LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Blow a gasket 6 Tediously familiar

11 “That’s a pretty

low __”

14 Angled cut 15 Love, in Italian

16 Female sheep

17 Swimming trunks worn by some surfers 19 Youngster

20 One playing

hooky

21 From stem to __

23 Country music’s

__ Brown Band 26 Plant family that includes tomatoes and

eggplant

28 Cold-weather

coat

31 Cheek colorers 32 Old Delta rival

33 Sample

36 Lemons 37 Guardian angel,

e.g.

40 Telephone-on

the-web tech 42 Muslim scholar

43 Gumption

46 Consume, as

food

48 Make precious

49 Salad vegetable that may be red, yellow, or green 53 Genetic material 54 Pay increase 55 Mount where

Noah landed 58 Citrus drink suffix 59 Common time for homework, and where to find the starts of 17-, 26-, 37-, and 49-Across

64 La Brea __ Pits 65 Inform against 66 Delivery room

helper

67 Calm part of a

hurricane 68 Scissors sounds 69 Blubbers

DOWN

1 Flow back

2 __ Speedwagon

3 Charlottesville

sch. 4 Jaunty

5 Abbr. before a

synopsis

6 Persian faith

that promotes spiritual unity

7 In the middle of 8 Word with due

or true 9 Installation

object

10 Not as much 11 Under fire 12 Bestowed, as a

grant

13 Sign of irritation 18 Pocketed, as a

pool ball

22 Landed hard 23 Hit with a laser 24 “Love, Victor”

actress Ortiz 25 “The Godfather”

right-hand man 27 Pants, slangily 29 Descends, as a

rock wall

30 “Who __ to

judge?”

33 Low-lit

34 “When will u b

here?”

35 Studio whose films begin with a roaring lion 38 Ceremonial

event 39 Roadside

lodging

40 Text alert option

41 Like many

multivitamins 44 Passenger

transport 45 Span of time 47 Asparagus units

48 __ on the side of

caution 3/27/23 50 Punk icon Smith 51 Area before

surgery, briefly 52 Works hard for 56 “Thunderstruck”

rock band 57 Recurring role for

Chris Hemsworth

60 Groupie

61 French “yes”

62 Nashville’s Grand

__ Opry

63 __ Vegas Aces