LA TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Mires
5 Loving smack
9 Kind of coach or jacket 13 “Bolero” composer
14 Spots to clear up
15 Not at one’s desk 16 *Progressive Era muckraker 18 Socially aware
19 Tundra deer
20 Plane engine type
22 CNN anchor Burnett 23 “Your turn”
26 Whack, biblically
27 Stephen of “Citizen X” 28 *12-time 35-Down All Star
and TV analyst
30 Wall St. “500”
32 Pre Check org.
33 Crave, e.g.
34 *Australian swimmer with
five Olympic golds
38 Tijuana home
41 Gen-Z sweetheart 42 Prompts
46 *First daughter and senior
adviser to #45
50 Fig. of interest to a dietitian 51 Slangy “Absolutely!” 52 Petro-Canada competitor 53 Leave early
54 Appliance connection,
briefly 56 Mass-times-velocity measures
58 Swimming great Torres 59 ‘00s Britcom about an
underappreciated computer the answers to starred clues comprise?
62 Early garden spot 63 Muscat’s land
64 Book with roads
65 Easy gait
66 X-rated material
67 “__ she blows!”
DOWN
1 Shady part of town
2 Of a certain reproductive
gland
3 Arrive
4 Thick slice
5 Japanese dance-drama 6 Party bucket item
7 NBC skit show
8 Lead-in to made or love 9 Blades that cut blades 10 WWII flag-raising island 11 Faux glow
12 Evaluation with a capital E? 13 Kitchen cutters
17 Outback hoppers 21 Outdoor grill residue 24 Amasses
25 Very, very
28 Pub drink, briefly
29 Roofing goo
31 “Unfaithful” Oscar nominee 35 Hoops org.
36 London gallery
37 Yipping adoptee
38 Fortress
39 Much of guacamole
40 H.S. course pioneered by
Stanley Kaplan
43 Crunchy bar stuff
44 Battle waged on Wikipedia 45 Tossed courses
47 The NCAA’s Wildcats 48 Govt. moneymaker 49 Academic
53 Sailor’s quarters
55 Sporty muscle cars 57 Future MD’s exam
60 “Let’s see ... “
61 Lac contents