LOS ANGELES TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Like “le” in Fr. 5 Degrade

10 There’s no money in it 14 Prefix with syllabic 15 Starbucks offering 16 Cap with a flat, circular top 17 Religious text for a Texas senator? 19 Flex ending 20 Home of Amboseli National Park 21 Pennant race mo. 22 Tied accessory 23 Cause of a sleeve

movement

24 Pet for a Spanish

surrealist?

26 More uneven 29 Puts in a vault, in a way

30 Dos Passos trilogy 31 Mild rebuke 33 With 44-Across, Hanna-Barbera feline 34 Cravings 36 Sidekick 38 Glimpse

42 Not a good start? 44 See 33-Across 45 Shade 46 Michigan neighbor 50 Baptized boys, often 53 Underage child of a German chancellor? 55 Milk source 56 Whac-__ 57 Heating stat 58 Finnish architect Alvar __ 61 Look closely (over) 62 Household help for a 19th-century president? 64 Bank offerings 65 Resort WSW of Denver 66 __ coffee 67 Titillating message 68 Silly ones 69 Cong. period

DOWN

1 Sham

2 Israeli port 3 Nonspeaking movie role 4 Ingratiate oneself (to) 5 “When We Were Kings” subject 6 It takes a beating 7 Befuddled 8 Basic

9 Sushi selection 10 65-Across feature 11 Interoffice connection 12 Poise 13 Madonna portrayals 18 Crèche trio 22 Glee club member 25 Completely 26 Accept 27 Consumption 28 List ender 32 Idiosyncratic contraction 35 Of least significance 37 They squelch discussions 39 It goes over the tongue 40 “Piano is not my forte,” e.g. 41 With 51-Down, sometimes-sighed line

43 French weapon 46 Congo natives 47 “That’s enough already!” 48 Middle section of an insect 49 Hoping to get home

51 See 41-Down 52 Religious ascetics 54 Common blood group 59 Connections 60 Chances 62 Identify on Facebook 63 Unified