CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Across

1 Big __, California 4 Photographer’s directive

9 Medicare section for doctors’ services 14 Functionality 15 Hauled away

16 China from Japan 17 Cowed, aptly

19 To help, to Henri 20 “House” star Hugh 21 “I can’t think straight right now” 23 “Rocketman” John 24 “It’s obvious”

26 Baba in a cave

27 “The Waste Land” poet’s monogram

28 Fed. law known as Obamacare

29 Hamper

32 Industry honcho 34 High times? 35 Honestly ... also, like each set of circles? 39 Cubs’ group 40 Between dry and soggy

41 Like library books 43 IRS examiner

44 “Don’t say anything!” 47 Always, to a poet 48 Amazon transports 50 “Caveman” diet 52 Wok dish

55 Fire alarms 56 Bulgaria’s capital 57 Bob Marley’s religion 60 Looked at the wrong way?

61 No longer on one’s plate

62 Red choice, briefly 63 Yule melodies

64 Tell

65 ER graph

Down

1 Rent from a renter 2 Regular requests 3 Prove wrong

4 Ink blot, for one 5 Espionage figure 6 “Letters from __ Jima”: Eastwood film

7 “To Kill a Mockingbird” author

8 Money in music

9 “La Vie en Rose” chanteuse

10 “The Kite Runner” boy 11 Home heater or engine cooler

12 Forest perimeter 13 They’re below par 18 To’s opposite

22 “I could take it or leave it”

24 Desktop image 25 Folklore sleep aid 28 Coach Parseghian 30 Burden

31 Bearded critter

32 __ one’s time: wait 33 Neighborhood

35 Off the hook

36 Pellet gun, for one 37 __-chef

38 Four times a day, in an Rx

39 Fake, as some nails 42 TV recording device 44 Raunchiness 45 Playwright Ibsen 46 Cleaning, as a driveway

49 Lew who played Dr. Kildare

50 It has keys for flats 51 Chow request 53 Cambodian cash

54 In things

55 [Keep this clue] 58 Remote battery size 59 Babe’s place