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 PreCheck 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-timesvelocity measures 58 Swimming great

Torres

59 ’00s Britcom about an underappreciated computer support squad … or what 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 dancedrama

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