LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Jigsaw puzzle unit

6 Rome’s Fontana di __ 11 Baseball’s Ripken

14 Fizzy mixers

15 Whirlybird part

16 Ike’s WWII arena

17 The orange one is often

called a yam

19 Court of __

20 Beach souvenirs

21 Golf ball position 22 Complete

24 Words with mode or carte 26 Stylish suits

27 Hidden Hogwarts corridor 32 Many a stray pooch 33 Nonetheless

34 Art class subjects

37 “T” on a test

39 Blunted fencing blades 41 Carpet thickness

42 “There you have it!” 44 “Fame” singer Cara

46 World Cup cheer 47 Behind-the-scenes investor 50 Business event using Zoom,

perhaps

52 La Brea goo

53 Trouser measure

54 D.C. fundraising group 56 Like much tea in summer 60 Cry from Homer

61 Group looking for a missing

person

64 MSNBC co-anchor __ Velshi 65 German industrial city 66 Words of defeat 67 Syrup source

68 Tremble

69 Annual athletic achievement awards, and a phonetic hint to 17-, 27-, 47- and 61-Across

DOWN

1 Attention-getting hiss

2 Des Moines’ state

3 Starter home for Adam and

Eve?

4 Salad variety

5 Superlative ending 6 Picard’s counselor 7 Mechanical learning

method

8 LAX posting

9 People filling out ballots 10 Ripken nickname based on

his durability 11 Canadian-born singer with

the 2019 album “Courage” 12 Gaming pioneer

13 The Home Depot

competitor

18 Nebraska river

23 Prepare to score from third,

say

25 French article

26 Out for the night

27 Old Canadian skit show 28 Italian money

29 Vacation vessel

30 __ hot: steaming

31 On the lookout

35 Fashion monthly 36 Visionary

38 Cream of the crop

40 Grab quickly

43 Assumed names 45 Pitcher’s stat

48 Catch in a net

49 “All Rise” procedures 50 Golden-touch king

51 __ Gay: WWII bomber 54 Educ. for tots

55 Teen’s bane

57 Field yield

58 Craftsy etailer

59 Hair salon colors

62 Clean __ whistle

63 Dessert pastry