LA TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Sarah __, first woman governor of Alaska
6 Academic
acronym
10 Chem class rooms
14 Therapy prefix
15 Cardamominfused tea
16 Tierra en el mar
17 Blue Ribbon beer
18 Heavenly bear
19 Small bottle
20 2002 Hugh Grant film based on a Nick Hornby novel
22 Ogre, for one
23 Post-injury regimen
24 Delicate
25 Strong, as a storm
28 Reunion attendee
29 Signal from the wings
30 Gobbledygook
36 Symbol on several PC keys
39 Long-handled tool
40 Puccini specialty
41 Three-time AllStar outfielder whose son was a seven-time N.L. MVP
44 Title for Richard Starkey
45 RPM indicator
46 Drum kit cymbals
49 Put under
52 Shrek’s love
54 Blond hair, e.g.
55 Birds with short finch-like bills … or, what the sets of circled letters literally are?
59 Come by honestly
60 First name in desserts
61 Bull-riding venue
62 “__ sow … ”
63 A bit open
64 Wastes time
65 Canasta
combination
66 Foots the bill
67 Parcels (out)
DOWN
1 Fairy tale bear
2 Part of UAE
3 ESPN basketball
analyst Rebecca
4 “There’s no
doubt!”
5 Talk aimlessly
6 Diving acronym
7 Pulsate
8 “Settle down!”
9 Soccer great Hamm
10 Have a ball
11 Lao or Thai
12 __ from the past: nostalgic event
13 Like pretzels
21 “May I speak?”
22 Bluegrass band staple
24 Hall & Oates, e.g.
25 Nature’s bandage
26 Costa del Sol coin
27 Trick or treat
28 Under the covers
31 “This isn’t good”
32 Part of “MNF,” an in-season wkly. sports broadcast
33 Spanish for “table”
34 One with a tyre in his boot, perhaps
35 Scull crew
37 Managed to get
38 Tombstone first name
42 Letters in early dates
43 Chase away
47 Like mosaic tiles
48 Salon creation
49 Teakettle output
50 Backspace over
51 Hannah of
“Splash”
52 New venture
53 Structural beams
55 Gulf of California peninsula
56 1994 Jodie Foster title role
57 “Trick” joint
58 Disrespectful talk
60 Botanical fluid