L.A. Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Boarding area
5 Sugar substitute
11 Liberal group?
15 Strait-laced
16 How stir-fry is often
served
17 Vichyssoise need 18 *Operating room
assistants
20 Hathaway of
“Ocean’s 8”
21 “_ _ as directed”
22 “Dig in!”
23 _ _ Pueblo, New
Mexico
25 Aardvark snack
26 Dog in RCA Victor
ads
28 *Employ flowery
language
30 Native peoples of
the Arctic
31 React to yeast
32 Lightning burst
33 Number in a 10-day
forecast, for short 34 Connecticut WNBA
team
35 “Argo” org.
36 *Indulgent request made by Mae West in “I’m No Angel” 41 Utter
42 Route
43 Hissy fit
46 Come to pass
49 For you and me 51 Brief tussle
52 *Cast celebration 54 Early ‘90s pres.,
familiarly
55 Hasty escape
56 Education acronym 57 Plot device?
58 Grammy category
since 1989
59 Black-_ _ Susan
61 *Retail event with
deep discounts
64 “To Venus and
Back” singer Amos 65 Categorize
66 Walk heavily
67 Hidden obstacle 68 Jackson Hole
backdrop
69 Sax type
DOWN
1 Garmin device
2 Inverse trig function 3 Cyclist’s accessory 4 Ostrich kin
5 Underwater detector 6 Bolt holder
7 Throw wide of the
cutoff man, say
8 Panoramic views
9 Mountaineering tool 10 Greek fabulist
11 Taking after
12 First name of Italian sopranos Tebaldi and Scotto
13 Wimbledon sport 14 Quick drawing
19 Vegetable that may stain a cutting board
24 Bulgaria’s capital 27 Joins the
conversation
28 Viognier or Vouvray 29 Ticks by
31 Mojito liquor
34 Shifty
35 Shed tears
37 O.K. Corral brothers 38 Askew
39 Neon or freon
40 Captivate
44 “This is all more
than I can handle” 45 Ruin, as plans
46 Nocturnal nestlings 47 Medium for most
refrigerator art
48 Shape outlined in
Instagram’s logo 49 Vague threat
50 Absolute
51 Haggis ingredient 53 Baseball stat
54 Matches
57 Rhinoceros feature 60 Use a spade
62 Court
63 Place to enjoy the kinds of pampering found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues