L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Uneducated guess 5 Recreation in which players become characters, for short 9 Get rid of 14 Word before or after brand 15 Rooty Tooty Fresh 'N Fruity chain 16 Pup 17 Figure skating leap 18 Launched at great speed 20 Place at the track? 22 Calf's suckling spot 23 Stuntman Knievel 24 Lioness of film 28 Hard-to-fold bed linens 31 Airport rental 34 Have title to 35 Mexican pyramid builder 36 Herb in Italian seasoning 39 Lively, musically 41 Ready to bloom 42 No. on a grad's résumé 43 Va. winter hours 44 Senior British military rank 49 Unload for cash 50 Yale students 51 “Better in Time” singer Lewis 55 Phrase including hand gestures symbolized by the puzzle circles 58 Russian ballet company, familiarly 61 Deadly shark 62 Bad-tempered 63 Mario __: Nintendo racing game series 64 “It's my time to shine!” 65 Leg joints 66 Iowa State city 67 Screwball

DOWN 1 Major mess 2 No. on an IRS form 3 Make changes to 4 “You are beyond __!”: “Incredible!” 5 High in calories 6 Early stage of a clinical trial 7 Avenged a wrong 8 Completely forgot, in slang 9 Created, as a web 10 Portmanteau brand for flu symptoms 11 Nonsense 12 Blackjack half 13 Scholar's deg. 19 Campaign pros 21 __ Lanka 25 “I got this” 26 Dance moves 27 Fancy necktie 29 Truck weight unit 30 Fedora, e.g. 31 Elaborate dos 32 Golfer Palmer, to fans 33 Billy Idol's “__ Yell” 37 Easily fooled 38 Use an abacus 39 FedEx Office alternative 40 Dismissive sound 42 “A Time to Kill” novelist John 45 Kitten cry 46 “North to the Future” state 47 Actor Mahershala of Netflix's “Luke Cage” 48 B'way show with the song “Valjean's Confession” 52 44th president 53 Canon competitor 54 Terrible pain 56 Hasbro specialty 57 Oldies, in their day 58 “Shame on you!” 59 Attila the __ 60 Bard's “before”