L.A TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 New England sch. 6 Dominant

11 Chest protector

14 Up

15 Stunt cyclist, e.g. 16 Valuable extraction 17 Exhale over scalding coffee?

19 Bit of muesli

20 Mariners' home, familiarly

21 Bilingual subj.

22 July 4th events, briefly 23 Five-O cop

25 James or Jones of jazz 27 Discontinue slanted material in articles? 32 Letters of urgency

34 Long of “In Too Deep” 35 Broad neckwear

36 One in an airport queue

37 Talking points? 40 Memorable 1969 bride 41 Harry's Hogwarts nemesis

43 Letters in an unfilled sched. slot

44 From the top

45 Visit some animal shelter residents? 49 Classroom “I know! I know!”

50 First name in country 51 Did a number

54 Small application

56 Ear inflammation

60 Fire

61 Delay passing a congressional bill?

63 General Mills cereal 64 Metal giant

65 Debate topic 66 Id follower? 67 Conductor Zubin 68 Arms treaty subj.

DOWN

1 Cities, informally 2 Kunis of “Black Swan” 3 Starting on

4 Clinched

5 Treaded winter vehicle

6 Wikipedia lacks them 7 Untimely?

8 Like alarm clocks

9 Part of HMO

10 Half of a very high price?

11 Schmo

12 Green Zone country 13 Action at the track 18 “That's all wrong!” 22 Streisand, in fanzines 24 “The Wizard __”

26 They usually end up in hot water 27 Plotting group

28 Hill of country 29 iPhone array 30 Top-drawer

31 Stash

32 Adapter letters 33 “Waitress” Tony nominee Bareilles 37 “Hunny” lover

38 Lyft alternative 39 Fashioned from 42 Heavy shoe

44 Saying nay to

46 Plant root growth 47 Pastoral roofing

48 Get one's hands on 51 Sushi go-with

52 Allies' enemy

53 Coming right up

55 One in an UGG box 57 Shock, in a way 58 Post-op areas

59 “Leave it in” mark 61 Bobby's wife on “Dallas” 62 Pilot-licensing org.