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 35 Hodgepodge 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”