L.A. Times Crossword
ACROSS 1
Sport played on
horseback
5 Make fun of
9 Goes up
14 Bibliography
abbreviation
15 Furniture chain that also sells lingonberry preserves
16 Feeling of existential
boredom
17 *Sincere intention to
be fair
20 Sight or smell
21 Granny
22 Some Wall St. deals
23 Joan of __: French
heroine
25 Pampering place
27 *One who can’t help but see the bright side
36 Assignment for a
swimmer or a bowler
37 Ore deposit
38 Beat
39 Chicago winter hrs.
40 Central
Pennsylvania city
42 Luv
43 Go-to crew
45 Salad fish
46 Stud farm stud
47 *Private fashion
consultant
50 Sunflower St. school
51 _ _-pitch softball 52 See 64-Down
55 Biblical ark builder
59 Songs for two
63 Reason for a courtroom objection, and what the start of the answer to each starred clue has
66 Silly activity
67 Red gemstone
68 Writer Bombeck
69 “Let’s Make a Deal”
host Brady
70 Unworried state
71 “Whoa, trippy!”
DOWN
1 Green animals in
Angry Birds
2 Slender woodwind
3 Zebra hunter
4 “There’s a nonzero
chance ... “
5 Coastal inlet
6 Comparable (to)
7 Oscar winner
Catherine _ _-Jones
8 Journalist Paula
9 NFL official
10 Fill with passion
11 _ _ appeal
12 Currency named for
a continent
13 Follows an obedience school command
18 Houseplant with
fronds 19 Sunup direction
24 Match a bet, in poker
Bread served with hummus
27 Rock formation in
Yosemite, familiarly
28 Have a spoonful, say
29 “The door’s open!”
30 Led Zeppelin’s
“Whole _ _ Love”
31 Near-beer name
32 Lowly workers
33 Reply to “Ya dig?”
34 18-Down seed
35 Copier cartridge
40 Songwriter Tori
41 Slangy turndowns
44 Welcomed at the
door
46 Mouthed (off)
48 Former Georgia
senator Sam
49 Bygone GM line
52 Imperfection
53 “Chocolat” actress
Olin
54 Like Cheerios
56 Mythical menace
57 Teal shade
58 Busy airports
60 Ireland, to the Irish
61 Heavy book
62 Simple fastener
64 With 52-Across,
floating Arctic sheet
65 Potato spot