L.A TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Goal of much medical research

5 Like a baby with

pudding, probably

10 Floor model, e.g.

14 “That'll be the day!”

15 Jazz great Earl “__” Hines

16 Woeful word

17 *Consider carefully

19 Home in the sticks

20 Fluster

21 *Transformative beauty

treatment

23 Fancy timepieces

26 Luthor of DC Comics

27 Stand-up comedian

Shaffir

28 Undivided

29 Removes soap from

31 Tic-__-toe

32 Maytag sister brand

34 Tusks, e.g.

36 Plan of action, as “initially” found in the answers to the starred clues?

40 Writer Sir Arthur __ Doyle

41 Still-life pitchers

42 GOP gp.

43 Bearded spring blooms

46 Many an email

attachment

49 Earlier

50 Intentionally mislead

51 “Don't let that

woman get away!”

54 *Talk back (to)

57 Garlicky mayonnaise

58 Angry

59 *Divvy up

62 Rae of “Insecure”

63 Industry honcho

64 Surrender,

as territory

65 __-do-well

66 “You __ sweet!”

67 Potato buds

DOWN

1 Chevrolet that will be

discontinued in 2024

2 Applied to

3 Brain-breaking

question

4 Paperless option

for taxpayers

5 Curator's deg.

6 Take in

7 Women in __: educational

advocacy org.

8 Sandbars

9 Big Apple MLB player

10 Paul of “The Batman”

11 Like some beachside

homes

12 GranTurismo

automaker

13 Bird with a powerful kick

18 __-Mex cuisine

22 Celeb who's no longer

in the limelight

24 Important ages

25 Chinese: Pref.

30 Kitten-lifting spots

32 Oral health org.

33 German city that hosted the 1972

Summer Olympics

35 Napkin corners?

36 Ferretlike carnivore

37 Proceeding

as planned

38 Lambs' moms

39 Take a break

40 Adds to an already

full suitcase, say

44 Saucer-shaped vacuum

45 With trepidation

46 “Nuts!”

47 Intentionally mislead

48 Steak __: bistro dish

52 Rowboat blade

53 Component

55 Run like heck

56 Cab charge

60 Letters sent in

emergencies

61 Game with colorful cards