LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Fit

5 Van Halen icon 10 Shortening in some cookie

recipes

14 “Keep talking ... “

16 Fade

17 House blends, e.g.

18 “Likely story”

19 Trap during January, maybe 20 “Euphoria” actor Eric

21 Nej : Swedish :: __ : Russian 22 Doesn’t work hard 24 Sabermetrics input

26 Hosp. scan

27 “The Boys of My Youth”

writer Jo __ Beard

28 Jolly good

30 Lock

32 United in a cause

35 Word with string or sing 36 Focus of a diary in some

sleep therapy sessions 39 Campus group

40 Yellowish pink

41 “And all that”

43 Forrest player

44 Bitey dog

47 Unlikely to pipe up 48 Buckwheat noodle 51 Chemical synthesized in the

liver

53 Sail a zigzag course 55 RŽsumŽ concerns

57 Put a handle on

58 Gardner of mystery

59 Chow from a halal cart, e.g. 61 Caught up to, in a way 62 Yoga class respite 63 Covers up a plot?

64 Five Pillars faith 65 Taylor-Joy of “The Queen’s

Gambit”

DOWN

1 Aegean peninsula

2 Boston street where Cheers

is located

3 Retailer with Outdoor

Discovery programs

4 Golden Globe winner Tracee

__ Ross

5 Fell

6 During

7 Reproductive gland

8 __ rock

9 Starts over

10 Either “Twelfth Night” sibling 11 Vacay for parents-to-be 12 Disdainful

13 __ zoo

15 Experts who prefer openminded people?

23 “No need to convince me” 25 Flashes of insight

29 Ribs

31 “Chocolat” actress

32 Aleve target

33 Cy Young stat

34 Muscle worked by a reverse

fly, for short

36 Rake

37 Repurposed creatively, as

trash

38 Wildly

39 Elements of Petrarchan sonnets

42 Mind field, for short

44 “That can’t possibly be true” 45 Weirded out

46 Herbal brew

49 Mikvehs, e.g.

50 National Scrabble Day

month

52 City across from the Sunshine Skyway Bridge

54 Shoe brand with a Kate

Spade New York collection 56 Actress Ward

60 Genre that includes techno