L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Lymph __

5 Offended smack

9 Catch some rays? 13 Universal blood type, for short

14 Cursed

15 First bet in a summer World Series

16 Sharp tooth

17 Purina product for a young tabby

19 Actress Hagen

20 Comes down with

21 Boca __, Florida 22 Nickname for Coolidge 25 Looks embarrassed 27 Popeye's energy source 28 Syst. for the hearingimpaired

30 Sci-fi writer Bradbury 31 Extreme degree

32 Grand Canyon State sch. 33 Theater level

34 __ Dhabi: Persian Gulf port

36 Fragrant evergreens 38 More than pique 39 Nutritious berry

40 Fitting

41 Toy dog, briefly

43 “__ be an honor” 44 Tokyo's former name 45 Most obsequious

49 Force back

51 Toe-tapping number 53 Classroom fixtures

55 Mai __: tiki drinks 56 Burgundy on screen 57 Riviera gambling destination

59 Group activity at a Jewish wedding

60 Mystical old letter 61 Bargaining group

62 Still unfilled, as a position 63 Ocular woe

64 TV screen meas.

65 Sassy

DOWN

1 Easy to prepare, in adspeak

2 How bettors may act 3 Alaska's __ National Park 4 Breakfast staple

5 Light activator

6 Heaps of, informally 7 Sculpture, paintings, etc. 8 Look closely (at) 9 Britannica fodder

10 How people react to slasher films

11 Prehistoric period 12 Chop with an axe

14 Book of drawing paper 18 Clipper's target

20 Annoying flying insect 23 Boredom

24 Cut with a surgical beam 26 Easter coloring 29 “Sneaking” feeling 32 Annoying crawling insect 33 Word after time or term 34 Pantomimed

35 With “a,” someone undesirable ... and what's found in the circled letters?

37 Apple with earbuds

39 “Into Thin __”: Jon Krakauer book

42 Corrida cheers

44 Actress Sommer

45 Bump's place, idiomatically 46 Liechtenstein locale 47 Nighttime noisemaker 48 Lodger

50 Makeup maven Lauder 52 Sunlit lobbies

54 Gulf War weapon

57 Dash of flavor?

58 “Wheel of Fortune” purchase

59 Make like a bunny