L.A. Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Rapunzel’s abundance 5 “Finally!”

11 Fashion monogram 14 “What _ _ is new?” 15 Dazed state

16 Punk subgenre

17 Investment option when leaving an employer

19 Chem class

20 Link to another

story?

21 _ _ Sutra

22 Botch

23 Station with an eye

on the TV

25 Words of regret

27 _ _ and reel

30 London fashion

street

33 Big Apple?

35 Audio jack abbr.

36 “It’s a Wonderful

Life” director

39 Leaving the state without permission, perhaps

43 Low joint

44 Outer: Pref.

45 Tizzy

46 Goal at a film

audition

50 Country quartet _ _

Young Band

51 Trattoria frozen

dessert 53 Delay

55 “Darn!”

56 Physics entity

59 Goes it alone

63 Be in the picture? 64 Dickens orphan, and what is found in each set of circles in this puzzle?

66 Gym shirt

67 Wee

68 Mardi Gras locale,

familiarly

69 Pour hamster food into the dog’s bowl, say

70 Guy who writes jokes 71 Elitist sort

DOWN

1 Like everything in a she

shed

2 Boatloads

3 Land in the agua

4 Ancient artifact

5 Off-roader, for short

6 Long slog

7 Fictional archaeologist

Croft

8 Critter

9 Minor injury

10 Steeped beverage

11 Evergreen wood used

for flooring

12 “The Hobbit” dragon 13 L, in a hotel elevator 18 Planets, to poets 22 Ice cream

concoctions

24 “Ditto”

26 Killer whale

27 TV host Kelly

28 Mideast sultanate 29 Hypothetical cosmic

stuff

31 “Tom & _ _”: biopic about T.S. Eliot and his first wife

32 Less approachable 34 Analogy punctuation 37 Make muddy

38 Against

40 “Shazam!” actor

Zachary

41 Good Grips gadget

brand

42 Lounge around

47 Napoli’s home

48 Out to lunch, say 49 Sunrise locale

51 Rub harshly

52 Indy entrant

54 Prom wear

57 Fertility clinic egg 58 Like a podcast about

recording a podcast 60 Detroit pro

61 Capital city served by

Gardermoen Airport 62 Wild guess

64 “!!!”

65 Rock and Roll Hall of

Fame rapper MC _ _