LA TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Camel feature

5 “Saving Mr. Banks” actress Thompson

9 Snares 14 Birthstone after sapphire

15 Without rocks, in a bar

16 During

17 Texas Hold ‘em, e.g.

19 “__ Meenie”: Kingston/Bieber song

20 Annual honorees in chemistry, physics, economics, etc. 22 “One Night in Miami” actor Goree 23 Notice

24 Corn discard 27 Doctrine suffix 29 Red root vegetables

33 Military division 38 Lavish party 39 Bowler’s target 40 Online auction giant

41 WordPress, for one 46 “That’s unfortunate”

47 __ for the course 48 Animal in some fables

49 Fibs

52 Dot on a domino 54 Tex-Mex fare found with increasing spiciness in this puzzle’s circled letters?

61 Tim who was the first sophomore to win a Heisman 62 Vanish

64 NBA venue 65 Southernmost Great Lake

66 Music genre of the boy band BTS 67 Late

68 Adjusts, as a clock

69 Conifers with pliable wood

DOWN

1 Jump on one foot

2 “__ further reflection ... “

3 Powerful shark 4 West Point cadet 5 School subject with lots of reading 6 Lunch or brunch 7 Two of the “California Dreamin’” quartet 8 Totally believed 9 Woofer’s counterpart 10 “Better Call

Saul” Emmy nominee Seehorn 11 “You __ seen nothin’ yet”

12 Ballet bend 13 Recognizes 18 Archaeological artifact 21 Post-shower wrap

24 Bygone NYC punk club

25 Exams for Ph.D. candidates

26 “The Jungle Book” bear 28 Deck-swabbing tools

30 Nights before special days

31 Fibula neighbor 32 Improvises vocally 34 Badgers constantly

35 In shape 36 Small cut 37 Peepers

42 In the middle 43 “Garfield” dog 44 Diapers, in Britain

45 Holds tight 50 Barely beats (out)

51 Fern seed 53 Hard to get rid of 54 Bit of sports trivia, for short 55 Hard drive capacity prefix 56 Ridesharing rival of Lyft

57 Sweet on, with “of”

58 Give off

59 Ready to eat 60 Winter forecast 63 Navigation tech