LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Sport played on

horseback

5 Make fun of 9 Goes up 14 Bibliography

abbreviation 15 Furniture chain that also sells lingonberry preserves 16 Feeling of existential boredom 17 *Sincere intention to be fair

20 Sight or smell 21 Granny

22 Some Wall St.

deals

23 Joan of __:

French heroine 25 Pampering place 27 *One who can’t help but see the bright side 36 Assignment for a swimmer or a bowler

37 Ore deposit 38 Beat

39 Chicago winter

hrs.

40 Central

Pennsylvania city 42 Luv

43 Go-to crew 45 Salad fish

46 Stud farm stud 47 *Private fashion

consultant 50 Sunflower St.

school

51 __-pitch softball 52 See 64-Down 55 Biblical ark

builder

59 Songs for two 63 Reason for a courtroom objection, and what the start of the answer to each starred clue has

66 Silly activity 67 Red gemstone 68 Writer Bombeck 69 “Let’s Make a

Deal” host Brady 70 Unworried state 71 “Whoa, trippy!”

DOWN

1 Green animals in

Angry Birds 2 Slender

woodwind 3 Zebra hunter 4 “There’s a nonzero chance ... ”

5 Coastal inlet 6 Comparable (to) 7 Oscar winner Catherine __-Jones 8 Journalist Paula 9 NFL official 10 Fill with passion 11 __ appeal 12 Currency named

for a continent 13 Follows an obedience school command 18 Houseplant with

fronds

19 Sunup direction 24 Match a bet, in

poker

26 Bread served

with hummus 27 Rock formation in Yosemite, familiarly 28 Have a spoonful,

say

29 “The door’s

open!”

30 Led Zeppelin’s

“Whole __ Love” 31 Near-beer name 32 Lowly workers 33 Reply to “Ya

dig?” 34 18-Down seed 35 Copier cartridge 40 Songwriter Tori 41 Slangy

turndowns 44 Welcomed at the

door

46 Mouthed (off ) 48 Former Georgia

senator Sam 49 Bygone GM line 52 Imperfection 53 “Chocolat”

actress Olin 54 Like Cheerios 56 Mythical menace 57 Teal shade 58 Busy airports 60 Ireland, to the

Irish

61 Heavy book 62 Simple fastener 64 With 52-Across, floating Arctic sheet

65 Potato spot