LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Flowerbox place 5 Hubbub

9 Use a 26-Down 14 Nabisco cookie 15 Gallant one

16 Wonder Woman’s

rope

17 *Ray Winstone/ Ben Kingsley crime drama 19 “Touch of Evil”

director Welles 20 Some remote

batteries

21 Bacon pieces 22 *Period of anxiety that may be brought on by facing one’s mortality 27 Apartment, say 28 “You __ to be

there”

29 Put away

32 Some DVD

players 34 Assessed, with

“up”

36 Actor Vigoda 37 Vampire

vaporizer 38 Fashionable, or an apt description of the ends of the answers to the starred clues 40 Not gross 41 Examine critically 42 Waffle

43 First few pages of

many books 45 Feudal laborer

47 Neither’s partner 48 Japanese

noodle

49 *Folded missile in

a classroom 54 Parking spots 56 “Agreed!”

57 Eagle’s perch 58 *Spot to store valuables when traveling 63 Pertaining to birth 64 Disney snowman 65 “__ go bragh!” 66 Do up, as hair 67 Guitar tuners 68 Lean (toward)

DOWN

1 “Help!” letters 2 Anger 3 Supervillain Luthor who co-founded the Injustice League 4 Faithfulness 5 Bundle of

harvested grain 6 Poke fun at

7 Org. with many

auditors

8 Spoil

9 Casino machines 10 Vice president

Kamala

11 Prosecutor’s

deputy, for short 12 Initials on a

brandy bottle 13 Ages upon ages 18 “Wow at first sip”

brand

21 Allied (with) 22 Dishevels, as hair 23 Senator for whom Honolulu’s airport is named 24 Occasion to use

the good china 25 Fire-breathing

Greek monster 26 Stubble remover 30 “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” king

31 Slobbery kiss

33 Watched 34 Really relish 35 “Agnus __” 39 Features of a

bowling alley 44 Mathematical void symbolized by { } 46 Treatment that may involve a peel

50 “Nope” writer/

director Jordan

51 Luggage label 52 Hangouts for

some schools? 53 Friend 54 Without 55 Organic fuel 58 Short jump 59 Copa Mundial

cheer

60 What “will be”

will be

61 Sign of a shark 62 Goal