LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Swedish pop group with the hit “Chiquitita” 5 Top dog

10 Trojan War

hero

14 Stroller, in

Sheffield

15 Give up,

informally 16 Serenity “before

the storm” 17 Foamy tubful for

unwinding 19 Excessive

publicity 20 Needlelike

engraving tools 21 Mae __, first Black woman in space

23 Airer of Tyler Perry’s “The Oval” 24 Harmonic 25 “Last Week Tonight” network 27 Lumber on a

diamond

33 Deli sandwich,

initially 34 Nobelist Wiesel 35 Use the exit 36 On the __:

quarreling

38 Inn offering a morning meal, briefly ... or a hint to six puzzle answers 41 Whole heap 42 Turns to soup, as

ice cream 44 Mystical vibe 46 Jest

47 Bryan Cranston

crime drama 50 Investigative

journalist Nellie 51 “Check it out for

yourself!”

52 Bird in Liberty

Mutual ads

54 Ali of “Love

Story”

57 Artist’s board 61 Loafing around 62 Fish-and-chips

coating

64 Old Russian

ruler

65 Hosp. trauma pro 66 Caramel-filled

candy

67 Shift and Tab 68 Praises highly 69 Small bills

DOWN

1 Police dept. alerts 2 Very dry, as

Champagne 3 Infant’s source of

nourishment 4 Easygoing pace 5 Help a robber, say 6 Experiment sites 7 Links org. 8 Assassin’s

assignment 9 Greek goddess of

wisdom

10 Trojan War hero 11 Blue birds 12 Purina rival 13 Marvel-ous

heroes?

18 Do not disturb 22 Retail complex 24 Like many firsttime workers 25 Cold War threat 26 Clearer, as a sky 28 Priest’s robe 29 One-named “Chandelier” singer

30 Icon with a leftfacing arrow 31 Be of use to 32 Bear in a kid’s

bed

37 Walks drunkenly 39 Name, as a

knight

40 Bikini top 43 Toffee candy bar 45 Journalist __

Rogers St. Johns 48 Author Allende 49 Period “ushered

in”

53 Paris subway 54 Rocking Jagger 55 Axlike tool 56 Potter’s material 57 Jab

58 Elementary lesson 59 Marketing prefix 60 Greek

matchmaker 63 Tulane URL

ending