LA TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Cleaning cloths
5 Branch of govt.
9 Suffers after a CrossFit workout, say
14 “Just gimme __!”
15 Really, really enjoy a joke
16 Enjoy a joke
17 Was completely crushed by the competition
20 Orzo and ziti
21 Grand total
22 History
23 Part of a server’s income
24 __ soup: sushi bar bowlful
26 “Good one”
28 “La La Land” Oscar winner Stone
31 Chocolaty drink
35 Before, in classic palindromes
36 Continent with most of the world’s people
37 “Adios!”
38 Org. with bombsniffing dogs
39 Actress who played Joan Watson on “Elementary”
41 __ de Janeiro
42 Blob
44 Asteroid formation
45 Put on
46 “Gonna join us?”
47 __ the deal
48 Fair ride
49 Number-picking bar game
51 “__ open book”: “Ask me anything”
53 A single time
56 “Maa” ma
58 Just okay
61 Is hopelessly confused
64 Spine-tingling
65 Yard sale caveat
66 Queen of Mount Olympus
67 Roofing stone
68 Golf pegs
69 Chinese currency
DOWN
1 Wheelchair access
2 Between ports on a cruise
3 Catches a seasonal malady
4 Nova __
5 Gets into character for Comic-Con, say
6 Lip balm brand with egg-shaped containers
7 Bear feet
8 Damage that may be psychological
9 Smithwick’s beer
10 Commuting arrangement
11 Hip-moving Hawaiian dance
12 Alter __: secret identities for superheroes
13 Completely worn out
18 Quick snooze
19 “I could do without this knowledge,” way less formally
25 Merit badge earner
26 Stimulating
27 Threepio’s companion
29 Open __ night
30 “I’ll think about it”
32 Stuffed with ham and cheese
33 French __ soup
34 Anguish
36 Flying solo
37 Inanity
40 __ & Perrins steak sauce
43 Gives something a thumbs-up
47 “Big deal”
48 Uneven, as fog
50 Badminton court divider
52 Extinct emu-like bird
53 Poetic tributes
54 Yule tune
55 “Superbad” actor Michael
57 Simplicity
59 Mystical glow
60 Campus official
62 Alumna bio word
63 Compete (for)