CROSSWORD

Across

1 “The Hobbit” figure

6 Moneyless deal

10 It may involve an exchange of letters 14 Like a raucous crowd

15 Grassy “pet”

16 Binged (on)

17 FAN

20 Donkey Kong, e.g.

21 Tiny bit

22 Gas in an arc lamp

23 Cultural opening?

24 Working away

26 FAN

33 Dark

34 Holy Week season

35 Menagerie

36 Organa family royal

37 Outback youngsters

39 Cover up

40 Is for many 41 Trombone’s symphonic neighbor 42 First two-time Nobelist

43 FAN

47 False move

48 Try in court

49 “Star Wars” genre

52 Contrary girl of rhyme 53 Relaxation spot

56 FAN

60 Oblique look

61 Lowland

62 Din

63 Bigelow products

64 Cut without mercy, as a budget 65 Maker of icomfort mattresses

Down

1 Swimmer Torres with 12 Olympic medals

2 Sub alternative

3 As good as it gets

4 Joplin work

5 Train load

6 Nova __

7 “Just minute!”

8 Legal __

9 Legal __

10 Longs for enviously 11 Mr. Wednesday’s real identity in “American Gods”

12 Artistic style of L.A.’S Eastern Columbia Building

13 Churchill’s 1955 successor

18 Hand-holding celebratory dance

19 Be real

23 Where Vladivostok is 24 __-deucey 25 Arithmetic column 26 Solzhenitsyn subject a doggone 27 Día de Reyes month

28 “That wasn’t quite true ... “

29 Do housework

30 Netflix drama set in a Missouri mountain resort

31 WWII riveter

32 Devices used with oxcarts

37 Rubbish

38 Flute’s symphonic neighbor

39 Sierra Club founder

41 With “the,” East and West, in a Kipling ballad

42 Colorful set 44 They’re music to job-seekers’ ears 45 Molded

46 Maryland athlete, familiarly 49 Cellar contents

50 First Nations tribe

51 Thought

52 Backless shoe

53 Start to wake up

54 Sitter’s challenge

55 Geometry figure

57 Power agcy. since 1933

58 Jazz band staple

59 Landmark ‘70s case anonym