ACROSS L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

1 Molecule part

5 Confidence games, e.g. 10 Cherished

14 Monsieur, across the

Rhine

15 Verboten

16 Nigerian language

17 “Yes, correct”

18 “Rhythm of Love” singer

Baker

19 Sniffer

20 “The Mum Hunt”

children's author

23 ID on a map

25 Squeezed (out)

28 “I'll believe it when I see

it!”

34 Enjoy Aspen

35 Food and dining website

since 2005

36 Enthusiast

37 One-piece shapewear

options

41 “227” actress Reed Hall 44 Get hold of

48 Proceed with care

52 Left turn from sur

53 Jazz pianist Mary __

Williams

54 Her, across the Rio

Grande

55 Oscar-nominated film about NASA mathematicians, and a description of the countdown found in this puzzle?

60 __ Pérignon

61 Flies

62 PIN point

64 Sine __ non

65 Type of roof with dormer

windows

66 Unjustly deprive (of)

67 Ave. crossers

68 __-Dame de Paris

69 Place for a scrub

DOWN

1 Big tuna

2 Vietnamese New Year

3 Art form used to create a

crane or a masu box

4 “A Wrinkle in Time”

woman

5 __ Smiths: Adidas tennis

shoes

6 Sugar stalk

7 Somewhat

8 Light-headed

creature?

9 Really take off

10 Pesos, e.g.

11 Try to find oneself?

12 Cobra pose muscles

13 Poke bowl topping

21 The “y” in ily

22 “Grossss!!”

23 “No __, ands, or buts” 24 Prescott of the Cowboys 26 Doc meant to protect

trade secrets

27 “Family Feud” reruns

channel

29 Midsize car

30 Frito-__ snacks

31 Symbols in email

addresses

32 Brazilian singer __ Jorge 33 Small combos

37 Did the second leg of a

triathlon

38 Artist Yoko

39 Texter's “If I'm being real” 40 Take the helm

41 Floor

42 React angrily

43 Nissan 29-Downs

45 Very attentive

46 “You've had enough of

my jokes”

47 Govt. org. with

cryptanalysts

49 Current event in the

Pacific?

50 Zip along

51 Fender instrument

56 Hoover, for one

57 Fashion's __-Picone

58 “Runaway Bride” co-star 59 Amer. capital

60 Blizzard sellers,

familiarly

63 C-suite degree