LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Pea sheller’s discard 4 Infatuate

9 Stands up to

14 “To say they __ I dare not be

so bold”: Shakespeare 15 Notable time period

16 Chew noisily

17 *Native American ritual 19 Bit part

20 Drinks with steep prices? 21 Most populous NATO country 23 Major-leaguer

24 Longish skirt

25 *Cut from the short loin 29 Light baked dish

31 With resolve

32 Econ. measure

33 Peignoir trim

35 Secondhand

36 *Finish loads of work? 39 W/o delay

41 Brain section

42 Lack of continuity

45 Starts to come out of one’s

shell

48 Vacation spots 50 *Rust-Oleum product 52 Restraining order 53 Cleveland NBAer

54 Org. that accepts returns 55 Opera set in Egypt that

debuted in Cairo

56 Come to light

59 Evasive manoeuvring, and what can literally be found in the answers to the starred clues 63 Take it easy 64 Laura Linney Netflix series 65 Feasted on

66 Caught some z’s

67 Old TV parts

68 __ of averages

DOWN

1 “As __ my last email ... “2 Formal discourse

3 Shrivelled

4 Some twins

5 AQI monitor

6 Sir Carter, to BeyoncŽ 7 Happen

8 Project that must be defended

9 Net-neutrality regulatory org. 10 Cry with a finger snap

11 Vie

12 “Promising Young Woman”

writer/director Fennell 13 Eerie

18 Innocent

22 Well-chosen

24 Sprinkle that adds umami,

for short

25 Louver part

26 __ support

27 Makes soaking wet 28 Derriere

30 Potter character

34 Slithery fish

36 Gillian’s role on “The X-Files” 37 Shabby

38 Provide job support? 39 Clothes

40 Overly submissive

42 Not done all at once 43 Donald Glover series set in

the South

44 L.A. winter hrs.

45 Awards for Hunt and Hunter 46 Global news agcy. 47 Polly-syllabic pet?

49 One of Pittsburgh’s three rivers 51 Automaker named for a

Japanese river

55 Sacred chests

57 Drain

58 Office contact no.

60 Arrest

61 “__ you quite through?” 62 Drops on the grass