LOS ANGELES TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Igloo shape

5 Least satisfactory 10 Boars’ mates 14 Did a takeoff on 15 “Christina’s World” painter Andrew

16 Witty remark 17 *Divisive political topic

19 Useful Word command for the error-prone 20 “Good __!”: Charlie Brownism 21 Immature newt 22 Cake decorator 23 Biological pouch 24 *Want-ad heading in the London Times, perhaps

28 MADD ads, e.g. 29 Gerbil or hamster, often

30 I-90 in Mass., say 33 Defrost 36 Slack-jawed

40 *Get up and running, digitally 43 Vowel-heavy goodbye

44 Truck stop vehicle

45 About to arrive at 46 Monopoly quartet, briefly 48 HQs for B-52s 50 *Interrogate persistently

Nor. neighbor

55 58 Morales of “Ozark”

59 Female in the fam

60 “Darn!” and “Dagnabbit!” are mild ones

62 Easy win

63 “Stand up!” ... and a hint to the beginnings of the answers to starred clues 66 “My treat” 67 Double-curved arches

68 Starting poker pot contribution

69 Sign of joy, maybe 70 __-Dame de Paris 71 Went up

DOWN

1 Georgia team, in sports headlines 2 “Aida,” for one 3 Battlefield doc 4 Beat by a hair 5 Early 20th-cent. conflict

6 Yiddish laments 7 Start-over button 8 Assorted items 9 Place to take it from?

10 Water pistols

11 Part of a pound 12 Add a lane to, say 13 Hurling or curling 18 Failing grades 25 Wood strip 26 Campfire remnants

27 Harvest

28 Guy in a popular tongue-twister 30 Not yet known: Abbr.

31 Pea holder 32 Decorative fish 34 Pro

35 Wonder __

37 Had

38 Princess’ bane, in a fairy tale

39 Goof 41 Grass-and-roots layer

42 Tick off

47 “Already?” 49 Ill-mannered sort 50 ’90s candidate Ross

51 Me.-to-Fla. route 52 Poppa’s partner 53 Drummer for John, Paul and George

54 “The best __ to come”

55 Shorthand specialist, for short

56 Stimulates 57 Cosmetician Lauder

61 Many miles away 64 “__ the ramparts ... ”

65 Take advantage of