LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Wished, as a

farewell

5 Gently waters using a spray bottle

10 Leave

flabbergasted

14 “The Hurt Locker”

setting

15 Natty neckwear 16 “Night Sky With __ Wounds”: poetry collection by Ocean Vuong 17 Triple Crown of

Surfing locale

18 Major mess

19 Pond plant

20 Extremely

expensive fungi 23 __ Cruces, New

Mexico

24 Quaint “Tsk!”

25 Dice game

28 PX patrons

31 Iowa senator Joni 35 Injury-prone area

for pitchers

38 Raw bar need

39 Without purpose 40 Advisory group 41 Vineyard measure 42 “Give __ break!” 43 Novelist known

for legal thrillers 45 Old West crew

47 Mobile network

std.

48 Fitbit units 49 51 52 59 60 61 63 64 65 66 67 68

Fannie __: mortgage company nickname “Mr. Blue Sky” gp. Request from a trial attorney, and a hint to this puzzle’s circles Swerve Bright light Calligrapher’s supplies Polish prose Slow-cooker brand Slow-cooker dish The MTV Generation Fits (inside) Vacuum attachment

DOWN

1 Playbill paragraph 2 Many a Qatar

native

3 Arlene of the

silver screen

4 Workplace compensation concern

5 Snorkeling needs 6 “__ it ironic?”

7 Emotional trauma

consequence

8 Vegan protein

9 Fill up, as a pillow 10 Casino employee 11 Bar in a limo

12 Sharp turns

13 Itinerary info 21 Theatrical

ensemble

22 Feudal domain

25 Pinch together

26 “This ain’t my first

__”

27 Country album? 28 Dave of the Foo

Fighters

29 “Sorry, no”

30 Sudden power

increase

32 Like specialty

markets

33 Remnant

34 Abounds (with) 36 “Price negotiable,”

in ads

37 New Deal pres.

41 Really wow

43 “Bridgerton” actor

Rege-__ Page

44 17-Across, e.g.

46 Hurts a lot

50 Goad

51 Civil rights leader

Medgar

52 Give up

53 Next in line

54 Otherwise

55 Granola grains

56 Fingerboard ridge 57 Golden Rule word 58 Squeezes (out)

59 Annoy

62 Nor. neighbor