LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Construction rod 6 1960s Israeli deputy prime minister

10 Shed tears 13 “Five Feet of Fury” pro wrestler Bliss 14 Alfa __: sports

car

16 Jack Reacher

creator __ Child 17 Catching fly balls, turning double plays, etc.?

19 Have lunch 20 Epic featuring the Trojan

Horse

21 Yann Martel novel adapted into an Oscarwinning film 23 “Chandelier”

singer 25 Tonsillectomy

MD

26 Like an ace who

throws a nohitter?

34 Job safety org. 35 River craft 36 Trendy

38 Take in

39 Intro to

economics? 40 Kunis of “Bad

Moms” 41 Astronaut

Jemison 42 Reason for a sleep mask, perhaps

43 __ 500 44 “Protect the plate,” “Don’t

drop the ball,” e.g.? 48 Hanukkah mo. 49 Extra

50 Enters

nonchalantly 55 Rhine wine

region

60 Grassy expanse 61 Game rosters, one of which is formed by the starts of three long answers in this puzzle? 63 Links goal

64 Big cat 65 Extreme 66 Laudatory verse 67 Reusable bag

68 Forms puddles

DOWN

1 Nickname for

tennis’s Nadal 2 “Night” writer

Wiesel

3 “__ waiting

long?”

4 Bridge toll unit 5 Salad slice 6 Make a mistake 7 Many a New Year’s Day football game 8 French

possessive

9 Soft toy brand 10 Dimpled facial

features

11 Collect in return 12 Mysterious

Himalayan 15 “The Great Santini” Oscar nominee Michael 18 Falco of “Nurse

Jackie”

22 United 24 Esoteric 26 66-Across, for

one

27 “Moon Knight”

star Oscar __ 28 Worn through, as

carpeting

29 Put up preserves 30 Indiana cager 31 Spellbound 32 “Christopher

Robin” joey 33 Squiggly diacritic 37 Grabs the check 39 Speed letters 40 “Mamma __!

Here We Go Again”

42 Go along with 45 __ Aviv

46 Icy coating 47 Opposite of

unfurl

50 Kibble brand 51 Honeyed brew 52 Narrow cut 53 Shakespearean

villain

54 Russian denial 56 Grain storage site 57 On the topic of 58 PC keyboard key 59 Those, in

Spanish

62 Bard’s before