L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Shea successor 5 Requirements for some new jobs, briefly

10 Bunch

14 Soba alternative 15 Facetious target of a series of guides

16 Film princess who says, “You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought”

17 Chap, in British slang

18 Middle, approximately? 20 Start of an old boast 22 “That's amazing!”

23 South American barbecue

24 Slushy drinks

26 Cartoonist Chast 27 Sequence, approximately?

30 Middle of a valley?

31 Abbey area

32 Prefix with male or female

35 Straight, approximately? 40 French chum

41 Heart

42 Enthusiasm

44 Right, approximately? 49 Oakland-to-Palo Alto dir. 52 Fantasy author Canavan

53 Goes to press?

54 Place with crude buildings?

56 Hockey Hall of Famer Cam

57 Quarters, approximately? 60 Whipped up

62 Back talk, in slang

63 Land parcels

64 “Inspiration Information” musician Shuggie 65 Salchow kin

66 Hues

67 Set components

DOWN

1 Little lion

2 Voice of Chief Bogo in “Zootopia”

3 Colorful cereal mascot

4 Enter aggressively 5 Teeming (with)

6 End of an academic address

7 Truss who was very briefly U.K. prime minister in 2022

8 Like molasses, vis-à-vis water 9 Straightened, say 10 Pole, e.g.

11 Fixture in some voting booths

12 Singalong quintet

13 Ballroom dance 19 Snout

21 Upstanding

23 Spend time in a cellar, perhaps 24 “Casablanca” role

25 Put the squeeze on 28 Google Play purchase 29 LG rival

33 Sacrosanct

34 Barely get wet?

36 One of the “Rugrats” twins

37 U.N. head between Boutros and Ban 38 Planner abbr.

39 Adjust an ascot 43 Booker T.'s band 45 Letters before a fresh take

46 Flip response to an ultimatum

47 Official fuel of NASCAR

48 Quake aftershock 49 “Yes and no”

50 Dakota Natives

51 Get away from 55 Neutrogena shampoo

56 Storied loch 58 Inspiration for Keats 59 Date

61 Double curve