L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Beach blanket
5 __ Men: one-hit junkanoo
band of 2000
9 Member of a dazzle 14 “Van Helsing” role 15 Smart __ 16 Location of the
Karnak Temple Complex
17 Have empathy
18 Pepa or pepper partner 19 “Buona __” 20 Phrase on a shamrock-green T-shirt 23 “Almost ready”
24 Sleeping soundly
25 Hermey of “Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer,” for one 28 Comedian who wrote
“Cracking Up” and
“I Know I Am, but
What Are You?” 32 Hodgepodge 35 Hoity-toity type 36 Euler's field
37 Vital organ elements
39 Sound quality
40 “Long story short ... “42 Motocross need 44 Cozy aesthetic
46 Goof
47 Camel kin
48 Some event notices
53 “Stop misquoting me!”
57 Treadmill options
59 Throaty sound
60 Cornstarch brand
61 Rice brews
62 “American Chopper”
argument, e.g.
63 Diminutive of Dolores
64 Aromatic herb
65 Robed dignitary
66 Chuck
DOWN
1 Travis Scott's “__ Mode”
2 Once more
3 Like Freya and Hel
4 Word with down or up
5 One of two near Everest
6 Jai __
7 Tiller
8 Lara Croft,
for one
9 High points
10 Super followers?
11 Without any
variation 12 Sch. assignment
13 Made a fast stop
21 Breathable fabric
22 Groove
26 Currency in West Africa
27 Swanky gala
29 Handle for a née-sayer
30 Savory jelly
31 Start to freeze?
32 Large estate
33 “Too much to get into”
34 Close
36 Game for owls
38 Cord cutter, perhaps
41 “Blue Nude” painter
43 Large group
45 Josh who plays Shakespeare on “History of the World, Part II”
49 Winner of four
FIFA World Cups
50 Paroxysm
51 Old quarter back
52 Mink kin
54 Judge
55 Creature feature
with giant ants
56 Quasi
57 Wash. setting
58 “That's the spot”