LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Insurance submission 6 Spars on the briny 11 Spanish I verb 14 Vital body vessel 15 Choristers who are usually women

16 Young bloke

17 Get increasingly steamed

19 “Diary of a Wimpy __”: Jeff Kinney book series 20 Home of the NHL’s Blues

21 Scrape off 22 Radio hobbyists 23 Rickie Fowler’s org.

24 One way to travel 26 Provocative social media tactic 32 Old Italian bread? 34 Jai __ 35 Forearm-related 36 Wee hr. 38 Approves 39 Disciple’s query 40 “Amnot!”retort 41 Spa treatment 43 Bullet __: list highlight 44 Battlefield order 47 __ Mode, designer voiced by Brad Bird in “Incredibles 2” 48 Strive

49 Skinny 51 Sleeping bag

closer

55 Getting stuff

done, initially 58 “Who, me?” 59 Striking white stripe between a horse’s eyes 61 FromAtoZ 62 Venue with

skyboxes 63 Expected 64 Animation frame 65 Venomous snake 66 Hindu spiritual

writing

DOWN

1 Despicable dudes 2 Ransack 3 Depleted sea 4 “__ Quiet Uptown”: “Hamilton” song 5 Spanish dessert

wine

6 Bryn __ College 7 Goya’s “Duchess

of __”

8 It may be earpiercing

9 Bullfight figure 10 ID gradually being omitted from Medicare cards 11 Water’s capability

to neutralize acid 12 Injure badly 13 Track ratios 18 President who appointed two women to the Supreme Court 22 Sledding spot 23 “Yes, fine by me” 25 Pierre’s “his” 26 Second cup at a

diner, e.g.

27 Unite on the sly 28 Spoken for 29 Stairway element 30 Statistician Silver 31 Dire

32 Bakery unit 33 Cross inscription 37 Like harvested

hay

42 Video game stage 45 Black ice, e.g. 46 Boeing rival 49 All-in-one Apple 50 Florida State

player, familiarly 52 Secured, as a win 53 Source of cones 54 Early late-night TV

host

55 Lacking slack 56 Business magnate 57 Olympics coach

Karolyi

59 Tower authority:

Abbr.

60 The SEC’s Tigers