LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Framing piece 5 Swiatek who won her fourth major singles championship in 2023

8 Carding preentry

13 Vineyard

measure 14 Russian dynast 15 West Coast

NFLer

16 Class reunion attendee who’s in no one’s yearbook? 18 Dried poblano 19 Off the street, in

a way

21 Irish capital 22 Touch

25 Proper etiquette

at the plate? 27 Many of the

Marshall Islands 29 Order member 30 Seldom seen 31 IRS action 34 Place for a

mineral scrub 37 Impulse behind the giftgiving in “The Twelve Days of Christmas”? 41 “__-boom-bah!” 42 “The __ in Me”: Britney Spears memoir

43 Senior advocacy

group

44 Bank of China

Tower architect 45 Hot Wheels

maker 47 Discussion panel about sheets, duvets, blankets, etc.?

53 Go out with 54 Again

55 Sang high notes? 57 Shopping aids 59 Book supplements, and an apt title for this puzzle 63 Looks down? 64 Pharmacy orders, informally

65 Far offshore 66 Catch in a trap 67 Hindu title of

respect 68 Business review

app

DOWN

1 Giant part of a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton

2 Big heart? 3 Sports doc’s

order

4 Part of an icy

breakup

5 Quran faith 6 Speedometer, e.g. 7 Set, as an alarm 8 Cookbook writer

Garten

9 Make a meal of 10 Run up, as debts 11 Jacket style named for an Indian leader 12 Best man’s best

friend, often 14 Need for poi 17 Arlene of classic

cinema

20 Sturdy material 22 Infield

protectors 23 Centipede

platform 24 Sponge features 26 Adorable 28 Guitar legend

Paul

31 24/7 money

source 32 Thurman of

“The Producers” 33 __ Quixote 34 Sports figures 35 Blender setting 36 Copious 38 Washbasin jug 39 Loud

40 NL East player 44 Tin alloy 45 Grand Canyon

rentals

46 Hymn finale 47 Settles

48 Gibson garnish 49 Italian scooter 50 Bubbles up 51 More eccentric 52 __-wip: dessert

topping

56 June 6, 1944 58 London-to-Paris

dir.

60 “__ your head!” 61 Airport code for Australia’s second largest city

62 Plant juice