Los Angeles Times

CROSSWORD

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Edited By Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis By Lila Cherry

ACROSS

1 Romantic kissing at the mall and such, briefly 5 Skier’s challenge 10 Ref ’s decisions 14 Finnish architect Saarinen 15 Egg-shaped 16 Tipsy 17 Rich 19 To be, in Bordeaux 20 English china 21 With 61-Across, seriously overweight fictional sleuth 22 Chick’s cry 23 Tree-toppling tool 25 “That’s cheating!” 27 Wine evaluators 31 Get in your face about 34 Lisbon hello 35 Shankar’s instrument 38 Personal, as thoughts 39 Break in relations 41 Lawyer’s backlog 43 “I’m paying for the drinks” 44 Dined at home 46 Indian breads 48 “A mouse!” 49 Sound equipment that may pick up a private remark 51 Prayerful chants 53 Scold loudly 56 Sticky stuff 57 “Cosmos” author Sagan 59 Chief Asgard god 61 See 21-Across 65 Healthful berry 66 Object of the puddy tat’s pursuit 68 Skinny 69 Dominican Republic neighbor 70 Triangle calculatio­n 71 Prefix with -pathic 72 Max of Dadaism 73 Consider

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1 Benches flanking church aisles 2 Thoughtful 3 Guthrie at Woodstock 4 Went for in an auction 5 Homer’s bartender 6 Pizza maker 7 Ancient Greek physician 8 In __: not yet born 9 Batted first 10 1993 film with an instrument in its title 11 2000s best-seller involving flying toys, with “The” 12 Fairy tale meanie 13 Herding dog name 18 Evil spells 24 Guitarist Clapton 26 Muhammad in a ring 27 Hebrew scroll 28 Samuel on the Supreme Court 29 Protective bar on a flat roof 30 X-Men co-creator Lee 32 Mythical lion’s home 33 Arduous journeys 36 Words that connect each pair of four-letter words intersecti­ng at a circle 37 Unit at Staples 40 Facebook feature 42 Stocking tear 45 Zip, in soccer 47 Wintry and white 50 Provide apparel for 52 “Tough!” 54 No-holds-barred commercial competitio­n 55 Advertisin­g link 57 Suffragist Carrie 58 Tooth pain 60 Brooklyn NBA team 62 Old Italian cash 63 Priceless? 64 Cheese from the Netherland­s 67 Tiny songbird

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