L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Wished, as a farewell 5 Gently waters using a spray bottle

10 Leave flabbergasted 14 “The Hurt Locker” setting 15 Natty neckwear 16 “Night Sky With __ Wounds”: poetry collection by Ocean Vuong

17 Triple Crown of Surfing locale

18 Major mess

19 Pond plant 20 Extremely expensive fungi

23 __ Cruces, New Mexico 24 Quaint “Tsk!”

25 Dice game

28 PX patrons

31 Iowa senator Joni 35 Injury-prone area for pitchers

38 Raw bar need 39 Without purpose 40 Advisory group 41 Vineyard measure 42 “Give __ break!” 43 Novelist known for legal thrillers

45 Old West crew

47 Mobile network std. 48 Fitbit units 49 Fannie __: mortgage company nickname 51 “Mr. Blue Sky” gp. 52 Request from a trial attorney, and a hint to this puzzle's circles 59 Swerve

60 Bright light 61 Calligrapher's supplies 63 Polish prose 64 Slow-cooker brand 65 Slow-cooker dish 66 The MTV Generation 67 Fits (inside) 68 Vacuum attachment

DOWN

1 Playbill paragraph 2 Many a Qatar native 3 Arlene of the silver screen 4 Workplace compensation concern 5 Snorkeling needs

6 “__ it ironic?” 7 Emotional trauma consequence 8 Vegan protein

9 Fill up, as a pillow 10 Casino employee

11 Bar in a limo

12 Sharp turns 13 Itinerary info 21 Theatrical ensemble 22 Feudal domain 25 Pinch together

26 “This ain't my first __” 27 Country album? 28 Dave of the Foo Fighters 29 “Sorry, no” 30 Sudden power increase 32 Like specialty markets 33 Remnant 34 Abounds (with) 36 “Price negotiable,” in ads 37 New Deal pres. 41 Really wow 43 “Bridgerton” actor Regé-__ Page 44 17-Across, e.g.

46 Hurts a lot

50 Goad

51 Civil rights leader Medgar 52 Give up

53 Next in line 54 Otherwise 55 Granola grains 56 Fingerboard ridge 57 Golden Rule word 58 Squeezes (out) 59 Annoy

62 Nor. neighbor