LOS ANGELES TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Green gem
5 Actress Greta
10 Ponzi scheme, for one
14 Boy in “The Kite Runner”
15 Toward the back
16 When tripled, a 1970 WWII film
17 Spanish “nothing”
18 Free, in France
19 Reddish-brown horse
20 Israeli submachine gun
21 Admit to wrongdoing in court
23 Embark from a dock
25 Spaniel’s welcome
26 Indian-born storekeeper on “The Simpsons”
27 Bening of “American Beauty”
31 Location-based smartphone game release of 2016
35 Half a bray
36 Radio knob
37 1998 biopic about model Carangi
38 Travelocity ad figure
40 Ctrl-__-Delete: PC reboot combo 41 Similar set of individuals
43 Reveal
46 Help
47 Negative connection
48 Climbing plant
52 Inland sea between Iran and Saudi Arabia
57 Dockworkers’ gp.
58 Soothing plant extract
59 Pageant headgear
60 Prefix with lateral
61 Arctic seabird
62 No __ sight
63 Bugs Bunny adversary Elmer
64 Smartphone message
65 Gave medicine to
66 Golf ball supports
DOWN
1 Two-faced god
2 Fill with wonder
3 Completed the task
4 Significant period
5 Steel-gray metallic element
6 Disney mermaid
7 Country star McEntire
8 The __: Shakespeare 9 Pizza herb
10 Conflict
11 Like much fall weather
12 “I smell __!”
13 Lots of
21 Daily news source
22 Coffee vessel
24 Japanese alcoholic beverage
27 Ice cream thickener
28 Old-style you
29 Pack (down) firmly
30 Sheep girl
31 Sheepdog from Hungary
32 Being aired
33 S-shaped molding
34 Never, in Dortmund
36 Little bit 38 Bereavement
39 Bump on a branch
41 Like many animated films ... and a hint to 21-, 31-, 41and 52-Across
42 Floral wreath
44 Remove from office
45 Law, in Lille
48 Madame of physics
49 Arouse, as interest
50 Avoid capture by
51 Surprise attacks
52 Good old days
53 Actress Sommer
54 Gumbo thickener
55 El __: weather phenomenon
56 Wanders restlessly
60 Baby newt