LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Wished, as a farewell 5 Gently waters using a spray

bottle

10 Leave flabbergasted

14 “The Hurt Locker” setting 15 Natty neckwear

16 “Night Sky With __ Wounds”: poetry collection by Ocean Vuong

17 Triple Crown of Surfing

locale

18 Major mess

19 Pond plant

20 Extremely expensive fungi 23 __ Cruces, New Mexico 24 Quaint “Tsk!”

25 Dice game

28 PX patrons

31 Iowa senator Joni 35 Injury-prone area for pitchers 38 Raw bar need

39 Without purpose 40 Advisory group

41 Vineyard measure

42 “Give __ break!”

43 Novelist known for legal

thrillers

45 Old West crew

47 Mobile network std.

48 Fitbit units

49 Fannie __: mortgage company nickname

51 “Mr. Blue Sky” gp.

52 Request from a trial attorney, and a hint to this puzzle’s circles

59 Swerve 60 Bright light 61 Calligrapher’s supplies 63 Polish prose 64 Slow-cooker brand 65 Slow-cooker dish 66 The MTV Generation 67 Fits (inside) 68 Vacuum attachment

DOWN

1 Playbill paragraph

2 Many a Qatar native 3 Arlene of the silver screen 4 Workplace compensation

concern

5 Snorkeling needs

6 “__ it ironic?”

7 Emotional trauma consequence

8 Vegan protein

9 Fill up, as a pillow

10 Casino employee

11 Bar in a limo

12 Sharp turns

13 Itinerary info

21 Theatrical ensemble 22 Feudal domain

25 Pinch together

26 “This ain’t my first __” 27 Country album?

28 Dave of the Foo Fighters 29 “Sorry, no”

30 Sudden power increase 32 Like specialty markets 33 Remnant

34 Abounds (with)

36 “Price negotiable,” in ads 37 New Deal pres.

41 Really wow

43 “Bridgerton” actor RegŽ-__ Page 44 17-Across, e.g.

46 Hurts a lot

50 Goad

51 Civil rights leader Medgar 52 Give up

53 Next in line

54 Otherwise

55 Granola grains 56 Fingerboard ridge

57 Golden Rule word 58 Squeezes (out)

59 Annoy

62 Nor. neighbour