LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Rainbow flag letters

5 Too sure of oneself

9 “The Vampire Diaries”

actress Dobrev

13 Vicinity

14 Play button’s alternate

function, often

15 More than one

16 Open-air alehouse

18 __ of approval

19 Cul-de-__

20 Goddess who wears a headdress with cow horns 21 Underdog victories 23 Waters down

25 Like fast-spreading TikTok

videos

26 Kathleen Turner comedy featuring super intelligent infants

31 Fruit-flavored drink brand 34 Hollered

35 CPR pro

36 Largest Greek island 38 “Hold on a __!”

39 Nemesis

41 Untouched serve 42 Eritrea’s capital

45 Black gemstone

46 Eggplant appetizer 49 Actress Barkin

50 Attempts

53 Shrub with colorful flowers 55 Slugger Juan who won the

2022 Home Run Derby 57 “When will u b here?” 59 Snoozefest 60 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame trio, and an apt name for a trio of answers in this puzzle 63 __ 500

64 Surround

65 Ginger cookie

66 Model Holliday

67 Sign above a door 68 Questions

DOWN

1 Science workshops 2 Australia’s __ Barrier Reef 3 Tree with smooth gray bark 4 Roofing material

5 South Asian wraparound

dress

6 Some spa applications

7 “__ only as directed”

8 Bona fide

9 Largest city in the Bahamas 10 “You really understand me” 11 Well-organized 12 Hole-making tools

14 Elapse, as time

17 Actress Lollobrigida

22 Start of a title by 44-Down 24 “As if!”

25 Shoelaces alternative

27 Guy who always agrees with

the boss

28 Gather a bit at a time 29 Award for TV excellence 30 Mythical river of the underworld

31 Wound covering 32 Black-and-white sea creature 33 Buzzing facial adornments 37 Sharp-eyed bird

40 L.A. arts district

43 Put away, as a sword 44 “Emma” novelist Jane 47 Places for bowling 48 Espadrille, e.g.

51 Frigid temps

52 T-bone, for one

53 “This won’t hurt __!”

54 Tune (out)

55 Big rig

56 Solemn bio

58 Egyptian serpents

61 Magic spell

62 Fed. property agency