welcome 67 __ Curry, first unanimous NBA MVP 68 “By that reasoning ...” 69 Rectangula­r paving stone

DOWN

1 Cornfield array 2 Cal Poly city 3 Shortened, shortened 4 Affectiona­te assent 5 Hogwarts mail carrier 6 __ Island 7 What can be drawn using the only V’s, representi­ng vertices, in this puzzle’s grid 8 Worry 9 Not bothered by conscience 10 “Unforgetta­ble” Cole 11 Stumble on 12 Condescens­ion 13 Pines 19 See 7-Down 21 Ferber and a Dame 25 Like a flag featuring a 19-Down 27 Arabic “son of ” 30 Kick __ fuss 31 Unknown John 35 Order of silence 36 “In my view ...” 37 Semisweet American white wine 39 Alibi problem 40 Sarah Palin, e.g., briefly 43 Humanities subj. 46 Six-winged angels, in Isaiah 48 Tolkien language 50 Nervous one? 51 I Ching adherent, perhaps 52 Least tentative 55 Corp. shuffle 56 Classic Fords 58 Emit coherent light 61 Messy locks 62 Carnival site

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