LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Component of an Olympic bronze medal

5 Off-road vehicle

maker?

10 Peddle

14 Brand in a studio,

maybe 15 Chooser’s choice 16 Onetime capital of the Mughal Empire

17 Seats facing the altar

18 Alley button 19 Genesis problem 20 Soiree for woodchip manufacturers? 23 Energized 25 Inspection 26 Soiree for certain divers?

30 Govt. stipend 31 Angel dust letters 32 Neural transmitter 34 Powerful 2017 hurricane 37 Soiree for spreadsheet creators?

41 Solo number 42 Gear for Lindsey Vonn 43 Service reward 45 PETA concern 47 Soiree for fake coin makers? 50 Need for big dos 54 Spherical extremities

55 Soiree for army enlistees? 59 Green hue 60 Louvre Pyramid architect 61 Chatroom spammers 64 Manipulates 65 Really funny ones 66 Citycircumventing road

67 Hot message 68 American in Paris, perhaps

69 One of 11 for Julia Louis-Dreyfus

DOWN

1 12345, for Schenectady, NY 2 Turner on a turntable 3 Times, at times 4 Spirited toon? 5 Actress Hatcher 6 “Top Chef” set piece 7 Building project for cranes? 8 Get down to earth?

9 First pro team to play on artificial turf 10 Samurai ritual 11 Lab gelatins 12 Pen

13 GOOD Music record label founder

21 Cholesterol letters 22 Presume 23 Common 99-cent purchase 24 Hajji’s destination 27 Potter’s creation 28 Plot lines 29 Imitates derisively 33 “American Gods” author Gaiman 35 Traveler’s overnight spot 36 Seasoning seed 38 Buoyant protection 39 Actress Dern of “Twin Peaks” 40 Sch. with a Harrisburg campus

44 NBA stat 46 Hang up the spikes

48 2.3, perhaps: Abbr. 49 Slight character flaw

50 2.3, roughly 51 Come up

52 Big name in stopwatches 53 Compilation album add-on 56 Per item 57 Spanakopita cheese 58 Solidarity symbol 62 First of a generic trio

63 Expert on bugs?