LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Antepenultimate

Greek letter 4 Gone by 8 “Love Story”

author 13 17-Across

opposite 14 W competitor 15 Out of it 16 Targets 17 13-Across

opposite 18 Come after 19 1936 anti-drug movie originally titled “Tell Your Children” 22 Ski jump’s

approach ramp 23 Not turn 24 Actress Graynor 27 Anthropomorphic

holiday cookies 31 “The Last Jedi”

heroine 32 Pronoun-shaped

59 Get rid of girder

60 Soda selection 33 Scan used

61 Spirits to diagnose

62 Emphatic migraines

Acapulco assent 38 Cold War military

63 Didn’t conceal force

64 Deals with things 40 Big name in metal

65 Perched upon 41 Bid the most

66 __ blue 42 It restricts peacetime quartering of soldiers in private homes 49 Vicious on stage 50 Give off 51 “‘And hast thou __ the Jabberwock?’”: Carroll 53 Storytelling technique ... or what is altered in this puzzle’s circles

57 Assemblage 11 “The Simpsons” character with an 18-letter last name 12 Caustic chemical 13 Delhi dress 20 Lang. of Belize 21 Used to be called 25 Paper package 26 “__ Life”: Beatles 28 Throw wildly, say 29 Portuguese king 1 “The Daily Show” 30 Letters before a correspondent trade name

Ronny 33 Kepi and kufi 2 Upper arm bones 34 K-12, in brief 3 Carnival ride cry 35 Candy made with 4 Like a grade of D sour sugar

5 Alarm clock toggle 36 Palme __: film 6 Quietly evade award

7 App with much 37 Flirted with, with

swiping “at”

8 Melatonin, for one 38 Biographer

9 Long periods Chernow 10 Delicate fabric 39 Get done with

DOWN

41 Diver’s attire 43 Reddit interview,

briefly 44 Midmorning

drink

45 The NCAA’s

Spartans

46 Votes in

47 Title Inuit in a

1922 film 48 Sensitive, as a

subject

52 One in Maslow’s

hierarchy 54 Level

55 Standard Oil

brand

56 Personal hygiene

aid

57 Robin Roberts’

network

58 Joey in the Hundred Acre Wood