LA TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Molecule part 5 Confidence
games, e.g. 10 Cherished 14 Monsieur, across
the Rhine 15 Verboten 16 Nigerian language 17 “Yes, correct” 18 “Rhythm of Love”
singer Baker 19 Sniffer
20 “The Mum Hunt”
children’s author
23 ID on a map 25 Squeezed (out)
28 “I’ll believe it
when I see it!” 34 Enjoy Aspen 35 Food and dining website since 2005 36 Enthusiast 37 One-piece shapewear options
41 “227” actress
Reed Hall
44 Get hold of 48 Proceed with care 52 Left turn from sur 53 Jazz pianist Mary
__ Williams 54 Her, across the
Rio Grande 55 Oscar-nominated film about NASA mathematicians, and a description of the countdown found in this puzzle?
60 __ Pérignon 61 Flies
62 PIN point
64 Sine __ non 65 Type of roof with
dormer windows 66 Unjustly deprive
(of)
67 Ave. crossers 68 __-Dame de Paris 69 Place for a scrub
DOWN
1 Big tuna 2 Vietnamese New
Year
3 Art form used to create a crane or a masu box
4 “A Wrinkle in
Time” woman 5 __ Smiths: Adidas tennis shoes
6 Sugar stalk 7 Somewhat 8 Light-headed
creature? 9 Really take off 10 Pesos, e.g.
11 Try to find
oneself? 12 Cobra pose
muscles
13 Poke bowl
topping
21 The “y” in ily 22 “Grossss!!” 23 “No __, ands, or
buts”
24 Prescott of the
Cowboys
26 Doc meant to protect trade secrets 27 “Family Feud”
reruns channel 29 Midsize car 30 Frito-__ snacks 31 Symbols in email
addresses 32 Brazilian singer
__ Jorge 33 Small combos 37 Did the second
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38 Artist Yoko 49 Current event in
39 Texter’s “If I’m the Pacific?
being real” 50 Zip along
40 Take the helm 51 Fender instrument 41 Floor 56 Hoover, for one 42 React angrily 57 Fashion’s
43 Nissan 29-Downs __-Picone
45 Very attentive 58 “Runaway Bride”
46 “You’ve had co-star enough of my 59 Amer. capital jokes” 60 Blizzard sellers, 47 Govt. org. with familiarly
cryptanalysts 63 C-suite degree