LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Potential fodder in a libel lawsuit, briefly 6 Sackcloth

material 10 Reduces, as

glare

14 Lexus

competitor 15 Avocado shape 16 “Stress cannot exist in the presence of __”: Mamet 17 Birder’s gear 19 Afghan

constitution? 20 Newspaper

VIPs

21 Possessed by

Shakespeare? 22 Bathroom

fixture 23 Overwhelm 24 “Young

Sheldon” star Armitage 26 Laundry cycle 30 California county where Fort Bragg is 35 Nonalcoholic

beer brand 37 Crimson, e.g. 38 What the nose

knows

39 Soft mineral 40 Mortar and

pestle stone 42 Sports org. whose name once included “Lawn”

43 Shoot the breeze 44 Bon __

45 Upset, as a plan 47 Barrier-breaking

report

50 Eye sores 51 Scandinavian

royal name 52 Apr. addressee 54 Fogg’s creator 57 Count with a

band

59 “That __ close!” 62 Lindros in the Hockey Hall of Fame

63 State capital about 100 miles from Sacramento 65 Prego alternative 66 Polar chunk 67 Items that can circulate or be tossed ... as illustrated in this puzzle’s six sets of circles 68 “Don’t dawdle!” 69 Bygone GM line 70 Ryegrass fungus

DOWN

1 Innocent 2 Prilosec target 3 Hassles for

payment 4 In favor of

5 Ray who hosts the Yum-o! virtual cooking camp

6 Poker variety 7 Mendes and

Gabor 8 Taskmaster 9 Letters from a

polite texter 10 Chance to plead

one’s case 11 Tablet at a Genius

Bar

12 Boggy area 13 Posted 18 Assembly line gp. 22 Prefix with mass 25 Went on to say 26 University mil.

programs

27 Twin Falls’ state 28 “Dunkirk” director Christopher 29 Tip of a toy

arrow, often 31 Muse of poetry 32 “My guess is ... ” 33 Casual remark? 34 Intense exams 36 Latin steps 41 Cut-up

46 Bottom line 48 The Cavs, on

ESPN crawls 49 Air balls, e.g.

53 __ Grande

54 __ Bradley bags 55 Named stretches 56 Latvian seaport 58 J.Lo’s partner 59 Kristen of 2016’s

“Ghostbusters” 60 8 for O, e.g. 61 Betting aid: Abbr. 63 Fiscal exec

64 __ anglais:

English horn