L.A TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Fix

7 Egyptian symbols of royalty

11 Fitness stat.

14 Greeted casually, with “to”

15 Grill

17 Classic London theatre 18 They raise camp spirit 19 Arrive on an air taxi 20 Cereal box rank 21 North-of-the-border gas 22 “Could be better” 24 Second of a Caesarean three

26 Undressed

29 “Squawk Box” channel 31 Feinted

35 Cheese town

36 Abruzzi bell town

37 The Congo, formerly 38 Tune (out)

39 Agonize (over)

41 Catching strategy

42 Key wood

44 Hyatt competitor

45 Horde

46 Slow movement 47 Canter

48 Pre-event periods 49 Pyramid, to Tut

51 Kindle reader, say 53 Quartet named for its members

56 Q.E.D. word

58 Major relative to F minor 62 Checked (on)

64 Mock

65 Barely a trace

66 Party to a search

67 Is for some

68 Declines

69 Least well

DOWN

1 Dating from

2 Hard to believe

3 Not like a sty

4 Carefully consider, literally

5 Slacks material

6 Kool-Aid alternative 7 Marine opening?

8 Add to the list of possible perps, literally

9 Lowly laborers 10 Cooking-burger sound 11 Dust jacket blurbs 12 Manicures, in a way 13 __ many words

16 Ail, literally

20 Rein in, literally

23 One who crosses the line

25 Wood dresser

26 Gem mounting

27 Pueblo building material

28 Talked nonstop 30 Stomach relief, briefly 32 Bolshoi rival

33 White out

34 Firm parts: Abbr.

40 Runs out of juice 43 Hoo's first?

50 Social __ 52 Brainstorming staple 53 Operatic Gluck

54 Dutch colonist

55 Put to sleep 57 Unwanted workers 59 Uncle to Ben Solo 60 Vitamin C sources 61 Libel or slander 63 Doubtful interjections 64 Tire shop meas.