LA TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Former Yankee slugger, familiarly 5 Barrel of laughs 9 “Joy of Cooking” writer Rombauer 13 Take away 15 Skeleton prefix 16 Is sorry about 17 *Chilled caffeinated drink
19 __-lock brakes 20 Pt. of HDTV
21 __ facto 22 “Moby-dick”
ship
24 Slim woodwind 26 Not well
27 “Star Wars”
pilot Dameron 28 *Cold War
barrier 32 Blueprints
33 Orderly 34 Comply with 38 Frying liquids
39 Holy book 40 Small valley
41 Ward on “FBI” 42 Brazilian berry
43 Medicinal units 44 *Close-knit, influential group
47 Legal org. 50 Lummox
51 Peters out 52 Tearjerker featuring Anna Chlumsky in her feature-film debut 54 Ceramics oven 56 “__ the
season ...” 59 Radar screen
spot
60 *English name of a West African republic 63 Refrain
syllables 64 Majorino of
“Veronica Mars” 65 Cosmetician
Lauder 66 Meadow moms 67 Affirmative
votes
68 Pass (through)
slowly
DOWN
1 In the thick of 2 Risotto grain 3 Part of the Three Musketeers’ credo 4 Lemon
5 NFL officials 6 The 411
7 “__ of Girls’ Things”: poem by Sharon Olds 8 Metal tab that
protects a shoe 9 Baghdad’s
country 10 Accumulate,
as charges 11 “Same here!” 12 “All kidding
__ ...” 14 Descendants 18 Oil cartel
acronym 23 “Riverdale”
actor Goree 25 Tiny potted tree 26 Slanted, as a
typeface 28 1970s tennis
star Nastase 29 Worldwide humanitarian gp.
30 Concretereinforcing rod 31 “Sorry, can’t help ya” 32 Spots to buy stamps: Abbr. 35 Mid-american Conference university in Indiana 36 Actress Fanning 37 “Of course!” 39 Triteness
43 Royal son
45 Fin. neighbor 46 In a lazy way
47 Saunter 48 Internal regula
tion for a club 49 Nimble 53 Hoppy brews,
briefly
54 Beer company
based in Hawaii
55 Some nest
eggs, for short 57 Words of comprehension, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues 58 Dance move
61 “C’est la __!” 62 CIA
predecessor