L.A TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Arduous journeys
6 On the move
11 Dr. J's first pro league
14 Bleachers sign
15 Extent
16 Big finish?
17 Song from “Anything
Goes”
19 Shaved __
20 Comic Boosler
21 Crunch at breakfast?
22 “Lodge 49” actor __
Russell
24 Like some hockey goals
27 Pixar short about a
steamed dumpling
28 Alien-seeking org.
30 Kidneys, e.g.
31 Does some grilling
33 Arthurian island
35 Wet/dry garage cleaner
38 HBO subsidiary
42 Clicker
44 Rummikub piece
45 Unruffled
48 Caspian country
51 Here-there connection
52 Pain relief brand
54 Olympic swimmer
Ledecky
56 Checkout IDs
57 Fool's gold 59 __ Speedwagon
60 End of a testy exchange, and what can be found four times in this puzzle, thanks to four black squares
65 Each and every
66 Prove useful
67 Slip away from
68 Agcy. with a “3-1-1” rule
for liquids
69 “I did awesome!”
70 Like Cheerios
DOWN
1 Archaic possessive
2 Christ the Redeemer
locale
3 Earthbound bird
4 Peninsula near Japan
5 Refines, as ore
6 Like a used barbecue pit
7 When, in Act I, Lear
curses “a thankless child”
8 Sacred carving
9 2019 Uber event, briefly
10 Weight room iteration
11 “West Side Story” Oscar
winner DeBose
12 Popular writer?
13 Boris and Natasha, e.g.
18 “Girls Trip” actor Larenz
21 Baby swan 22 Clean
23 Artist Ono
25 __ sci
26 Jumbo suffix
27 Some four-year degs.
29 Folded fast food
32 Bouts of indulgence
34 Taiwan-based computer
brand
36 Peddle
37 From the States: Abbr.
39 Smaller version
40 Skin-healing plant
41 Millennial preceder
43 “A Christmas Carol” child
45 “Bathers at Asnières”
painter Georges
46 Boots out
47 Pepsi alternative
49 Analogous
50 “Wicked Tuna” channel,
familiarly
53 “Here's hoping ... “
55 Rock band named for an
inventor
58 Tick off
60 Prove useful
61 “Sweet but Psycho”
singer __ Max
62 Rough house
63 Verse of exaltation
64 X, on a Rolex