L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Stone-shaping tool 5 Hindu noble

9 Whirlpool brand

14 Trade fair

15 Dressed (in)

16 Apple's apple et al. 17 Ponce de León's pursuit 20 Second most populous nation

21 Hereditary unit

22 Dark blue shade

23 Org. concerned with reducing emissions

25 Buddhist teachers

27 Smooch

30 2009 title chef played by

Meryl Streep

35 Year, in Medellín

36 Title for Judi Dench

37 Cartridge filler

38 Big signs hung in arenas

40 “I dunno”

42 Bagel flavoring

43 Fishing sticks

44 Pull hard

45 Collectible '90s-'00s

stuffed toy

48 Measures of cell

reception

49 [Scowl]

50 Pronoun with 51-Down

52 Wall St. debuts

55 Light controller in a lens

57 Overjoy

61 With “The,” 2010 Annette Bening/Julianne Moore film ... and a hint to the ends of 17-, 30- and 45-Across

64 Turn out to be

65 Airbnb visit, say

66 Chief Greek god

67 Positive feature

68 Head of the

Sorbonne?

69 Whirlpool

DOWN

1 Lower-APR loan 2 Neural transmitter 3 Tater

4 Youngsters' zoo rides 5 Color TV pioneer 6 Sacha Baron Cohen persona

7 “Hidden Figures” co-star __ Monáe 8 God, in Hebrew 9 American gymnast Raisman with three Olympic gold medals 10 Apollo launch

11 Río contents

12 Imp's punishment 13 Like used fireplaces 18 Bar beer source 19 Disaster relief org. 24 Open a bit

26 Portray

27 Skewered meat

28 Silly

29 Justice Sotomayor 31 Verbal hesitations 32 Popular video-sharing app, familiarly

33 Ring-tailed primate

34 Bottom-of-the-barrel stuff

36 Jeans fabric

39 Topic of little importance

40 Short hairdo

41 “Grand” ice cream brand

43 Give off

46 Mideast leader

47 Most spartan

48 Central American country bordering Mexico

51 Pronoun with

50-Across

52 Swedish superstore 53 Bowling targets 54 Numbers that may be long or stacked

56 Fence piece

58 Improved in a barrel 59 Hitting-the-ground sound

60 Site offering handmade crafts

62 Fitting

63 Caustic cleaner