LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Unlikely election

win, say

6 Tidbit in a coffee

grinder 10 __-washed jeans 14 Housework task 15 French friend 16 Medicine amount 17 Term of office for Supreme Court justices, e.g. 19 Choir song

20 “__ was

saying ... ” 21 Quirky

22 U.K. mil. award 24 “The Silence of

the Lambs” villain 31 Donkey

32 Part of a tall cake 33 “Selma” director

DuVernay

34 Dry shell

37 Milky gem 39 Archipelago unit 41 Investigative department, and what 17-,

24-, 52-, and 64-Across have? 44 Brief digression 45 Point sets, in math 46 Post-WWII

alliance

47 Actor Cariou 48 Tall shade trees 50 “Unforgettable” singer __ King Cole

52 Member of an DWWRUQH\·V VXSSRUW staff

57 Desert viper 58 NYC subway org. 59 Post-WWII

alliance

61 Open just a crack 64 Places to pick up

diving gear 68 Glacier fragment $QQD·V ´)UR]HQµ sister

70 Core belief

71 __ A Sketch 72 Monopoly card 73 Vase-shaped jugs

DOWN

1 Sch. near

Hollywood

2 Jam band with a namesake Ben & -HUU\·V IODYRU

By Steve Faiella

3 BXOJDULD·V

capital

4 Before,

poetically 5 “Grand”

Wyoming range 6 Inn offering a morning meal, briefly 7 Ostrichlike bird 8 Football filler 9 Tease

10 Like some

committees 11 Artfully shy 12 School-ofthought suffix 13 Work-from-home

space, perhaps 18 Inventor Thomas 23 Printing flourish 25 Nude 26 Completely

flummoxed 27 Fragrant spring

shrub

28 Actress Shire 29 Tennis great

Chris

30 “Midnight

Cowboy” role 34 Group email

starter

35 “I wish I could __

that!”: “So gross!” 38 Tropical trees 40 Jolly December

visitor

42 Film spools 43 Social media account that may provide anonymity 49 Ended, as a

subscription 51 One small bite 53 Cry of frustration