LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Concerning 6 Letters replacing a

list

9 Afternoon snooze 12 Nighttime party 14 Soccer tiebreaker, perhaps 17 County on the English Channel 18 Canyon namesake of dry California winds

19 Tree with elastic

wood

20 *Matches with

known outcomes 22 Hi-__ TV

23 What “X” may

mean

24 Music center? 25 Dennis the

Menace, for one 28 Beloved

30 Monk’s title 33 Cultural setting 36 Black and blue? 39 H or O, in H2O 41 Contrasting

ornaments 42 Roald Dahl title

heroine 43 Submitted, as a

manuscript 44 Kvetching sounds 45 Weakens

48 Give voice to

49 __ Lingus 51 Partner in a 2020 peace agreement with Isr. 53 Quite a ways away

56 *Music group’s lead violinist, casually 61 Anger 62 Imagining 63 Photo taken backwards? 65 Marine Corps motto, briefly, and a hint to the answers to starred clues 66 Thrills

67 General on a

menu 68 Fair-hiring letters 69 Flair

DOWN

1 Syrian leader 2 W.C. Fields persona 3 *Fast-food alternatives to burgers

4 RN workplaces 5 Sailing danger 6 Ancient mystic 7 Jazz trumpeter Jones

8 Meeting group 9 Biblical boater 10 Bee, to Opie 11 School orgs. 13 Leave

15 Name seen on one’s way to the penthouse? 16 License plates 21 Marked on a ballot 26 “La Bohème” role 27 Banana covering 29 Hunk’s pride 30 *Like half a

chance 31 APR-reducing loan 32 Pt. of AAA 33 Office notice 34 “Now __ me down to sleep ... ” 35 Being severely criticized 37 Numbered rds. 38 Novelist Jaffe 40 Diner check 46 Aussie parrot,

briefly

47 Mournful 49 33-Down demand,

perhaps 50 Luncheon end? 52 “... or __!” 54 Cartoon mermaid 55 Actress

Witherspoon 56 Punch deliverer 57 March time

58 San __: Italian

resort

59 Recon target 60 Sniggler’s catch 64 Map line: Abbr.