LA TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Aid and __
5 Garbage
10 Finish third
14 White House no
15 Biblical prophet
16 The “P” of IPA
17 “Plus some other folks” abbr.
18 “Spider-Man” trilogy director Sam
19 The “Y” of YSL
20 Like passwords that likely won’t work if Caps Lock is on
23 Easter egg dip
24 “__ only a game”
25 Try to buy, at an auction
28 “The Lord of the Rings” beast
31 Invite for
35 Zion Church letters
36 Question from a store clerk
39 Requirement
41 Fit for a monarch
42 Jellystone Park bear
43 “Star Wars” character from an underwater city
46 __ Mahal
47 Negro Leagues legend Buck
48 Chicago summer hrs.
49 Writer Mario Vargas __
51 Garden plot
53 “Hamilton” Tony nominee Phillipa
54 Film that doesn’t make much money
61 Chicken cordon __
63 Finish second
64 Bicycle wheel
65 Payment to a landlord
66 Ingested
67 “Did you __?!”
68 Voting no
69 Stockholm native
70 Cubicle fixture
DOWN
1 French “with”
2 Phi __ Kappa
3 Guesses from late guests, briefly
4 Ohio city west of Cleveland
5 Number of strikes in a strikeout
6 Horse coat color
7 OfferUp caveat 8 18-wheeler
9 French-speaking Caribbean country
10 Mad magazine cartoon featuring secret agents
11 “What’ll ya __?”
12 World Cup cheer
13 Director Craven
21 Lip-__: mouth the words
22 Lang. of Rome
25 Bluegrass strings
26 “Know what __?”
27 Big name in riding mowers
28 Yr. before A.D. started
29 Unyielding
30 Repetitive shout
32 Environmental protocol city in Japan
33 Roman robes
34 __ board: séance device
37 The “A” of
3-Down
38 Great Plains grazer
40 Smallest country on the Horn of Africa
44 Longtime “Jeopardy!” host Trebek
45 __ gin fizz
50 Hit high in the air
52 Puzzles (out)
53 Play division
54 Crooked
55 Defect 56 Kismet
57 Covered in frosting
58 “C’mon, __ a little!”
59 Metal-yielding rocks
60 Cheer (up)
61 Bikini top
62 “When They See Us” actor Cariou