L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Play for time

6 Soup aisle array 10 Murder mystery staple 14 Apex predators of the sea

15 “I __ my wit's end!” 16 Sacred Nile bird 17 Many a Mumbai resident 18 Triangle ratio

19 Hand over

20 Do as told

21 Comfy clothing

23 Dog walker's need 25 “Little ol' me?” 26 Supernatural 29 Appetizer platter items 33 Fowl fencing material 36 Morse “T”

37 Gas container

38 Abu Dhabi's fed. 39 Nativity scene threesome

40 Red Cross offering

41 Forecast that calls for a

scarf and gloves

45 Plasterboard

47 Separate by type

48 LAX : Los Angeles :: __ : Chicago

49 Like extreme 41-Across 51 Circle with primary and secondary hues

55 Variety show lineup 59 Apple gadget with playlists

60 Sinuous swimmers

61 Letter-shaped opening

62 Column before ones

63 Pudding starch

64 Prefix for Rome's country

65 Jittery 66 Spiderweb, e.g. 67 Grand Ole Opry genre, briefly, that's also a hint to 21-, 33-, 41- and 51-Across

DOWN

1 Artsy Manhattan area 2 Chicago daily, for short 3 Proactiv+ target 4 Female symbol of good fortune

5 The SEC'S Tigers 6 Acapulco abodes 7 Pennsylvania sect 8 Half a Mork-to-orson farewell 9 Soft-shell clam 10 Kingpin

11 NYC drama award 12 Female opera star 13 Belgian river 21 Blanchett of “Ocean's 8”

22 Theater tier

24 Deer in a lodge logo

26 Set of eight 27 Committee head 28 Williams of “Laverne & Shirley”

29 Beach house selling point

30 Boise's state

31 All fired up

32 T-__: 21-Across item

34 Void partner

35 Fistful of dollars

39 Calif. Cascades peak

41 Author Caleb

42 OK Corral setting

43 British noble

44 Donkey

46 Like a forest

49 Hgar's comics wife

50 Writer of tales with talking animals 51 Name in a footnote 52 Page with opinions 53 Time-consuming 54 Catch wind of 56 Tartan-sporting family

57 Broke the news to 58 Store securely 61 Personal quirk