LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Saudi Arabia

neighbor 5 Protractor’s

measure 10 Caustic chemical 14 Forbidding word 15 President between Harrison and Polk 16 Writer Jaffe 17 Santa and his reindeer landed __ 19 Territory near the Mariana Trench 20 Actress/writer Issa 21 Many Christmas trees 22 Oklahoma city on the Arkansas River 23 Correcting myopia, maybe 25 Stockholm citizens 26 Small snack 27 Before heading down the chimney, Santa __ 30 App reviewers 32 Length of TV’s “60 Minutes” 33 Stepping out of the fireplace, Santa left a __ 40 Quarter or pound 41 Like some garden lights 42 After filling the last one, Santa hung the __ 48 “Children of Blood and Bone” writer Adeyemi 49 On the up and up 50 Homegrown 52 Broad necktie 53 Editorialize 55 Flight takeoff approximation: Abbr. 57 Old Russian leader 58 All in all, Santa had a very busy __! 60 French 101 verb 61 __ tot 62 Like a red Red Delicious 63 Diana of the Supremes 64 Speaker of the house? 65 Beehive State people DOWN 1 Fragrance

2 Da Vinci portrait

in the Louvre 3 Long-tongued

insectivore 4 Utmost degree 5 “I haven’t __ to

wear!”

6 “Black Panther”

star Lupita 7 Sticky stuff 8 More or __

9 “I heard him exclaim, __ he drove out of sight ... ” 10 Bickers 11 May’ve 12 “Almost ready!” 13 Fabric named for Syria’s capital 18 Prefix with center 22 Whippersnappers 24 Croat’s neighbor 25 Tightly closed 26 Tampa Bay NFLer 28 Havaianas shoe, e.g. 29 Additionally 31 Lightbulb’s place 34 Gritty film genre 35 Classic Cadillac feature 36 Round flatbread 37 “Five stars!” 38 Personalized iron-on 39 Bi- plus one 42 Adam Rippon, for one 43 Play catch with 44 Hollywood awards 45 Washing dishes, doing laundry, etc. 46 Not genderspecific 47 Bacon Turkey Bravo sandwich chain 51 Number of digits in a billion 53 __ hygiene 54 Folk icon Seeger 56 Changes color, perhaps 58 Org. that may support a school board 59 Hilton brand