LA TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Nike competitor
6 “Don’t mind __”
11 Popcorn buy
14 Shroud
15 Schlepped
16 Toon storekeeper who was once in a barbershop quartet
17 Call of the wild?
19 Kennel club category 20 Postings at ORD
21 Some are considered essential
22 Pair to wear
24 Wielder of the hammer
Mjšlnir
26 Sourdough unit
27 Call of the wild?
32 Popular chip
34 Arrests
35 Density symbol, in physics 36 “Superman” surname 37 Vacancy sign
39 Uppity sort
40 Person who’s usually good? 41 Informal title used seven times in “Bohemian Rhapsody”
42 Chap
43 Call of the wild?
47 Zippo part
48 Barack’s 2012 opponent 49 Influencer’s concern
51 New Orleans’ __ Du Monde 53 Try to get the attention of 57 Chow down
58 Call of the wild? 61 Story __
62 Heart, for one
63 What captions can capture 64 “I’ve seen better”
65 “Get Out” Oscar winner
Jordan
66 Endow, as with talent
DOWN
1 Want a lot, with “for” 2 Schedule space
3 __ caucuses
4 Sch. with 23 campuses 5 What powderhounds do 6 Celeb of the moment 7 Turkey, e.g.
8 Medical suffix
9 Super Bowl party site
10 Big part of the gig economy 11 Casual parting
12 In the know about 13 Bargains
18 Gamer more likely to get
pwned
23 Inner __
25 “Last Week Tonight” airer 26 Pride letters
27 Catch up on, in a way 28 Relative challenge for some 29 Half a 2010s dance craze 30 “Yeah, sure”
31 Asian beef city
32 Passed (by) fast
33 Latest thing
37 Drop precipitously 38 Texter’s “Wow!”
39 Lazy
41 [I’m out]
42 Classic sandwich, for short 44 One standing in an alley 45 “Really, no damage” 46 Property claim 49 Gymnastics event
50 Like a double rainbow 51 Guinea pig’s pad 52 Disappearing Asian sea 54 Staffer
55 Van Gogh subject
56 Some summer newcomers 59 Resource in the board game
Catan
60 Dubious “gift”