L.A TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Not at all good 5 Piece-of-cake shape

10 Tick off

14 Use a surgical beam 15 Toward the back

16 “What I Am” singer Brickell

17 Welcome wind on a hot day

19 First-rate

20 Grab greedily

21 Brought back to mind 23 Migratory flying formations

25 Dance move

26 Carrots' partners 29 Dangerous tide

31 Airing in the wee hours 35 Dr.'s orders

36 Successful cryptographer 38 Diner

40 Cup handle

41 Not reactive, as gases 42 “Best thing since” invention metaphor 45 Untruth

46 Walked with purpose 47 Typical John Grisham subject

48 Back talk

49 Nervous twitches

51 Retail center 53 Cigarette stimulant 57 Staggered

61 Neutral shade

62 Pet without papers ... or what is literally found in the circled letters

64 Drop of sorrow 65 Oscar-winning

“Skyfall” singer

66 Family babysitter 67 Attaches a patch, say

68 Massenet opera about a Spanish legend 69 Absolut rival

DOWN

1 O'Neill's “Desire

Under the __”

2 Fruitless

3 Cuba, por ejemplo

4 Some HD sets

5 Medal recipient

6 Poetic preposition before “now” or “long” 7 Animal on XING signs 8 Long looks

9 __ set: building toy 10 College student's dining choice

11 Singing competition that returned in 2018, familiarly 12 “Okay by me”

13 Nourish

18 Letters in old dates 22 Virgil epic

24 Flip of a 45 record 26 Defensive basketball tactic

27 Praise highly

28 Up and about

30 Oyster jewel

32 Cub Scout leader 33 Hatcher and Garr 34 Some Deco prints 36 College transcript unit

37 Silvery freshwater fish

39 Nature excursions

43 Dot between dollars and cents

44 Given, as a medal 48 Rudder locales

50 Snarky

52 Yank's war foe

53 Earns after taxes 54 Slushy drink brand 55 Avian crop

56 Boardroom VIP 58 Security breach 59 Counting rhyme word 60 June 6, 1944

63 Collegian who roots for the Bulldogs