L.A TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Young chaps
5 Stitchless?
9 Right-leaning print: Abbr. 13 Tan shade
14 One picking a rock
15 It may fly by
16 Latter Day Saints' sacred text
19 Pirate's milieu
20 Mop & __: floor cleaner 21 The bubbles in bubble tea, usually
22 Youngest ever Nobel Prize laureate __ Yousafzai
25 Architect Saarinen 26 Occupy oneself with trivial tasks
30 Butter substitute
31 How, to José
32 Retirement place 35 Beverage with a “Real Facts” Web page
39 Curious box opener
41 Meat in a typical Denver omelet
42 Succotash bean 44 Sportscaster Andrews 45 Like a budget with more expenses than income 49 Jockey strap 51 Bright blue shade 52 Bygone heating fuel
55 Wall St. maneuver 56 Select, with “for”
59 Radical solutions ... and what this puzzle's circles literally represent
62 “In __ of flowers ... ” 63 Mideast dignitaries
64 Disk slapped by Ducks 65 Croat neighbor
66 Boy, in Bilbao
67 Tattoo parlor supplies
DOWN
1 “Why don't we?!” 2 Tylenol target
3 Superstar lineup
4 Pinch hitter, say 5 Electricity pioneer Tesla 6 Kid-friendly card game 7 Nimble
8 “At Wit's End” columnist
Bombeck
9 “Did my best”
10 Divided island north of Australia 11 BP merger partner 12 Actress Olin
14 Canine neighbor
17 Eye wolfishly 18 Premiere, datewise 23 At the pinnacle of 24 Semicircle, e.g.
26 Like five-star hotels 27 Radius neighbor 28 “Alley __”
29 Thurman of “Kill Bill” 32 Springsteen's first Top 40 hit
33 Red explorer?
34 Victor Borge, by birth 36 Fall precipitously 37 Short stories?
38 Broody rock genre 40 “Sold!”
43 Pro Bowl team, briefly 45 Massage option
46 Ravel classic used in the film “10” 47 Palestinian leader Mahmoud
48 Thailand neighbor 49 “Chicago” showgirl 50 Diner patron
52 Roger Rabbit frames 53 “I totally agree!”
54 Rig on the road
57 Quick kiss 58 Disapproving sounds
60 60 secs. 61 AP competitor