LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Sport played on

horseback

5 Make fun of 9 Goes up 14 Bibliography

abbreviation 15 Furniture chain that also sells lingonberry preserves 16 Feeling of existential boredom 17 *Sincere intention

to be fair

20 Sight or smell 21 Granny

22 Some Wall St.

deals

23 Joan of __:

French heroine 25 Pampering place

27 *One who can’t

help but see the bright side 36 Assignment for a swimmer or a bowler

37 Ore deposit 38 Beat

39 Chicago winter

hrs.

40 Central

Pennsylvania city 42 Luv

43 Go-to crew 45 Salad fish

46 Stud farm stud 47 *Private fashion

consultant 50 Sunflower St.

school

51 __-pitch softball 52 See 64-Down 55 Biblical ark builder 59 Songs for two 63 Reason for a courtroom objection, and what the start of the answer to each starred clue has

66 Silly activity 67 Red gemstone 68 Writer Bombeck

69 “Let’s Make a

Deal” host Brady 70 Unworried state 71 “Whoa, trippy!”

DOWN

1 Green animals in

Angry Birds 2 Slender

woodwind

3 Zebra hunter

4 “There’s a nonzero

chance ... ” 5 Coastal inlet 6 Comparable (to) 7 Oscar winner Catherine __Jones

8 Journalist Paula 9 NFL official

10 Fill with passion 11 __ appeal 12 Currency named

for a continent 13 Follows an obedience school command 18 Houseplant with

fronds

19 Sunup direction 24 Match a bet, in

poker

26 Bread served

with hummus 27 Rock formation in Yosemite, familiarly

28 Have a spoonful,

say

29 “The door’s open!” 30 Led Zeppelin’s

“Whole __ Love” 31 Near-beer name 2/20/23 ©2023 Tribune Content Agency, LLC

32 Lowly workers 53 “Chocolat” 33 Reply to “Ya dig?” actress Olin 34 18-Down seed 54 Like Cheerios 35 Copier cartridge 56 Mythical menace 40 Songwriter Tori 57 Teal shade 41 Slangy turndowns 58 Busy airports 44 Welcomed at the 60 Ireland, to the Irish

door 61 Heavy book 46 Mouthed (off) 62 Simple fastener 48 Former Georgia 64 With 52-Across,

senator Sam floating Arctic 49 Bygone GM line sheet 52 Imperfection 65 Potato spot