LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 “Thor: Ragnarok”

actress Thompson 6 Traditional dress

of India

10 Apples reviewed

on tech sites 14 The NCAA’s

Huskies

15 Actor Dorsey of

“Queen Sugar” 16 Sonic rebound 17 *Mobile game with a variety of blades

19 “Better late __

never”

20 Surf’s partner 21 “Looking for,” in

personal ads 22 Like a smokestack 23 *Inked designs on one’s chin and cheeks, e.g. 27 Convenience called a “cashpoint” in the U.K.

30 Luau instrument,

briefly

31 Comic Margaret 32 Obedient puppy’s

reward

34 Mexican cruise

port

39 *Summer cooler 42 Fit together nicely 43 Venomous snake 44 Big coffee vessel 45 Honeybunny

47 Fr. holy title 48 *Meghan Markle’s

husband 53 Literature Nobelist

Munro

54 PC “oops” key 55 Approx. landing

hours

59 Insurance quote 60 New beginning, and what the first words of the answers to the starred clues can literally have 63 Great Sphinx

locale 64 Adequately skilled

65 Spotted horse 66 Black gemstone

67 Soft drizzle 68 Off-kilter

DOWN

1 Small clump 2 Light beige 3 Whiskey cocktail 4 Scratch and __ 5 Tiny crumb carrier 6 “Evidently”

7 “Are too!” response

8 “The Big Bang Theory” character 9 Nest egg letters 10 Silence-breaking women’s movement 11 “Bless you!” trigger

12 Makes small talk 13 Walkman

developer

18 One of the Jonas

Brothers

22 Drop by 24 Pitch-correcting

vocal effect

25 Pt. of 9-Down 26 Som tam cuisine

27 Just barely

28 The Chicks, e.g. 29 “Jeopardy!”

creator Griffin 33 Card with one pip 34 Feel rotten

35 Verse starter? 36 “My __ are

sealed!”

37 Tech review site 38 Brute of folklore 40 Cop after dealers

41 Eat in style 45 Droopy-eared

hound

46 St. Louis landmark 48 Not fancy

49 Very fancy 50 Alpine climbing

tool

51 Dressy footwear 52 Bigfoot relatives 53 Cornstarch brand in yellow-and-blue containers 56 Aquarium 57 Works in un

museo

58 Pack away

60 Sibs, ’rents, etc.

61 Stat in softball 62 Self-care getaway