L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Cotillion VIPs
5 Fades
9 Redolence
14 Strip of wood
15 Legendary
16 Participated in
a regatta, maybe
17 Prefix between
giga- and peta
18 It concludes The Beach
Boys' “Pet Sounds”
20 Character seen at the beginning and end of “Star Wars”
22 Gain an
advantage
23 Collection of vineyards,
perhaps
28 Tune from “10”
30 It comes early
in September
32 W-2 org.
33 Benefit
35 Nose (out)
36 One is used in basketball
but not in hockey
39 Hearty partner
42 Animal also called
a forest giraffe
43 Boxer's warning
46 What can be seen in
two places in Missouri
49 Dinner-and-a-show
platform
51 Small accident
52 One-named K-pop singer 53 One can't print dollars
without it
58 When read as three words, suitable sponsor for “Sesame Street” and an alternate answer for 18-, 20-, 30-, 36-, 46-, and 53-Across
62 Powdery mineral
64 Inbox filler
65 Cut down to size
66 Poetic tributes
67 Study aids
68 Physicist Bethe portrayed in “Oppenheimer”
69 Moon landing org.
DOWN
1 Summer hrs.
2 Roosevelt whom Truman called the “First Lady of the World”
3 Crude carriers
4 Square figure?
5 Erté's style
6 Tablet since 2010
7 Marshy spot
8 Dundee resident
9 Melodic passage
10 Director Howard
11 Have debts
12 Guys
13 Flap
19 “Stay” singer Lisa
21 2021 interviewer of
Meghan and Harry 22 Kimono sash
24 Arduous journey
25 Append
26 Graffiti signature
27 Needle hole
29 Lacto-__ vegetarian
30 Soundly defeats
31 Penne __ vodka
34 Speck
36 MacFarlane or Green of
“Family Guy”
37 Elect (to)
38 Polite
39 “Let me see ... “
40 Mahershala with
two Oscars
41 Nt. wt. units
43 Southernmost of the
Windward Islands
44 Really irks
45 Saloon pour
47 Stands in
front of artists
48 Dr. visit
50 Son of Poseidon
54 Engrave
55 “Life & Beth”
actor Michael
56 Curling __
57 Egyptian snakes
58 Number of digits
on a keypad
59 Med. care provider
60 “Don't let it get cold”
61 Whopper
63 Farm-share program,
for short