LA TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 “Leaves of Grass”
name
5 Links to a social
media post
9 Ivy, e.g.: Abbr.
12 They’re better
boosted than inflated
13 Actor Willem
14 NCAA’s “Tide”
15 Where many blood cells are produced
17 Witty retort 18 French film
19 Be in session 20 Neutralize 22 Indigo plant 23 Pleased 25 Challenges
requiring nerve 26 Like some
Sundays
27 Aleppo’s land
29 Alliance acronym 30 Champs-Élysées
lunch choice 32 Carrying process 34 Break in the
action
36 German pop star who sang “99 Luftballons” 37 The very
beginning 41 Russian rulers 45 Go left, say 46 Does as told 48 First name in
fashion
49 Wild party 51 “Enchanted”
movie girl 52 Gradually
withdraw 53 Playground retort 55 Droop
56 “The Hobbit”
creatures
57 Buffet server 58 Head-scratching words ... and, phonetically, a feature of the four longest Down answers
61 Brief moment 62 Fix 63 Protected, at sea 64 Word with devil
or dog 65 Brooklyn ballers 66 Puts in
DOWN
1 Online group
study
2 Fret (over)
3 Big name in
travel guides 4 Mao __-tung 5 Style of some
surf and turf 6 Cont. south of Western 31-Down
7 “Glad that’s
settled!” 8 Stitched up 9 Katana-wielding
warrior 10 Approximately 11 Slams, slangily 13 Newspaper rival of the Bugle in the Spider-Man universe 16 Inbox list: Abbr. 18 Advanced math
subj.
21 Oz, for one 24 Anaheim
attraction 28 Joined the clean-plate club, say
31 See 6-Down
33 Queen’s subject 35 Celestial feline 37 Big name in blue
jeans
38 Bicker
39 Reason for pacing 40 Half or full holds 42 Turned aside 43 Arrives at
44 W-2 IDs
47 Wise one 50 Atkinson of British
comedy
54 Woeful cry
59 Still
60 Roadside help
letters