L.A TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 “__ just won't do”

5 “What a relief!”

9 New Zealand mystery author Ngaio __

14 Automaker whose name means “Hark!” in Latin 15 Peace of mind

16 Expiate, with “for”

17 Should we name the kid after the eldest Brady son or the James Bond author? 19 Done in

20 “Cray” and “totes adorbs,” e.g.

21 Same old routine

22 Moans and groans

23 Trip letters

25 __ it coming

26 Should we roll this old piano away or put it in order?

34 Word in many hymn titles 35 Bit

36 Unheard-of?

37 '50s-'60s car features 38 Continental currency

40 As it happens

41 Swampy area

42 Places for me-time

43 Some party reminders 45 Should we read a religious pamphlet or watch a movie ad? 48 Operate

49 Neutral possessive 50 Sharp

53 Mass vestment 55 Swear words 60 Self-reproach 61 Should we work on the experiment or go for a swim? 63 Low prime

64 Lying on

65 Austen's aspiring matchmaker 66 Unexpected pleasure

67 Mailed

68 Move slowly

DOWN

1 License plates

2 Spew, as insults

3 Notion

4 One finger for a fastball, say

5 According to

6 Salon creation

7 Isaac's eldest

8 Departed

9 It may run during a sad movie

10 Classic song title words before “my love has come along”

11 Bust a gut 12 Tonsorial sound 13 Cooped-up layers

18 Looks untowardly toward 24 Consider overnight 25 Uncomfortable situation 26 More twisted, in a way

27 Quick Draw's co-creator

28 Oktoberfest cubes 29 Guinness adjective 30 Rock's __ Fighters

31 Make one

32 Not once

33 Ovine animals

34 [It disappeared!]

39 Old Mideast org.

40 Short, for short

42 Campus figure

44 Sun screen

46 Black Sea peninsula 47 Colorful prize

50 Second: Abbr.

51 Pop diva in “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again”

52 Wild party

53 Word often said with a sigh

54 Stuck in traffic, say

56 Big primates

57 Weighty work

58 Browser button

59 Manual comeuppance 62 Choose