L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Business issue since 1979 4 Compares 10 Cyberspace gatekeepers, for short 14 Org. supporting museums

15 Skink or skunk 16 German refusal 17 Very loudly, in music 19 Logan of “60 Minutes” 20 Savvy about 21 Archipelago unit 22 Culture medium 23 __ Jordan: sports brand 24 Simple top

25 Hill group

27 Iconic 1962 role for Gregory

29 Frittered (away)

30 Prefix with -lithic

31 New Mexico tribe

32 Sanctify

33 Boggy area

34 Forest floor litter

39 13-digit ID since 2007

41 Caravan stops

42 “Salvator Mundi”

artist

46 Between-course

refreshers 48 Whiteboard accessory

49 Skedaddled

50 Wager

51 Discover alternative

52 Functional

54 Spillane's “__ Jury”

56 Like many breakfast bars

57 Like some smiles in an orthodontist's office ... and like three puzzle rows 59 Quelques-__: a few, in French

60 Novelist Graham

61 “__ you quite finished?”

62 Hawaiian staple

63 Smoothing tool

64 Score half

DOWN

1 Data, e.g.

2 Like a hospital ward with a tiny population? 3 Jaguar documentation 4 China's Chou En-__ 5 Where it originally was 6 Some canoodling 7 “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” actor Hirsch 8 Put a handle on 9 Adds, as an appointment to a busy schedule

10 Away from shore 11 Action star Steven 12 Hook, for one 13 Caught 18 Parliament figures 26 Prose pro

27 Msg. to the squad 28 Scientific calculator function

29 Many a dad joke

31 __ master

33 “The X-files” org.

35 Bugs, to a toon hunter

36 “It's quite clear now”

37 Arrive

38 Air fryer sound

40 Country legend Earl

42 Pious

43 “7 Rings”

singer Grande

44 Even more expansive

45 Laying-down-the-law

words

46 Like most peanuts

47 Low-scoring tie

49 Mature on the vine

53 “Sharknado” actress Reid

Fall setting

“Save me, and hover __ me with your wings”: Hamlet 55 58