L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Fit

5 Van Halen icon

10 Shortening in some cookie recipes

14 “Keep talking ... ”

16 Fade 17 House blends, e.g.

18 “Likely story”

19 Trap during January, maybe

20 “Euphoria” actor Eric

21 Nej : Swedish :: __ : Russian

22 Doesn't work hard

24 Sabermetrics input

26 Hosp. scan

27 “The Boys of My Youth” writer Jo __ Beard

28 Jolly good

30 Lock

32 United in a cause

35 Word with string or sing

36 Focus of a diary in some sleep therapy sessions

39 Campus group

40 Yellowish pink

41 “And all that”

43 Forrest player

44 Bitey dog

47 Unlikely to pipe up

48 Buckwheat noodle

51 Chemical synthesized in the liver

53 Sail a zigzag course

55 Résumé concerns

57 Put a handle on 58 Gardner of mystery

59 Chow from a halal cart, e.g.

61 Caught up to, in a way

62 Yoga class respite

63 Covers up a plot?

64 Five Pillars faith

65 Taylor-Joy of “The Queen's Gambit”

DOWN

1 Aegean peninsula

2 Boston street where Cheers is located

3 Retailer with Outdoor Discovery programs

4 Golden Globe winner Tracee __ Ross

5 Fell

6 During

7 Reproductive gland

8 __ rock

9 Starts over

10 Either “Twelfth Night” sibling

11 Vacay for parents-to-be

12 Disdainful

13 __ zoo

15 Experts who prefer open-minded people?

23 “No need to convince me”

25 Flashes of insight

29 Ribs

31 “Chocolat” actress

32 Aleve target

33 Cy Young stat

34 Muscle worked by a reverse fly, for short

36 Rake

37 Repurposed creatively, as trash

38 Wildly

39 Elements of Petrarchan sonnets

42 Mind field, for short

44 “That can't possibly be true”

45 Weirded out

46 Herbal brew

49 Mikvehs, e.g.

50 National Scrabble Day month

52 City across from the Sunshine Skyway Bridge

54 Shoe brand with a Kate Spade New York collection

56 Actress Ward

60 Genre that includes techno