LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Statistical concerns 7 Daddy 11 Texting initials

14 “Won’t be long

now”

15 Wilson of “The

Internship”

16 Feel sick

17 *Pilot’s reputation

among airport agents?

19 Food Network

host Garten 20 Long-billed bird 21 Hijab, for one 22 Sharp set 23 Longtime Farr

co-star

25 Abate

27 Some K9 canines

30 *Triage site’s

gooey alternative

to sutures?

34 Q.E.D. part

35 Mauna __ 36 Some rugged

sandals

37 HS equivalency

test

38 Freebies at some crossword

tournaments

41 __ text:

accessibility

feature

42 “Just Mercy” actor

__ Jackson Jr. 44 Doc’s org. 45 Bali’s continent

46 *Practice for “The Voice” while in the shower?

49 Shepherds’ docs?

50 Cooler brand

51 Italian bubbly 53 Perseverance’s

home

55 Itinerary

57 Flags down 61 Having celebrated

many birthdays 62 Decorate for Christmas, in a way, and how to make sense of the answer to each starred

clue?

64 __-1099: govt.

issued tax form 65 Cause an

emotional reaction 66 Good scents 67 First car, for

many?

68 Mountain goat 69 Heavenly figure

DOWN

1 Majors, in baseball slang 2 Supermodel whose signature

fragrance is “Love Memoir”

3 __-lock brakes

4 Overlook 5 Perform beyond

expectations 6 Philharmonic sect.

7 Put forward

8 For some time 9 Kitchen gadget

10 Plus

11 Asked nicely

12 Julep herb

13 Croat or Pole 18 Island where Excalibur was

forged

22 Enormous

24 Proofer’s mark

26 Tuts

27 Bricks that are

painful to step on

28 Childish retort Trouble with 29

locks? 31 Colorful parrot 32 Like new matches 33 “¿Cómo __?” 38 Bucket 39 Clarifying phrase 40 Cable row targets, for short 43 Med. readouts 45 Earhart, for one 47 “S’okay” 48 Start streaming 52 “Voilà!” 53 More than half 54 In addition 56 MC alternative 58 “__ Vep”: HBO miniseries about a remake of the silent film “Les Vampires” 59 Vault

60 Meeting,

informally

62 “Oof, didn’t need

to know that” 63 Possesses