LOS ANGELES TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Looking to start something new, maybe Syria’s Bashar al-__

11 Ed. promoters 15 Combined

16 Some Strads 17 Minor overhead? 18 Torch fuel? 21 Refreshing drinks 22 Georgetown

athlete

23 Is not wrong? 24 Rest, in a way 25 Tragedy involving

a Milne character? 29 Things to

hang onto 31 Suffer

32 Can opener 33 Reserved

34 Noble title 36 Sylvia of jazz 37 Drawing by Buffalo Bill? Spit spots, for short 44 Smidge

45 “In what way?” 49 Greek cross 50 Decline

51 Amp transporters 53 Spectator sport

aboard a UFO? 57 Whale group 6 41 58 Fix, as a toy 59 A pop

60 Gulf Canada

alternative 61 “No comment!” ... and a hint to four puzzle answers 65 Facility

66 1951 Reagan

co-star

67 Cell terminal 68 Slightly 69 Burden-bearing

beasts 70 Supported, as

a weak ankle

DOWN

1 Major requests 2 Losing purposely 3 Floral brew

4 Son of Seth 5 Dict. offering 6 Ones bringing

blessings? 7 “Later!” 8 “McSorley’s Bar”

artist

9 From A to Z 10 Handy initials 11 Star __ 12 Fundamental doctrine of Christianity 13 Together

14 Down ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE 19 Superhero with a

hammer

20 Spike __: railroad

worker’s tool 25 More than fix up 26 Take the plunge 27 Dump

28 “Conan” channel 30 Snaps

34 No. from a builder 35 Sometimes called,

for short 36 Booted, say 38 Lifebuoy competitor Classic Yankee nickname

40 Chuck alternative 41 “Incidentally,” in texts

It’s often a high chair 39 42 By Bruce Haight (c) 2018 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 43 Granada

greeting

46 Top secret store? 47 Coast

48 Diffused through

a membrane 50 Ophthalmologist’s concern Right-hand pages

52 Second emperor

after Nero 54 Backed up 55 Bright signs 56 First-aid kit item 60 Sicilian tourist

attraction

61 Field

62 Finance deg. 63 Sister of the moon goddess Selene Thick 51 64 7-20-18