LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Dinner with

donors

5 Mardi Gras wear 9 Britcom with Eddie and Patsy, for short 14 Minnesota representative Ilhan

15 Not pro

16 Gibbs of “The

Jeffersons” 17 Admonition to an Egyptian boy king?

19 Helps out illegally 20 Ending for “Black,” “Mixed,” and “Grown,” in sitcom names 21 Olfactory assault 23 “Everything Everywhere All at Once” star Michelle 24 Conical shelter 26 “Which of the two

will it be?”

28 Shepherd’s tool

29 Pothole filler made from fishand-chips sauce? 34 Was sure about 36 Chatter away

37 Amnesiac’s query

38 Secret language 39 “Becoming”

memoirist Michelle 41 Uno, dos, __ 42 Reversals 44 “Succession”

actor Brian

45 Hit the horn 46 Say farewell to a Dickens character? 48 Thus far

49 Aspire laptop

maker 50 Alternative to

Alpine, in skiing 53 Current options 56 Enjoyed, as a

lollipop

59 WNW’S opposite

60 Plumbing issues 62 Is able to do high kicks in a chorus line?

64 TV spot seller 65 “Black Panther”

villain Killmonger 66 Pinochle-like card

game 67 Far from posh 68 Gels

69 Inquires

DOWN

1 “Duly noted” 2 Cause to chuckle 3 Sudsy

4 Class with easels 5 Like low-shine

lipstick

6 Get the poker pot

going

7 Leave speechless

8 Vehicle that’s built

after it’s bought 9 Doc’s org.

10 Brand-new

sibling, perhaps 11 On the house 12 Palo __,

California

13 Big celebration

18 Didn’t waste

22 Hair removal

substance

25 Like energy bars,

in adspeak

27 “Go team!”

29 Bar bill 30 Mechanical

arithmetic aids 31 Card sets sold in

New Age shops 32 Prayer ending 33 Expose to danger 34 Single-serve

coffee pod 35 Words of denial 36 Mass

communication? 40 Floor-washing tool 43 Actor Cage,

casually 47 Comparison

shopper’s data 48 Green Jedi with

his own grammar 5/23/22 50 Parts of

mandolins 51 “Wicked Game”

singer Chris 52 Euro fractions 53 Woeful word 54 Formally transfer 55 Truth or __ 57 “Ask me if I __!” 58 Make mittens,

say

61 Secret agent

63 Hush-hush org.