L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Part of the fam

4 Caldecott Medal winner

__ Jack Keats

8 Tree crowns, collectively

14 “We come to this

place ... “theater chain

15 __ point

16 Pea family plant

17 Flaunts

19 Asks for more Money

20 Pueblo people

21 Pickens of “Blazing

Saddles”

23 Retro hip beer, for short

24 Fix

26 Common retirement

vehicles

30 Like some questions

31 YouTube genre that may

cause tingles, for short

32 In the flesh?

33 Note of recognition?

36 Tribeca Film Festival

co-founder

38 Crushes on

39 Electric vehicle driver's

apprehension

41 Raisins, in an

after-school snack

42 Forward thinker?

43 Me in C minor

47 __ Spy apples 49 Goo in some

31-Across videos

50 What “will be” will be

51 Cut

54 Abbr. in quote books

55 Point in the

right direction

58 Numbers like 3 and 14,

but not 3.14

60 Loosen, as skates

61 Not much

62 Fujairah fed.

63 Charged (with)

64 Setback

65 “i'm begging u”

DOWN

1 Apt rhyme of slay

and runway

2 Return address?

3 Teacher defended

by Darrow in 1925

4 Modem terminals?

5 Menageries

6 “u slay me”

7 Initially

8 Roots rock band that started as the Blue Velvets, for short

9 Hebrew leader?

10 Pride banner with yellow, white, purple, and black stripes 11 Veto

12 The __ Charitable Trusts:

NGO with a think tank

13 Brief closing

18 Hot spell?

22 Bob that may be a solution for post-pregnancy thinning

25 Prairie wanderer

27 Swap

28 Hubbubs

29 Fixed

31 Make-up artists?

34 Wipe

35 “Obvi!”

36 Paul of “The Fabelmans”

37 Inner workings?

39 Scrambled

40 Generational

portmanteau

44 Roster

45 Ethically

unconcerned

46 Prepares for impact, say

48 Thus

52 Loving

53 School gps.

55 Openly queer

56 Component of

some vaccines

57 Conference acronym

59 Mag staff