LOS ANGELES TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Place that can precede the starts of 20-, 30-, 36-, 46- and 52-Across 5 Spanish red wine 10 Office fill-in 14 Yours, in Tours 15 Sign up, in Sussex 16 Jai __
17 The Volunteer St. 18 Putting the squeeze on 20 *Company that maintains network messages 22 Bygone Toyotas 25 Lets up
29 ’60s United Nations secretary general 30 *Apple music player 33 Beauty at a ball 34 Ivan the Terrible, e.g.
35 Crime family leader 36 *Springsteen’s ensemble 40 “Mazel __!” 42 Take a chance 43 Soft leather 46 *“My stars!” 49 Counterbalance 50 Instruments for Yo-Yo Ma 51 Traveled like Huck Finn 52 *Willa Cather novel set in Nebraska 57 Arms around-knees swimming pool jump 60 Gillette brand 64 Curved molding 65 Written reminders 66 Worker finishing an éclair 67 Invasive plant 68 Terse summons from the boss 69 Bird that can precede the starts of 20-, 30-, 36-, 46- and 52-Across
DOWN
1 __ Tuesday: Mardi Gras 2 Chowed down 3 Potter pal Weasley 4 Necessary nutrients 5 Meal
6 Cross inscription 7 Baseball analyst Hershiser
8 Kid around 9 “Not to mention ... ” 10 Kilt pattern 11 Inventor Whitney 12 Superhero suffix 13 Animal that can precede the starts of 20-, 30-, 36-, 46- and 52-Across 19 Employed 21 Painter …douard 22 Long sandwich 23 Versatile vehicle, for short
24 Soil acidity measure 26 Most mournful 27 Eclectic musician Brian 28 Prince, to a king 30 Grenoble’s river
31 Liver spread 32 Heavenly body 34 Drop of sadness 37 Old cereal box no. 38 To the same extent 39 Informal
“No more talk” 40 Twitch 41 Poetic tribute 44 Low grade 45 Itinerary approx. 47 Copied genetically 48 Fat-reducing procedure, briefly 49 Words ending a threat 53 Quaint lodgings 54 Bassoon kin 55 Basketball
Hall of Famer Archibald 56 Grade sch. level 57 Animal that can precede the starts of 20-, 30-, 36-, 46- and 52-Across 58 Single-malt datum 59 Family tree word 61 Longhorn State sch.
62 DVR button 63 Genesis craft