LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Not very spicy 5 Time and again, to a bard

8 Stage surprise 13 More reasonable 14 Give in to jet lag 15 Far from posh 16 Steinway parts 18 Whack, biblically 19 Space-saving

abbr.

20 Mayberry kid 21 Bk. before Philippians 22 Cajun crustacean 24 Lowlifes 28 Bell-shaped lily 29 Hobbyist’s blade 31 Laura of “Marriage Story” 33 BMW competitor 34 Merged comm.

giant

35 “Are you serious?” 39 Awareness-raising

TVad

42 Lose stamina 43 A whole lot 46 Cartoon character who is five apples tall

50 Chase scene maneuvers, slangily

52 Some bottled

waters

53 Most tidy 55 Arcing shot 56 Fleshy facial

feature

57 Student advocacy org. 58 Off-the-cushion

pool shot 60 Receives a goahead ... and a hint to what’s hidden in 16-, 29-, 35- and 46-Across 62 Render weaponless 63 Maiden name lead-in

64 Country rocker

Steve 65 Jam-packed 66 FedEx rival 67 React to yeast

DOWN

1 Restaurant host 2 Like most pet birds

3 Writer Deighton 4 Dickens’ “The Mystery of Edwin __” 5 Upstate New York lake

6 Actress Dunaway 7 Playfully pranks,

for short 8 Stubborn equine 9 Cut down to size 10 German city where Wagner was born 11 Crime after a data breach, perhaps 12 “Seeya”

13 Architectural details

17 Title planet in a 2001 sci-fi film 23 In need of patching 24 __ finder: carpenter’s tool 25 Wine city near Sacramento 26 Just managing, with “out” 27 Witness

30 Coast Guard Academy student 32 “__ your life!” 36 Dee who sang with Elton 37 Spring flower 38 Joint ailment 39 Prof.’s degree 40 Maritime route 41 Concession

speech deliverer 44 Paging gadgets 45 Ventricular contraction 47 Hercules’ 12 challenges 48 Low-risk govt.

securities 49 Evergreens used for archery bows 51 Buffy’s weapon of choice

54 Make changes to 56 Wrangler maker 58 Bovine chew 59 French Mrs. 60 Oxlike antelope 61 Yokohama yes