LOS ANGELES TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Approaches

aggressively 8 Like some scenic

highways 15 Avant-garde

neighborhood 16 On the line 17 Call from a collection agency? 18 Questionable

alliance? 19 Compass pt. 20 Malicious look 22 “You __!”: Ren,

to Stimpy 23 Social attire? 25 Rash symptom 28 Best 29 Eastern priest 33 Playground

troublemakers 36 Something that’s going around 39 Sheep transport? 41 Message from the

captain? 42 Internal device on

most cellphones 43 German port 44 Strong cleaners 45 “Keep it down!” 48 Stamp of approval

letters 49 Suggestion from one waiter to another? 53 Agamemnon’s

father 57 Flubs the shot,

e.g. 58 Stranded stuff 61 Hive workers? 63 Lasik ray? 65 Humor 66 Tease mercilessly 67 Always-open

merchant 68 New York tribe DOWN 1 Take __ 2 Intimidates 3 Enjoy some Trident 4 Anthem

preposition 5 Facial arc 6 Skin woe 7 Most like a guru 8 Avian cry 9 With “The,” 1971 best-seller about an evil twin 10 So far 11 Dutch town 12 Sitcom set in a

garage 13 Japanese wrestler

Sato 14 “__ we forget”

in modern Luxor 24 Wall St. debuts 25 Perfect 26 Yellowish-brown 27 Land of the

Minotaur 29 Get in position for the parade, as a band 30 Proton carriers 31 Rationed (out) 32 Amphitheater 34 “Arrested Development” narrator Howard 35 __ Miguel:

Cozumel city 37 Confederate 47 Contract adverb 49 Put down 50 Custom 51 Test, in a way 52 Rhone feeder 53 Rose’s Broadway

beau 54 Simple shelter 55 Prynne’s stigma 56 Holder of needles

and such 58 Bit of derring-do 59 Granny 60 Qts. and pts. 62 Côte d’Azur

view 64 Ratio involving

ht. and wt.