LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 New York deli

namesake Willy 5 Nobel __

10 Pack of cards 14 Wind

instrument 15 “Superbad” co-screenwriter Seth

16 Pulitzer author

Jennifer

17 Red bonus square on the Scrabble board 20 Soak in the tub 21 Casino wheel 22 Michelle of “Crazy Rich Asians”

25 Sleep acronym 26 Serious injury

for a firefighter 34 Go bad 35 Brazilian

mountain chain 36 Pop star whose name used to be spelled with a dollar sign 37 Army outfit 39 Particulars,

informally 41 DEA bust 42 “What a shame” 44 Descendant 46 Ending with

hero or alp 47 1975 madefor-TV horror anthology starring Karen Black

50 Online guffaw 51 “Seize the day”

acronym 52 Dual-purpose 57 Royally named singer with the #1 album “Melodrama” 61 Appetizerentrée-dessert serving 64 Wine bottle date 65 Divided Asian

peninsula 66 Happy hour

places

67 Camera part 68 Wintry and white 69 Geometry class

calculation

DOWN

1 “Today” co

anchor Hoda 2 Incantation

opener

3 “Nothing __!”:

“Easy!”

4 Gentle breeze 5 Start to fix?

6 Use oars 7 Hunchbacked lab

assistant

8 Love, in tennis 9 Last a long time 10 Month in which

Kwanzaa starts 11 Four-award

acronym 12 Golfer’s transport 13 Leg joint

18 __ United:

English soccer team

19 Smooth and

glossy

23 Had too much,

briefly

24 Joan of Arc’s

crime

26 Put faith in 27 “It’s an __ just to

be nominated” 28 Formal “Who’s

there?” reply 29 Spanish artist

El __

30 Okay, as a treaty 31 Delta rival

renamed in 1997 32 Safari beast 33 Consumerist

Ralph 38 Scorekeepers, at

times 40 Explorer

Hernando de ___ 43 Lorna of

literature 45 Portia de Rossi’s “Ally McBeal” role

48 Austrian pistols 49 Self-moving

vacuum 52 Texter’s “Chat

soon”

53 Roller coaster

cry

54 Algerian seaport 55 Midday 56 French franc

successor 58 Fanny

59 Have the nerve 60 Lioness of film 62 VCR go-back

button

63 Come out with